Doh! didn't realize you were going to call it from python. Stick with what Pat suggested :).
Utkarsh On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:18 AM, pat marion <pat.mar...@kitware.com> wrote: > Paraview doesn't have a way to pass pointers to QObjects from c++ to python, > or vice versa. You can use PyQt wrapped methods to search for named widgets > though. > > Pat > > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit > <utkarsh.ayac...@kitware.com> wrote: >> >> Alternatively use: pqCoreUtilities::mainWidget() -- it tries to find >> an active mainwindow by default. >> >> Utkarsh >> >> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:09 PM, pat marion <pat.mar...@kitware.com> >> wrote: >> >>> The only thing I couldn't immediately figure out from that post, was >> >>> what >> >>> to do with widgets that need a parent >> > >> > You could use QApplication.activeWindow(), you might get the mainwindow >> > or >> > python dialog. Or you could cycle thru the list of >> > QApplication.topLevelWidgets() to look for the paraview mainwindow. >> > >> > Pat >> > >> > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 6:27 PM, <m.c.wilk...@massey.ac.nz> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:18:29AM -0400, pat marion wrote: >> >> > If you want to use PyQt4, see >> >> > http://paraview.markmail.org/message/6h767kpak5dcoqwt >> >> >> >> Thank you, this is what I needed, good stuff. The only thing I >> >> couldn't immediately figure out from that post, was what to do with >> >> widgets that need a parent, because I couldn't get hold of the main >> >> paraview window widget. Anyway this is what I did: >> >> >> >> --- >> >> import PyQt4.QtGui >> >> >> >> # this is a dummy widget to use as the parent for other widgets that >> >> need >> >> a >> >> parent >> >> wid = PyQt4.QtGui.QWidget() >> >> >> >> # get some user input >> >> ret = PyQt4.QtGui.QInputDialog.getText(wid, 'hi', 'first question') >> >> >> >> # do some other stuff >> >> >> >> # oh dear a warning >> >> ret = PyQt4.QtGui.QMessageBox.warning(wid, 'hi', 'there was a >> >> recoverable >> >> problem', PyQt4.QtGui.QMessageBox.Ok, PyQt4.QtGui.QMessageBox.NoButton, >> >> PyQt4.QtGui.QMessageBox.NoButton) >> >> >> >> # maybe get some more input >> >> ret = PyQt4.QtGui.QInputDialog.getText(wid, 'hi', 'second question') >> >> --- >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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
