[vtkusers] vtkRenderWindow within wxPython (wxVTKRenderWindow by Robin Dunn)

[Prabhu Ramachandran]

hi,

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Boix <frog at creatis.insa-lyon.fr> writes:

    Eric>         Dear VTK (and wxPython) users, I'm trying to adapt
    Eric> David Gobbi's $VTK/python/vtkRenderWidget.py to wxPython. I
    Eric> pulled Robin Dunn's "plugin" wxVTKRenderWindow (from
    Eric> http://download.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython-demo-2.2.5.tar.gz
    Eric> i.e. the official demos of wxPython).

If you can wait - dont bother doing this yet.  I already spent quite
some time doing just this (adapting vtkRenderWidget.py to wxPython).
It works under linux and Sebastien Barre is testing it under windows.
I will let you know once it is finished.  I will also send this to
Robin Dunn for inclusion with wxPython.  If you want I can mail you
this.  I dont know if it works on windows...

    Eric> This works fine when calling it within a wxFrame e.g. :
    Eric> frame = wxFrame(None, -1, "vtkwxRenderWidget Test",
    Eric> size=(550,400)) vtkWxRender = wxVTKRenderWindow(frame) The
    Eric> vtkRenderWindow lies nicely inside the X11 window containing
    Eric> the wxFrame.

    Eric> But (there is a but) this fails when calling it within a
    Eric> wxPanel e.g.  frame = wxFrame(None, -1, "vtkwxRenderWidget
    Eric> Test", size=(550,400)) panel = wxPanel(frame, -1)
    Eric> vtkWxRender = wxVTKRenderWindow(panel) The vtkRenderWindow
    Eric> then lives within a new X11 window (different from the X11
    Eric> window containing the wxFrame) !

I am no wxPython expert but here is some info from the wx docs

  A panel is a window on which controls are placed. It is usually
  placed within a frame. It contains minimal extra functionality over
  and above its parent class wxWindow; its main purpose is to be
  similar in appearance and functionality to a dialog, but with the
  flexibility of having any window as a parent.

So maybe you are using the wrong widget.


    Eric> Of course :-) I need more than one vtkRenderWindow inside my
    Eric> wxFrame.  Who can be satisfied with a single renderer when
    Eric> one can have many ? :-)

Try code like this instead - it should work (this is taken straight
from one of my test programs):


        frame = wxFrame (NULL, -1, "wxVTKRenderWindow Demo!",
                         size=(600,400))
        nb = wxNotebook (frame, -1)

        # The wxVTKRenderWindow
        wxvtk = wxVTKRenderWindow (nb, -1)
        nb.AddPage (wxvtk, "wxVTKRenderWindow")
        self.SetupVTK (wxvtk)
	nb.Refresh ()
	# do your vtk stuff here
	# add other notebook widgets if you want.


Of course, you can create more notebook pages with other
wxVTKRenderWindows.  I even have a working MDIDemo test program that
creates mutliple MDI frames with vtkRenderWindows embedded.  If you
want I can mail you the code.  Let me know.  It may still have bugs
with Windows but works perfectly under linux.


Hope this helps.
prabhu