[vtk-developers] ImagingFactory removal breaks example

[Bill Lorensen]

No problem. I'll remove the example for VTK6.

Thanks

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Marcus D. Hanwell
<marcus.hanwell at kitware.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> Now that vtkImagingFactory is gone, this wiki example no longer compiles:
>> http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/Utilities/OffScreenRendering
>>
>> It uses this functionality:
>>  vtkSmartPointer<vtkImagingFactory> imaging_factory =
>>    vtkSmartPointer<vtkImagingFactory>::New();
>>  imaging_factory->SetUseMesaClasses( 1 );
>
> Those functions haven't had any effect since mangled mesa stopped
> working (I have never seen a working build), the classes were all
> removed right after the branch for 5.10.
>>
>> Note, vtkGraphicsFactory still works:
>>  vtkSmartPointer<vtkGraphicsFactory> graphics_factory =
>>    vtkSmartPointer<vtkGraphicsFactory>::New();
>>  graphics_factory->SetOffScreenOnlyMode( 1);
>>  graphics_factory->SetUseMesaClasses( 1 );
>>
> That function doesn't do anything, and has the same issue. I was
> planning to remove vtkGraphicsFactory once I factored out the last bit
> of code that requires it. I could leave a stub if you want, and get it
> to manipulate the object factory overrides for off screen only mode
> (which would not work on master, although it would compile).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcus



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