[Paraview] Custom Object Panels

[clinton at elemtech.com]

In that case, I prefer to derive from pqNamedObjectPanel instead.
Then I set up the UI myself, and you immediately get pointers to all the 
widgets, instead of having to go find them if you used 
pqLoadedFormObjectPanel.

To get more details on how it works:
http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/designer-using-a-component.html

Deriving from pqNamedObjectPanel means you use the "Compile Time Form 
Processing."

Deriving from pqLoadedFormObjectPanel means you use the "Run Time Form 
Processing."

Clint

On Thursday 02 October 2008 8:54:22 am Rafael March wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm creating a filter with a custom Object Panel, but I still have some
> doubts.
>
> I am able to create a Panel using Qt Designer, and then load it into my
> filter extending the class pqLoadedFormObjectPanel. Everything works fine.
> Qt Designer allows me to create some Slots, but in a limited manner. I
> couldn't find, for instance, how to capture with a Label the name of the
> item of a tree. This would require some C++ code, I suppose, to get the
> QString name from the item. So, I thought in just using the Qt Designer to
> create the Panel, and using C++ code through my panel class, which extends
> pqLoadedFormObjectPanel, to create Slots and handle the events associated
> with the widgets. Is it possible to get the widgets which I created with Qt
> Designer with my Panel class ? If so, how ? I just can't figure out how to
> do this.
>
> I don't know also the real difference between pqNamedObjectPanel e
> pqLoadedFormObjectPanel. I saw the Threshold filter, and it seems that it
> loads a QT Designer created Panel, but extending pqNamedObjectPanel. I saw
> in the Paraview Wiki that if you want to use QT Designer, you must extend
> PqLoadedFormObjectPanel...
>
> Well...any tips are appreciated !
>
> Thanks all !
> Rafael March