[Paraview] Information Only Property Parameters
Sebastien Jourdain
sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com
Thu Mar 24 16:06:51 EDT 2011
I'm happy to hear that you managed to solve your issue.
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Brian Panneton
<brian.panneton at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was able to get it working by using SetElement and setting the currentText
> retreived from the widget. Then I called UpdateProperty on the first
> combobox. Next I called UpdatePropertyInformation on the second combobox.
> For the order issue, I just ended up renaming them so they followed the
> order I needed.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian Panneton
>
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Sebastien Jourdain
> <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> I'm not sure to understand your UI and the way the things are.
>> It might be overkill, but if you want to express those dependency, you
>> can create your own domain based on what it is filled so far so at
>> start only TypeList will be available, then "TypeList + DataTypeList"
>> and then "TypeList + DataTypeList + DataList"
>> Other than that, I don't know if it is possible to change the order...
>>
>> Seb
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Brian Panneton
>> <brian.panneton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I will attempt that and see if it corrects the issue. I have also
>> > noticed
>> > that when I start up the plugin and open a file, the order of my
>> > combobox
>> > population is wrong, and I can't seem to be able to change it.
>> >
>> > On load, I want it to populate in this order: TypeList, DataTypeList,
>> > DataList
>> > But it seems to always go in alphabetical order. This causes an issue
>> > because DataList depends on what is selected in DataTypeList which
>> > depends
>> > on TypeList. If either DataList or DataTypeList is run first it defaults
>> > to
>> > none.
>> >
>> > Is there a way to make them load data in order?
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Sebastien Jourdain
>> > <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Who is supposed to change the property cbType ?
>> >> I bet it get updated after that call, therefore, you should update
>> >> with the correct value before you update the information property.
>> >> To make sure you get the right value, print the combobox value so you
>> >> know which value is pushed to the server before the update information
>> >> property.
>> >>
>> >> Seb
>> >>
>> >> did you tried to print the combobox index when the slot get called ?
>> >> Another thing could be to set yourself the value in the property at
>> >> that
>> >> time.
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Brian Panneton
>> >> <brian.panneton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > This XML is of two comboboxes, where the first depends on the
>> >> > second's
>> >> > selection.
>> >> > XML:
>> >> > <StringVectorProperty
>> >> > name="DataTypeList"
>> >> > command="GetReaderDataTypeList"
>> >> > information_only="1">
>> >> > <StringArrayHelper />
>> >> > </StringVectorProperty>
>> >> > <StringVectorProperty
>> >> > name="cbDataType"
>> >> > command="SetReaderDataType"
>> >> > immediate_update="1"
>> >> > number_of_elements="1">
>> >> > <StringListDomain name="operation">
>> >> > <RequiredProperties>
>> >> > <Property name="DataTypeList"
>> >> > function="ArraySelection"/>
>> >> > </RequiredProperties>
>> >> > </StringListDomain>
>> >> > </StringVectorProperty>
>> >> >
>> >> > <StringVectorProperty
>> >> > name="TypeList"
>> >> > command="GetReaderTypeList"
>> >> > information_only="1">
>> >> > <StringArrayHelper />
>> >> > </StringVectorProperty>
>> >> > <StringVectorProperty
>> >> > name="cbType"
>> >> > command="SetReaderType"
>> >> > immediate_update="1"
>> >> > number_of_elements="1">
>> >> > <StringListDomain name="operation">
>> >> > <RequiredProperties>
>> >> > <Property name="TypeList"
>> >> > function="ArraySelection"/>
>> >> > </RequiredProperties>
>> >> > </StringListDomain>
>> >> > </StringVectorProperty>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > When a currentIndexChanged event in cbType occurs, it sends a signal
>> >> > to
>> >> > the
>> >> > typeChanged() slot.
>> >> >
>> >> > Code:
>> >> > void
>> >> > myclass::typeChanged()
>> >> > {
>> >> > this->proxy()->GetProperty("cbType")->Modified();
>> >> > vtkSMProperty* prop = this->proxy()->GetProperty("DataTypeList");
>> >> > this->proxy()->UpdatePropertyInformation(prop);
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > What ends up happening is that when I change the combobox for cbType
>> >> > from
>> >> > index 1 to index 2, typeChanged() is called, but is sending the 1st
>> >> > value to
>> >> > SetReaderType. It looks like it refeshes but remains index1. Thus,
>> >> > the
>> >> > DataTypeList is populated with the same information it had.
>> >> >
>> >> > When I remove the Modified() line, the combobox for cbType will show
>> >> > the
>> >> > change from index 1 to index 2, but SetReaderType does not get
>> >> > called.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any idea why that is happening?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >
>> >> > Brian
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Sebastien Jourdain
>> >> > <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi Brian,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> could you send the (part of) XML proxy definition and the piece of
>> >> >> code you are calling to that proxy to make that push...
>> >> >> So I could be sure that both side are corrects.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Seb
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Brian Panneton
>> >> >> <brian.panneton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > Okay, my attempt to push the variable to the server using
>> >> >> > immediate_update="1" seems to not update the server variable when
>> >> >> > I
>> >> >> > change
>> >> >> > my current index of a combobox. I also tried to call Modified() on
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > currentIndexChanged event, but it seems to ignore the changes from
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > GUI
>> >> >> > and reset the combobox as if I just loaded it.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > How should I be pushing the variable to the server?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Sebastien Jourdain
>> >> >> > <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Unfortunately that's the way you have to do it. Or the other way
>> >> >> >> is
>> >> >> >> to
>> >> >> >> use GatherInformation() but it won't be much better.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Brian Panneton
>> >> >> >> <brian.panneton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> >> > If I have an information_only property with a command to get a
>> >> >> >> > vtkStringArray, is there a way to pass a parameter to the
>> >> >> >> > fuction?
>> >> >> >> > And,
>> >> >> >> > can
>> >> >> >> > that parameter be from another property? Otherwise, it seems
>> >> >> >> > that
>> >> >> >> > I
>> >> >> >> > would
>> >> >> >> > need to push the variable to the server in order for it to be
>> >> >> >> > available
>> >> >> >> > for
>> >> >> >> > the command called from the information_only property.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >> >> > Brian Panneton
>> >> >> >> >
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