[Paraview] Auto-load plugin failed

[Yumin Yuan]

Hi Jerome,

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 3:45 AM, Jérôme <jerome.velut at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Yumin,
>
> Compiling my XML to expose VTK native filters produces a so/dll library that
> can be autoloaded in ParaView. However, I would take advantage on the fact
> that this XML may be shared to somebodyelse without the need to own
> "ParaView from source". The wiki says: "Alternatively, we can simply load
> the XML from the Plugins Manager (just select the file type to be *.xml in
> the file open dialog)". I want this because of deployment issues see thread
> "About on-line available binaries for next release" )
>
> - What have I to add in the XML to give him the same behaviour than its
> corresponding compiled library?
>

I think this is probably a bug if you check "Auto Load" for the xml,
but it still doesn't auto-load next time.
I suggest to log it in the bug tracker.

> Furthermore, I thought that my Autostart plugin (called "PVCustomizer") was
> unable to autoload because it depends on my ParaviewVTK XML plugin. But that
> is not the case: Even if I load the native VTK filters description with the
> compiled version, my PVCustomizer is loadable through the GUI, but it shows
> the message "Loaded, but .....\PVCustomizer.dll, is not a server manager
> plugin!" and no version is displayed although my CMakeLists contains the
> following lines:
>
> ##################################################
> # AUTOSTART PLUGIN --------------------------------------------------
>  QT4_WRAP_CPP(MOC_SRCS PVCustomizer.h)
>
> # Macro for auto-start plugins. We specify the class name
> # and the methods to call on startup and shutdown on an instance of that
> class.
> # It fills IFACES and IFACE_SRCS with proper values as needed by
> ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN macro.
>  ADD_PARAVIEW_AUTO_START(IFACES IFACE_SRCS
>    CLASS_NAME PVCustomizer # the class name for our class
>    STARTUP onStartup   # specify the method to call on startup
>    SHUTDOWN onShutdown # specify the method to call on shutdown
>  )
>
> # Create a plugin for this starter
>  ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(PVCustomizer "1.0"
>    REQUIRED_ON_CLIENT
>    GUI_INTERFACES ${IFACES}
>    SOURCES PVCustomizer.cxx ${MOC_SRCS} ${IFACE_SRCS}
>    REQUIRED_PLUGINS ParaviewVTK)
>
>  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( PVCustomizer VesselExtractionVTK )
> ######################################################################
>
> I checked "Autoload", having no effect when I restart ParaView...
>
> I looked at the sources, but I cannot understand now why this message is
> displayed. I will give a try with a step-by-step procedure.
>

I assume you "Rebuilt" the plugin after the new changes, and it still
displayed the warning? Then, it is a bug.

> Thanks a lot for your time, Yumin, and sorry for disturbing...

No problem.

Yumin
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