Ian, That's great! Thanks for pointing it out. I will take a look when I get back to work on Tue and try to get something in.
Utkarsh On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Ian Curington <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Utkarsh, Mohamad, > > Note we have supplied a working patch at: > http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=13092 > > which includes arbitrary environment variable support in pvsm paths: > > where environment can be reference using syntax of > %VAR_NAME%, ${VAR_NAME} and $VAR_NAME. In the latest case ($VAR_NAME), > VAR_NAME must be > from [a-zA-Z0-9_-]+ language. > > so full absolute paths can be replaced with: > > <Property name="FileName" id="2875.FileName" number_of_elements="1"> > <Element index="0" value="${MY_DATA}/interesting_result.vtk"/> > > We are using it in deployed production projects. > > -Ian > > Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 9:32:20 PM, you wrote: > >> It's not possible currently, but I think we should provide some clean >> solution for the next release. Mind reporting a feature request on >> the bug tracker (can't remember if there's on already)? > >> Utkarsh > >> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Mohamad M. Nasr-Azadani >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a simple question. >>> Is it possible to assign an environment variable to define data directory in >>> pvsm files? >>> As I save a pvsm file, I see that paraview uses the complete directory >>> address to add files to the pvsm file. >>> I was wondering if there is a way to define that? >>> >>> Or, an alternative question is, is there anyway for paraview just to write >>> the file names (and not the corresponding full directory)? >>> That way, we can run the pvsm file in any directory as long as all the data >>> files are in the current directory where the pvsm file is stored. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Mohamad >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > -- > Best regards, > Ian mailto:[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
