[vtkusers] Closing VTK window before application exits

[Jothybasu Selvaraj]

have a look here

http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/Visualization/CloseWindow

Simplying pressing "Q" closes the window, so have check in the source code
of vtkRenderWindow what it invokes when pressing that key.

Jothy

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 1:55 PM, sameermg <sameer.gaikwad11 at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I am learning VTK. I would like to know if there is a way to close the VTK
> window before an application exits. I've tried Delete, Finalize,
> TerminateApp and SetRenderWindow(NULL), but none of these functions seem to
> work until I the application exists. Am I missing something here? I am
> posting sample code below:
>
> int main(int, char *[])
> {
>
>  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer =
> vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
>  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
> vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
>  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
>  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor =
> vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
>  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
>   renderWindow->Render();
>  renderWindow->SetWindowName("First Window");
>  renderWindowInteractor->Start();
>
>  // Close the window
>  renderWindowInteractor->GetRenderWindow()->Delete();
>
>  // Stop the interactor
>  renderWindowInteractor->TerminateApp();
>
>  while(1); //Window does not close because of this while(1). It just
> freezes
>               //If I remove while(1), application exits and window gets
> closed automatically.
>              //I've tried using Delete,Finalize,TerminateApp &
> SetRenderWindow(NULL) before while(1), but no call closes the  window
>
>  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
> }
>
> Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks for your time.
>
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-- 
Jothybasu Selvaraj
PhD Student
University of Liverpool
UK
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