[vtkusers] vtkXMLImageDataWriter, writes file?

[kent williams]

If you specify a relative path (i.e. a path not beginning with '/')
writing a file relative to the current working directory. This isn't a
VTK thing, it's pretty much universal to all operating systems.

And to specify where to write a file, you'd prepend the filename with
that directory path.

There are a number of platform-independent path functions available in
Kitware's kwsys library -- this shows up as vtksys in VTK.  The
vtksys::SystemTools class has a number of path manipulation tools that
make dealing with this sort of thing a little easier.

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Chris N <alucard006 at msn.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently trying to make use of Paraview program but I need a *.vti type
> file.  So I'm trying to make use of vtkXMLImageDataWriter and read through
> its library details.  I noticed they had a test file which I used it's few
> lines of writing out a file.  Such as...
>
>     //WRITER - Save the result of the filter in a file
>     vtkXMLImageDataWriter *writer = vtkXMLImageDataWriter::New();
>
> writer->SetInputConnection(vtkPolyDataMapper::skinMapper->GetOutputPort());
>     writer->SetFileName("image.vti");
>     writer->SetDataModeToBinary();
>     writer->Write();
>     writer->Delete();
>
> My problem is when I run the program I don't have an image.vti file
> anywhere.  I've scanned through my computer a few times but nothing comes
> up.  What are some possible problems why it doesn't run?  Also where would
> it write my file to?  Can I set my directory location within the argument of
> SetFileName() function?  Thanks
>
> Chris
>
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