[Paraview] Reloading plugins after recompiling them

[David E DeMarle]

Remove just removes it from the menu, it does not remove the library
from the running process. To remove the plugin you have to
subsequently quit ParaView and restart.

Removing the library at run time like you want is not on the
forseeable horizon. My understanding is that once the symbols from the
library are loaded they are inextricably entwined with the running
process.

David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
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Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-371-3971 x109



On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:06 PM, David Doria <daviddoria at gmail.com> wrote:
> Consider that I have built a .so plugin (call it vtkTest).
>
> - I have the vtkTest plugin loaded in Paraview
> - Then I make a change to vtkTest.cxx and recompile the plugin .so
> - I go to Tools -> Plugin Manager
> - Select vtkTest and click "Remove"
> - Click "Load New"
> - Select the new vtkTest.so
> - Attempt to run the filter
>
> It seems to use the OLD version of the filter. If I restart Paraview
> and then load the plugin, the new version is used.
>
> Does anyone else have this problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
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