[Paraview] custom filters missing from menus

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

John,

I've merged fixes for these issues. Let me know if you still run into problems.

Utkarsh

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
<utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
> John,
>
> I've committed a fix for this issue on the stage
> (12240_cleanup_proxy_definition_manager). Can you please test it out
> if you get the chance? It should fix the proxies definitions not
> showing up for auto-loaded plugins issue.
>
> Utkarsh
>
>
> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Biddiscombe, John A. <biddisco at cscs.ch> wrote:
>> Thanks Utkarsh.
>>
>> For now I've dropped back to 3.10 as I need stuff for a tutorial, once that's out of the way I can offer some help tracking down the problems (assuming you've not already fixed them by then).
>>
>> JB
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
>> Sent: 30 May 2011 20:14
>> To: Biddiscombe, John A.
>> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] custom filters missing from menus
>>
>> John,
>>
>> I was able to reproduce the problem. I am working on it. There's
>> something not right about the way the transfer of XML definitions is
>> being handled between the client and server. I am cleaning that code
>> up.
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Biddiscombe, John A. <biddisco at cscs.ch> wrote:
>>> Utkarsh
>>>
>>> The plugins are loaded on client and server (did you really need to ask?)
>>>
>>> I had an idea which I tested. I have custom panels (dockwindows), which create proxies, when the gui starts up, the proxies are generated correctly. Then I connect to a server, panels are still ok, but proxeies have been destroyed. I may have messup up my callbacks to the server closed and reopened after the changes to connection manager. Menus are now gone from plugins.
>>>
>>> However. if I disable plugins autoload, then connect to server, then manually load plugins - panels work correct because proxies are correctly created on the server and menus are available.
>>>
>>> for now I can manually load plugins (yawn) and fix my unregistering of proxies when the server is disconnected and reconnected - this might be enough - but if you can see/say why the menus fail to appear - then any clues are welcome. Try a simple plugin (eg point sprite). when autoloaded and a connection is made - fail - when manually loaded afterwards - ok - can you duplicate that? yes ?
>>>
>>> JB
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
>>> Sent: 27 May 2011 15:18
>>> To: Biddiscombe, John A.
>>> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] custom filters missing from menus
>>>
>>> Oh before I started debugging this, you mentioned plugins, so are
>>> these custom filters being loaded from a plugin? If so, is the plugin
>>> being loaded on the server too? Unlike before, filter xmls are now
>>> exclusively loaded from the server.
>>>
>>> Utkarsh
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit
>>> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>> It's a new bug :), I'll take a look.
>>>>
>>>> Utkarsh
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Biddiscombe, John A. <biddisco at cscs.ch> wrote:
>>>>> I did a git pull a couple of days ago and notice that when I run in parallel on a windows machine using pvservers, my custom filters no longer appear in menus.
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone else had the same problem. I'm never certain if I have somehow messed up my plugins/build or if it's a new bug ....
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA
>>>>>
>>>>> JB
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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