[Paraview] vtkSMProxy saving/restoring

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Here's one way of doing it:

vtkSMProxyManager* pxm = vtkSMObject::GetProxyManager();
vtkSMProxy *tempProxy = pxm->NewProxy(
   src->GetXMLGroup(),
   src->GetXMLName());
tempProxy->Copy(src);

....
src->Copy(tempProxy);

Utkarsh

Nehme Bilal wrote:
> 
> 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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