John, (I haven't read the full thread so I may be missing something here, so bear with me)
I am wondering what's the difference between a vtkSMCommandProperty and vtkSMProperty? ParaView ServerManager does support using vtkSMProperty directly for the purpose you mentioned. Maybe all we need to add is suppose for create the "push button" when such a property is found in the XML, isn't it? Utkarsh On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Biddiscombe, John A. <[email protected]> wrote: > Matthias, > > > > Using the topic_CommandProperty branch on the stage git repo > > > > I added the following to readers.xml under the > > <SourceProxy name="XMLUnstructuredGridReaderCore" > > … > > <CommandProperty > > name="Reload" > > label="Reload Data" > > command="Modified" > > si_class="vtkSIProperty"> > > </CommandProperty> > > > > and a button is created inside the panel for the reader (the file series > reader also needs to expose the property because the reader is actually > inside the file series reader). > > When you click the button the client side proxy is marked as modified, and > when you hit accept the Modified function is called on the server side > object (the reader) – this then triggers a re-execution and the reader > rereads from disk. > > > > All works as expected. I shall see if I can get this accepted into the next > patch release as I believe it is a very handy capability to have in a number > of places. I’ll add the xml changes and push them too, but perhaps other > readers (of the list) might suggest which other readers (of files) need this > feature added. > > > > JB > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Zenker, Dr. Matthias > Sent: 08 March 2012 10:36 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Paraview] reload data > > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to watch a running transient simulation producing one binary > vtu file per timestep. Is there a way to reload the current data set so that > newly written timesteps are included (e.g. in the “Plot selection over time” > filter), without closing and reopening the whole dataset? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Matthias > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH > Firmensitz: 72072 Tuebingen > Geschaeftsfuehrer: Christian O. Erbe, Reiner Thede > Registergericht: Stuttgart HRB 380137 > > > _______________________________________________ > Paraview-developers mailing list > [email protected] > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview-developers > _______________________________________________ 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
