[Paraview] How to get version number of ParaView with Python?

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

I think we need a method on paraview.simple to get the version easily.
Having to access the ProxyManager is kinda lame :).

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com> wrote:
> Another suggestion instead of looking at version numbers, you may want to
> just check if the attribute exists with the hasattr() function.
>
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> paraview.servermanager.vtkSMProxyManager.GetVersionMajor()
>> paraview.servermanager.vtkSMProxyManager.GetVersionMinor()
>> paraview.servermanager.vtkSMProxyManager.GetVersionPatch()
>> paraview.servermanager.vtkSMProxyManager.GetParaViewSourceVersion()
>>
>> are probably what you are looking for.
>>
>> - Cory
>>
>> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Magician <f_magician at mac.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> >
>> > Is there a way to get the version number of ParaView with Python?
>> > I’d like to write cross-version scripts.
>> >
>> >
>> > Magician
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