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 < [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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, <[email protected]> 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 > > > > >
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