What do you mean by "v"? I took a wild guess and did
============== *snip* ============== from paraview.simple import * reader = ExodusIIReader(FileName="solution.e") view = GetActiveView() view.UseOffscreenRenderingForScreenshots = 0 Show() Render() WriteImage("test.png") ============== *snap* ============== but merely got ============== *snip* ============== Traceback (most recent call last): File "screenshot.py", line 12, in <module> view.UseOffscreenRenderingForScreenshots = 0 AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'UseOffscreenRenderingForScreenshots' ============== *snap* ============== Something seems to go wrong with GetActiveView(). --Nico On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayac...@kitware.com> wrote: > Try setting: > > v.UseOffscreenRenderingForScreenshots = 0 > > before calling WriteImage. > Does that help? > > Utkarsh > > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Nico Schlömer <nico.schloe...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Yeah, render works fine. >> >> --Nico >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit >> <utkarsh.ayac...@kitware.com> wrote: >>> Does simply calling "Render()" work? >>> >>> Utkarsh >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Nico Schlömer <nico.schloe...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> everytime I call >>>> >>>> WriteImage("test.png") >>>> >>>> from on the python interface, no screenshot is created and instead the >>>> error message >>>> >>>> ================== *snip* ================== >>>> X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no >>>> such operation) >>>> Major opcode of failed request: 0 () >>>> Serial number of failed request: 67 >>>> Current serial number in output stream: 69 >>>> ================== *snap* ================== >>>> >>>> is issued on the command line. >>>> >>>> This is with ParaView 3.10.1 on GNU/Linux on xorg-server 1.10.1. >>>> >>>> Anyone else with this? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Nico >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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