[vtkusers] vtkImageReader - stumped on extents!

[dean.inglis at on.aibn.com]

Hi Amy,

thanks for the suggestion but this does not 
work, even if I update the image actor
immediately after the reader:

  m_reader->SetFileName(OpenDlg->FileName.c_str());
  m_reader->SetDataExtent(0,extent,0,extent,0,0);
  m_reader->Modified();
  m_reader->Update();

 if(m_imageActor1->GetInput())
   {
  m_imageActor1->GetInput()->UpdateInformation();
  m_imageActor1->GetInput()->SetUpdateExtentToWholeExtent();
  m_imageActor1->GetInput()->Update();
   }


> 
> From: Amy Henderson <amy.henderson at kitware.com>
> Date: 2003/02/25 Tue PM 02:01:52 GMT-05:00
> To: <dean.inglis at on.aibn.com>, <vtkusers at public.kitware.com>
> Subject: Re: [vtkusers] vtkImageReader - stumped on extents!
> 
> Here's what worked for me (done just after setting the filename on the reader):
> 
> imageActor->GetInput()->UpdateInformation();
> imageActor->GetInput()->SetUpdateExtentToWholeExtent();
> imageActor->GetInput()->Update();
> 
> - Amy
> 
> At 01:44 PM 2/25/2003 -0500, dean.inglis at on.aibn.com wrote:
> >Ok, I'm stumped...
> >
> >I've tried the archives but can't seem to find a closely related discussion.
> >I've tried reading most of the relevant class hierarchies but that is just
> >sending me round in circles. So, I'll relate my coding attempts that fail:
> >the pipeline:
> >vtkImageReader---->vtkImageShiftScale---->vtkImageActor---->vtkRenderer
> >
> >the reader is initialized at app start up to read a given 2D square image 
> >from
> >a binary file having a fixed header.  The extents depend on the file size:
> >
> >void my_app_vtk_init_fn()
> >{
> >   m_reader->SetDataScalarTypeToShort();
> >   m_reader->SetDataByteOrderToLittleEndian();
> >   m_reader->SetFileDimensionality(2);
> >   m_reader->FileLowerLeftOff();
> >   m_reader->SetDataOrigin(0,0,0);
> >   m_reader->SetHeaderSize(1609);
> >   m_reader->SetDataSpacing (0.2, 0.2, 1.0);
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >The file name is retrieved from a file dialogue. The extents are calculated
> >and set:
> >
> >void m_app_open_file(string FileName)
> >{
> >    struct stat statbuf;
> >    FILE *stream;
> >
> >    if ((stream = fopen(FileName.c_str(), "rb"))
> >        == NULL)
> >    {
> >       return;
> >    }
> >
> >   fstat(fileno(stream), &statbuf);
> >   fclose(stream);
> >
> >   int extent = static_cast<int>(sqrt((statbuf.st_size - 1609)/2))-1;
> >
> >   m_reader->SetFileName(OpenDlg->FileName.c_str());
> >   m_reader->SetDataExtent(0,extent,0,extent,0,0);
> >   m_reader->Modified();
> >   m_reader->UpdateWholeExtent();
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >Then the display is set up:
> >
> >void my_app_init_display()
> >{
> >   float range[2];
> >   m_reader->GetOutput()->GetScalarRange(range);
> >   float slope = 255.0f/(range[1] - range[0]);
> >   float intercept = -slope*range[0];
> >   float shift = intercept/slope;
> >
> >   m_shift->SetShift(shift);
> >   m_shift->SetScale(slope);
> >   m_shift->SetInput(m_reader->GetOutput());
> >   m_shift->UpdateWholeExtent();
> >
> >   m_imageActor1->SetInput(m_shift->GetOutput());
> >   m_imageActor1->InterpolateOff();
> >   m_imageActor1->VisibilityOn();
> >
> >   vtkRenderer* ren = RenderWindow1->GetRenderer();
> >   if(!CameraCheckBox->Checked){ ren->ResetCamera(); }
> >   RenderWindow1->Invalidate();
> >}
> >
> >All is well if the first image read in is smaller than any
> >subsequent images.  However, if I read in  larger image and
> >then attempt to read in a smaller image, debug activated for
> >the m_reader and its output shows (small is 503 x 503, large is
> >578 x 578):
> >
> >Debug: In c:\Builder\Sources\VTK\Common\vtkDataObject.h, line 255
> >vtkImageData (01BEE1F4): vtkImageData (01BEE1F4): returning 
> >RequestExactExtent of 0
> >
> >
> >ERROR: In c:\Builder\Sources\VTK\Common\vtkDataObject.cxx, line 548
> >vtkImageData (01BEE1F4): Update extent does not lie within whole extent
> >
> >
> >ERROR: In c:\Builder\Sources\VTK\Common\vtkDataObject.cxx, line 555
> >vtkImageData (01BEE1F4): Update extent is: 0, 577, 0, 577, 0, 0
> >
> >
> >ERROR: In c:\Builder\Sources\VTK\Common\vtkDataObject.cxx, line 562
> >vtkImageData (01BEE1F4): Whole extent is: 0, 502, 0, 502, 0, 0
> >
> >
> >I have tried m_reader->Update(), I have tried getting the output
> >ahead of setting up the new extents:
> >
> >
> >if(m_reader->GetOutput() != NULL)
> >   {
> >   vtkImageData* ptr = m_reader->GetOutput();
> >   ptr->PrepareForNewData();
> >   ptr->SetWholeExtent(0,extent,0,extent,0,0);
> >   ptr->SetExtent(0,extent,0,extent,0,0);
> >   ptr->SetUpdateExtent(0,extent,0,extent,0,0);
> >   ptr->AllocateScalars();
> >   }
> >
> >
> >with variants thereof but none work!
> >
> >
> >What am I missing here? Before the errors in the debug log, it
> >appeared that the reader (and its output) was setting the extents
> >properly, executed, but then the extents in the image were somehow
> >overwritten to those of the previous image ....
> >
> >
> >Dean
> >
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