I am afraid there's no direct support for allowing the user to choose the file-name-pattern etc. before the reader's GetInformation is called. This is because ParaView assumes the user has chosen the files already from the file-dialog.
One possible solution would be have some default values for the pattern etc., and allow the user to pick a file from the file-series using the file dialog. Then the user can qualify his selection by changing the start/end/pattern etc. on the reader. Utkarsh On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Maxwell, Thomas P. (GSFC-606.2)[SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTL CORP]<thomas.maxw...@nasa.gov> wrote: > I am implementing a native NetCDF4/HDF5 reader that will read a timeseries > of grids, with each grid stored in a different nc4 file. I am constructing > the timeseries by doing a recursive search through a directory tree for a > glob pattern with start and end dates. I would like to enable the user to > enter a set of parameters through the client interface, setting the search > root directory, search depth, glob pattern, and start & end dates. I had > hoped to be able to put fields for entering these parameters in the > properties panel of the object inspector for the dataset. However, the > timeseries file search needs to be executed during the GetInformation call, > which happens before the properties panel becomes accessible. The reader is > currently working correctly, but there is no way to configure the file > search from the client- the default values of the search parameters (set in > the server plugin xml) are always used. Do you have any suggestions for > handling this situation? > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > > _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview