Hi Burlen,
> The WriterProxy may have a special "file_name_method" attribute that needs to
> be set. I'm not sure if that's required, optional, or long since obsolete
> since I haven't used our plugin in quite a while.
I did see the "file_name_method" (and "supports_parallel" and "parallel_only")
attribute, but not all of the writers have it. When I add it, nothing happens.
Thanks,
David
>
> 13 <WriterProxy name="vtkSQBOVWriter"
> 14 class="vtkSQBOVWriter"
> 15 file_name_method="SetFileName"
> 16 supports_parallel="1">
>
> On 1/28/2015 8:54 AM, David Thompson wrote:
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>>> I think you may be missing the FileName property. I thought that PV looked
>>> for that attribute to know that it should be classified as a writer. Also,
>>> you'll want to hide that property.
>> Adding the FileName property and hints did not work.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>
>>> So:
>>> <StringVectorProperty name="FileName"
>>> command="SetFileName"
>>> number_of_elements="1"
>>> label="File Name">
>>> <Documentation>
>>> The file name.
>>> </Documentation>
>>> </StringVectorProperty>
>>>
>>>
>>> and:
>>> <Hints>
>>> <Property name="Input" show="0"/>
>>> <Property name="FileName" show="0"/>
>>> <WriterFactory extensions="json" file_description="JSON tabular
>>> data" />
>>> </Hints>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:34 AM, David Thompson
>>> <david.thomp...@kitware.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have a ParaView plugin that contains a new writer which I would like to
>>> expose. However, while the plugin does properly expose a new view and
>>> representation, the writer does not appear to get added (when I try to save
>>> a vtkTable such as a statistics filter output, it doesn't appear as an
>>> option).
>>>
>>> 1. Is there any documentation for adding writers in plugins? This page has
>>> a comment or two but doesn't appear complete:
>>>
>>> http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo
>>>
>>> 2. If you're willing to look over the XML, I've attached it below. See any
>>> mistakes?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
>>>
>>> <ServerManagerConfiguration>
>>> <!-- Other proxy groups for views and representations here -->
>>>
>>> <ProxyGroup name="writers">
>>> <WriterProxy
>>> class="vtkPJSONTableWriter"
>>> name="PJSONTableWriter">
>>> <Documentation>
>>> Write tabular data to a JSON file.
>>> </Documentation>
>>> <InputProperty
>>> command="SetInputConnection"
>>> name="Input">
>>> <DataTypeDomain
>>> composite_data_supported="0"
>>> name="input_type">
>>> <DataType value="vtkTable"/>
>>> </DataTypeDomain>
>>> <Documentation>The input filter/source whose output dataset is to
>>> written to the file.</Documentation>
>>> </InputProperty>
>>> <Hints>
>>> <WriterFactory extensions="json" file_description="JSON tabular
>>> data" />
>>> </Hints>
>>> </WriterProxy>
>>>
>>> </ProxyGroup>
>>> </ServerManagerConfiguration>
>>>
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