[Paraview] Writer plugin?

[David Thompson]

Hi Burlen,

> The WriterProxy may have a special "file_name_method" attribute that needs to be set. I'm not sure if that's required, optional, or long since obsolete since I haven't used our plugin in quite a while.

I did see the "file_name_method" (and "supports_parallel" and "parallel_only") attribute, but not all of the writers have it. When I add it, nothing happens.

	Thanks,
	David

> 
> 13   <WriterProxy name="vtkSQBOVWriter"
> 14     class="vtkSQBOVWriter"
> 15     file_name_method="SetFileName"
> 16     supports_parallel="1">
> 
> On 1/28/2015 8:54 AM, David Thompson wrote:
>> Hi Andy,
>> 
>>> I think you may be missing the FileName property. I thought that PV looked for that attribute to know that it should be classified as a writer. Also, you'll want to hide that property.
>> Adding the FileName property and hints did not work.
>> 
>> 	Thanks,
>> 	David
>> 
>>> So:
>>>       <StringVectorProperty name="FileName"
>>>                             command="SetFileName"
>>>                             number_of_elements="1"
>>>                             label="File Name">
>>>         <Documentation>
>>>           The file name.
>>>         </Documentation>
>>>       </StringVectorProperty>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> and:
>>>       <Hints>
>>>         <Property name="Input" show="0"/>
>>>         <Property name="FileName" show="0"/>
>>>         <WriterFactory extensions="json" file_description="JSON tabular data" />
>>>       </Hints>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:34 AM, David Thompson <david.thompson at kitware.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I have a ParaView plugin that contains a new writer which I would like to expose. However, while the plugin does properly expose a new view and representation, the writer does not appear to get added (when I try to save a vtkTable such as a statistics filter output, it doesn't appear as an option).
>>> 
>>> 1. Is there any documentation for adding writers in plugins? This page has a comment or two but doesn't appear complete:
>>> 
>>>     http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo
>>> 
>>> 2. If you're willing to look over the XML, I've attached it below. See any mistakes?
>>> 
>>>         Thanks,
>>>         David
>>> 
>>> <ServerManagerConfiguration>
>>>   <!-- Other proxy groups for views and representations here -->
>>> 
>>>   <ProxyGroup name="writers">
>>>     <WriterProxy
>>>       class="vtkPJSONTableWriter"
>>>       name="PJSONTableWriter">
>>>       <Documentation>
>>>         Write tabular data to a JSON file.
>>>       </Documentation>
>>>       <InputProperty
>>>         command="SetInputConnection"
>>>         name="Input">
>>>         <DataTypeDomain
>>>           composite_data_supported="0"
>>>           name="input_type">
>>>           <DataType value="vtkTable"/>
>>>         </DataTypeDomain>
>>>         <Documentation>The input filter/source whose output dataset is to
>>>         written to the file.</Documentation>
>>>       </InputProperty>
>>>       <Hints>
>>>         <WriterFactory extensions="json" file_description="JSON tabular data" />
>>>       </Hints>
>>>     </WriterProxy>
>>> 
>>>   </ProxyGroup>
>>> </ServerManagerConfiguration>
>>> 
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