[Paraview] [EXT] Re: Stupid question on Programmable Source

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

> 1.  I really want this as a reader, that everyone can use.    Is there some way to have the user enter a filename which is more elegant than having them edit the script?   For instance, can the server-side xml plugin stuff be edited slightly to work with a Programmable source, so I could put in a text box for them to type the filename.    Even better would be a popup file browser, but I dream!

All doable :). Just needs some XML magic to come together. This old
post (http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/534) talks about how you
can create a XML for programmable source. Adding "ReaderFactor hints"
to the XML will make ParaView treat this as a reader. Then, your users
can simply load the script.

> 2.  I assume without compiling here that I cannot actually get this as a reader, correct?

Wrong :). I've attached the XML created from your script. You can load
this as a plugin using the Plugin Manager, it can now open files using
File Open Dialog. I generated  the XML using

> python python_filter_generator.py ringle_read.py ringle_reader.xm

Then manually editing the XML to add reader factory hints etc. The
python_filter_generator.py needs to be updated/extended to add support
for creating reader etc.

Just load the ringle_reader.xml using the Plugin manager and ParaView
will  be able to open *.neut.out files.
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