Awesome! Glad to hear. I am going to put some energy into updating the "python-2-plugin" script to be more feature rich making such tasks easier still.
Utkarsh On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Dennis Conklin <dennis_conk...@goodyear.com> wrote: > Utkarsh, > > Thanks, that works great and allows us to add a Goodyear-specific file to our > readers here. That ReaderFactory is a very nice feature! This will not only > be a help to our analysts, it will also tend to make more Paraview converts > here! > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayac...@kitware.com] > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 3:53 PM > To: Dennis Conklin <dennis_conk...@goodyear.com> > Cc: Paraview (paraview@paraview.org) <paraview@paraview.org> > Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [Paraview] Stupid question on Programmable Source > >> 1. I really want this as a reader, that everyone can use. Is there some >> way to have the user enter a filename which is more elegant than having them >> edit the script? For instance, can the server-side xml plugin stuff be >> edited slightly to work with a Programmable source, so I could put in a text >> box for them to type the filename. Even better would be a popup file >> browser, but I dream! > > All doable :). Just needs some XML magic to come together. This old post > (http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/534) talks about how you can create a > XML for programmable source. Adding "ReaderFactor hints" > to the XML will make ParaView treat this as a reader. Then, your users can > simply load the script. > >> 2. I assume without compiling here that I cannot actually get this as a >> reader, correct? > > Wrong :). I've attached the XML created from your script. You can load this > as a plugin using the Plugin Manager, it can now open files using File Open > Dialog. I generated the XML using > >> python python_filter_generator.py ringle_read.py ringle_reader.xm > > Then manually editing the XML to add reader factory hints etc. The > python_filter_generator.py needs to be updated/extended to add support for > creating reader etc. > > Just load the ringle_reader.xml using the Plugin manager and ParaView will > be able to open *.neut.out files. _______________________________________________ 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 Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview
