[vtkusers] Error in conversion from Tcl to C++

[Peter F Bradshaw]

Hi;

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008, B. C. wrote:

> Hi everyone.
> I found (in vtkCurvatures class examples) code lines in Tcl language. When i did the conversion into C++ language, many errors are generated!!!
> I post an example of conversion and the associated error s:
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> TCL:
> vtkPolyDataMapper cmapper1
> cmapper1 SetInputConnection [curve1 GetOutputPort]
> cmapper1 SetLookupTable lut1
> cmapper1 SetUseLookupTableScalarRange 1
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> C++:
> vtkPolyDataMapper *cmapper1 = vtkPolyDataMapper::New();
> cmapper1->SetInputConnection(curve1->GetOutputPort());
> cmapper1->SetLookupTable(lut1);
> cmapper1->SetUseLookupTableScalarRange(1);
>
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> curve1 is a vtkCurvatures
> lut1 is a vtkLookupTable
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> Errors:
> 'SetInputConnection' : is not a member of 'vtkPolyDataMapper'
> see declaration of 'vtkPolyDataMapper'
>
> 'GetOutputPort' : is not a member of 'vtkCurvatures'
> see declaration of 'vtkCurvatures'

Both SetInputConnection() and GetOutputPort() are members of the classes
and have been since the introduction of VTK 5.0. Older versions of VTK
had a different architecture and used SetInput() and GetOutput() for the
equivalent functionality.

Have you somehow reverted to an old library version?

Cheers

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