[Paraview] Data directory in pvsm files

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Ian,

That's great! Thanks for pointing it out. I will take a look when I
get back to work on Tue and try to get something in.

Utkarsh

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Ian Curington <ianc at acm.org> wrote:
> Hello Utkarsh, Mohamad,
>
> Note we have supplied a working patch at:
> http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=13092
>
> which   includes   arbitrary   environment  variable  support in pvsm paths:
>
>      where environment can be reference using syntax of
>      %VAR_NAME%, ${VAR_NAME} and $VAR_NAME. In the latest case ($VAR_NAME), VAR_NAME must be
>      from [a-zA-Z0-9_-]+ language.
>
> so full absolute paths can be replaced with:
>
>     <Property name="FileName" id="2875.FileName" number_of_elements="1">
>         <Element  index="0" value="${MY_DATA}/interesting_result.vtk"/>
>
> We are using it in deployed production projects.
>
> -Ian
>
> Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 9:32:20 PM, you wrote:
>
>> It's not possible currently, but I think we should provide some clean
>> solution for the next release. Mind reporting  a feature request on
>> the bug tracker (can't remember if there's on already)?
>
>> Utkarsh
>
>> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Mohamad M. Nasr-Azadani
>> <mmnasr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a simple question.
>>> Is it possible to assign an environment variable to define data directory in
>>> pvsm files?
>>> As I save a pvsm file, I see that paraview uses the complete directory
>>> address to add files to the pvsm file.
>>> I was wondering if there is a way to define that?
>>>
>>> Or, an alternative question is, is there anyway for paraview just to write
>>> the file names (and not the corresponding full directory)?
>>> That way, we can run the pvsm file in any directory as long as all the data
>>> files are in the current directory where the pvsm file is stored.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mohamad
>>>
>>>
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