[Paraview] Ensuring that a plugin is loaded in pvpython

[Berk Geveci]

I will add your request to the list of Python features to improve. We
are currently working on updating the Python API.

-berk


On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Bernhard Gschaider
<bgschaid_lists at ice-sf.at> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying to write a script that loads a state-file and makes a
> picture. The source that reads the data is in a plugin. The plugin is
> loaded and works in paraview (obviously. Otherwise I couldn't generate
> the state-file). The script is run via pvpython.
> So before loading the State-file using servermanager.LoadState() I
> load the plugin (actually both plugins) with servermanager.LoadPlugin()
> Loading the state I get the error message
>
> ERROR: In /home/openfoam/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty/ParaView-3.4.0/Servers/ServerManager/vtkSMProxyManager.cxx, line 327
> vtkSMProxyManager (0x5a98bd0): No proxy that matches: group=sources and proxy=PV3FoamReader were found.
>
> (PV3FoamReader being the source). I can verify that by having a look
> at dir(servermanager.sources) - it's not there.
>
> And now comes the punch-line: the same script worked on my Mac the
> problem happens on my 64-Bit-Linux-Machine (and it is not a matter
> of wrong-path or wrong dylib/so-extension. I checked). The plugin and
> paraview were compiled on both machines from the same sources with the
> same settings.
>
> Is there a way to diagnose what the problem might be? I can't find two
> things in the Python/servermanager-interface that would help me:
>  - A facility that lists all the loaded modules (Paraview can do this)
>  - Some feedback from LoadPlugin whether and why it failed. Currently
>   I can do
>   servermanager.LoadPlugin("/path/I/m/pretty/sure/it/doesnt/exist")
>   and I will see no difference to a sucessfully loaded module
>
> To sum up my two problems:
>
> a)
>   Mac:   paraview + Plugin = OK
>          pvpython + Plugin = OK
>   Linux: paraview + Plugin = OK
>          pvpython + Plugin = Not Loaded
> What could be the cause?
>
> b) Better interface to the plugin-facilities in Python.
>
> Bernhard
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