Ok ! It still not clear but anyway, if you have specific questions, I'll try to help ...
Nehme 2009/12/15 Michael Jackson <[email protected]> > I am developing both a reader (Server Side only) and a custom GUI to go > along with the reader for the client side. I have all sorts of custom Qt Gui > widgets in my Reader Gui Plugin and I was hoping to reuse a bunch of code > that was already existing. > > I have created some plugins (Server side reader with Client side custom > gui) for ParaView in the past, but all of those plugins used simple > QWidgets. Nothing like what I am trying now. > > My code is in a publicly accessible git repo if you want to take a look at > the code. > > _________________________________________________________ > Mike Jackson [email protected] > > > On Dec 15, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Nehme Bilal wrote: > > I see. I already had the same kind of problems but am not able to help >> much because there is no enough details in your message. Am not sure if it's >> a reader or a filter that you are developing ? are you reading the file on >> the client side ? server side ? or both ? >> >> 2 potential problems: >> - if you are reading the file on both the server and client side, your >> plugin will not work when the server is running on different computer >> because the file will not be accessible to one of them. >> >> - apply your plugin, save the state, delete all objects and reload the >> state, probably something will go wrong. >> >> if you give more details, I'll probably be able to help. >> >> Nehme >> >> 2009/12/14 Michael Jackson <[email protected]> >> Unfortunately the values that are stored in the QComboBox are read from >> the data file. The "workaround" that i was able to implement was to create >> the correct number of QTextEdit widgets and place them in the Gui in >> QtDesigner. Then in my constructor for my Panel Class, I simply call >> "setVisible(false)" on each of those QTextEdit widgets so they do not show >> up in the GUI. I then add in the appropriate logic using Signals/Slots to >> keep those invisible widgets up to date. >> Seems kinda of klunky but frankly there is not enough documentation in >> ParaView to stray from what is in the Wiki. There is mention that I need to >> implement some sort of "adaptor" for things like this (QRGB to RGB) is used >> as the example, but no actual implementation details so I, as the >> programmer, am basically left guessing what to try to implement. >> >> Thanks for the suggestion though. Keep them coming. Better, yet, would be >> places in the ParaView source to look for "examples" besides grepping >> through the sources for key words. >> >> _________________________________________________________ >> Mike Jackson [email protected] >> >> >> On Dec 12, 2009, at 7:49 PM, Nehme Bilal wrote: >> >> If the elements you want to display in you combobox are always the same, >> simply use: >> >> <IntVectorProperty >> name="ActiveDimension" >> command="SetActiveDimension" >> number_of_elements="1" >> default_values="0"> >> <EnumerationDomain name="enum"> >> <Entry value="1" text="X"/> >> <Entry value="2" text="Y"/> >> <Entry value="3" text="Z"/> >> </EnumerationDomain> >> </IntVectorProperty> >> >> and then rename you combobox to "ActiveDimension" in qt designer. >> >> That's should be enough to do what you are looking for. >> >> If you want to fill dynamically your combobox depending on some inputs, >> it's harder than that but can be done. >> >> for you first question, you can always use immediate_update=1 instead of >> information_only to make sure that your value is pushed immediately to the >> server. >> >> Nehme >> >> >> >> >> 2009/12/11 Michael Jackson <[email protected]> >> Well, >> That helped. At least something is getting set on the server side now. >> Copy-Paste error. Doh. Alas, the value getting set is not the correct value. >> >> _________________________________________________________ >> Mike Jackson [email protected] >> BlueQuartz Software www.bluequartz.net >> Principal Software Engineer Dayton, Ohio >> >> On Dec 11, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote: >> >> Why do you have the "information_only" attribute ? That's used only >> for properties whose value are obtained from the server -side and are >> never pushed "to" the server. Simply remove that attribute, and it >> should work -- I think. >> >> Utkarsh >> >> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Michael Jackson >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes, I did not know about that, but adding it still did not help. >> >> -- >> Mike Jackson <www.bluequartz.net> >> >> On Dec 11, 2009, at 5:02 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote: >> >> Are you forgetting a this->proxy()->UpdateVTKObjects() call after you >> have changed the value? >> >> Utkarsh >> >> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Michael Jackson >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In my ServerManager XML file I have the following: >> >> <IntVectorProperty >> name="ActiveDimension" >> command="SetActiveDimension" >> number_of_elements="1" >> default_values="0" >> information_only="1"> >> </IntVectorProperty> >> >> And in my Client GUI code (which extends pqLoadedFormObjectPanel) I have >> the >> following code: >> vtkSMProperty* smProperty = >> this->proxy()->GetProperty("ActiveDimension"); >> if (NULL == smProperty) >> { >> DebugTrace(<< "SMProperty was NULL for 'ActiveDimension'" ); >> } >> vtkSMIntVectorProperty* activeDimProperty = >> vtkSMIntVectorProperty::SafeDownCast(smProperty); >> activeDimProperty->SetElement(0, index); >> >> Doing a std::cout on the server side indicates that the Server side >> property >> (ActiveDimension) is NOT getting set. What exactly am I doing wrong? >> >> I would also like to have a QComboBox in the Gui that is hooked up to a >> server side property. What is the best way to go about that? >> >> Thanks >> _________________________________________________________ >> Mike Jackson [email protected] >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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