GetWindowID of the vtkRenderWindow

[Tian-Qing Ye]

You can try to use viewer->GetActor2D() to get the Actor
and then add the Actor(AddActor2D) to your main Renderer.
Something like:
vtkActor2D *img2d = viewer->GetActor2D();
renderer->AddActor2D(img2d);

Good luck

Tianqing 

"Dr. Jasjit Suri" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a vtkRenderWindow as shown below. This
> is the main window.
> 
> I also have a ImageViewer ...
> 
> I want the contents of the Image Viewer to go
> on the main Window , so i use  Get method of vtkRenderWindow
> to get the ID and Set  method of Image Viewer to set the ID
> as shown below...
> 
> I tried 5 combinations (all comented)
> and none works.
> 
> It gives me the error:
> 
> Error in startup script: Object named: viewer, could not find requested
> method: SetWindowId
> or the method was called with incorrect arguments.
> 
>     while executing
> "viewer SetWindowId   [ renWin4 GetGenericWindowId  ]"
>     (file "t3.tcl" line 274)
> 
> WHAT IS THE REASON, DOES VKT SUPPORTS THESE METHODS ?
> They are listed in MAN PAGES...
> 
> thanks very much.
> 
> jas
> ---------------------------------------------------
> vtkRenderer ren4
> vtkRenderWindow renWin4
>   renWin4 AddRenderer ren4
> vtkRenderWindowInteractor iren
>   iren SetRenderWindow renWin4
> 
> ren4 SetBackground 0 0 0
> renWin4 SetSize 256 256
> iren Initialize
> 
> vtkImageViewer viewer
> viewer SetInput [ clipB GetOutput]
> viewer SetColorWindow 191
> viewer SetColorLevel 71
> 
> viewer SetWindowId   [ renWin4 GetGenericWindowId  ]
> #viewer  SetDisplayId  [ renWin4 GetGenericWindowId  ]
> #viewer SetWindowId  [ renWin4 GetGenericParentId  ]
> #viewer SetDisplayId  [ renWin4 GetGenericDisplayId  ]
> #viewer SetDisplayId  [ renWin4 GetGenericWindowId  ]
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