[Paraview] vtkSMProxy saving/restoring

[Nehme Bilal]

tempProxy is just a proxy I created using:
vtkSMProxy tempProxy = vtkSMProxy::New();

I am trying to save/restore all the object properties 
displayed in the object inspector.

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:30:55 -0500
  Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
> Nehme,
> 
> What properties are you changing/trying to restore? Is 
>"tempProxy" of the same type as "src"?
> 
> Utkarsh
> 
> Nehme Bilal wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Sorry I missed a few commas in the last message. this is 
>>the correct one:
>> 
>> I am looking for a way to save a proxy properties and 
>>restore it later.
>> The only way I found is by saving and restoring the 
>>state using:
>> virtual vtkPVXMLElement* SaveState(vtkPVXMLElement* 
>>root);
>> virtual int LoadState(vtkPVXMLElement* element, 
>>vtkSMStateLoaderBase* 
>> loader);
>> 
>> I don't want to use LoadState because this method create 
>>a new proxy. I 
>> just want to restore all properties to the existing 
>>proxy.
>> There is also a method called Copy (void 
>>Copy(vtkSMProxy* src), this 
>> method will copy all src properties to another proxy:
>> 
>> //copying properties to tempProxy
>> tempProxy->Copy(src,0,vtkSMProxy::COPY_PROXY_PROPERTY_VALUES_BY_CLONING);
>> 
>> I tried to change some display properties in Paraview 
>>and then restore 
>> using:
>> src->Copy(tempProxy,0,vtkSMProxy::COPY_PROXY_PROPERTY_VALUES_BY_CLONING);
>> src->UpdateVTKObjects();
>> 
>> but nothing is restored ! why? Is there any other way to 
>>do that?
>> (suppose that I have only on source)
>> 
>> Thank you
>> 
>> 
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