[vtkusers] suggestion for a tweak in Cxx example: ReadAllPolyDataTypes.cxx / ReadAllPolyDataTypesDemo.cxx

[Bill Lorensen]

Sounds like a good idea, but give me an example of a filename that
fails with the current example. I tried a file named Torso.new.vtp an
it was read fine.

Bill

On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 9:40 AM, Heller M.O. <M.O.Heller at soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> I used the ReadAllPolyDataTypes.cxx example to create a little command-line
> tool for file conversion and noted that a small change may make the example
> code more robust against funny filenames i.e. filenames including multiple
> dots.
>
>
>
> I think it could help to make the example a tad more robust if
> line 70 of the ReadAllPolyDataTypes.cxx file was changed from:
>
>
>
> std::string extension =
> vtksys::SystemTools::GetFilenameExtension(std::string(fileName));
>
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> to:
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> std::string extension =
> vtksys::SystemTools::GetFilenameLastExtension(std::string(fileName));
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>
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> It took me as an absolute Cxx idiot a while to figure out what the problem
> was and how to address it.
>
> (A similar change may also be useful for the ReadAllPolyDataTypesDemo.cxx
> example)
>
>
>
> Best wishes, Markus
>
>
>
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