Hello Can you provide your xml file ?
Regards, Mathieu Westphal On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 9:07 PM, Cornelis Bockemühl < [email protected]> wrote: > Looks like I may have to provide an example that everybody can follow!? > > The "Multicorrelative Statistics" filter is already such an example! > > Reading the docs and looking into the server XML it is obvious that you > can optionally provide a model as a second input port. However, I cannot > find any way how to specify this second input: > > - Directly selecting it (next to the primary input) has the effect that > the filter is greyed out in Paraview - no chance! > > - Selecting only the primary data input allows to choose the > "Multicorrelative Statistics" filter just fine. I would expect that before > pressing "Apply" I should still specify the second input (the model thus), > but no chance: In the context menu, the "Change Input" option is greyed out > - and I cannot find any other way to enter any second input data. > > - Pressing "Apply" does apply the filter, but without the optional model > data. Now the "Change Input" would be avaliable in the context menu, but > specifying any additional input NOW has no effect: the calculation is not > redone any more... > > Bottom line: My first example was from a self-written filter, so there is > still the possibility that I have done something wrong. But with the > standard filter that comes with every Paraview installation I would expect > that there MUST be some way to provide that second input data item!? > > I am simply lost here! > > Regards, > Cornelis > > >Dear Parview users, > > > >This question seems trivial - but I do not find any solution on my own! > > > >I have a filter with one mandatory and two optional input ports, and this > >is how I proceed with it: > > > >- Select some data object, then call that filter. It does not open the > >input port item selection dialog because the one mandatory input is already > >satisfied. > > > >- I want to add one of the optional inputs (or both) - but the "change > >input" option is greyed! Strange - because for me this would be the logical > >moment to specify additional input, i.e.: BEFORE pressing the Apply > >button... > > > >- Ok, I press the Apply button thus. Of course the output is not what I > >want because the optional inputs were missing... > > > >- However, now I can choose also the "change input" option - and I do so. I > >select the two optional inputs. But now nothing happens any more - and now > >the Apply button is grey, so no way to trigger an update of the output! > > > >To me this does not look very logical, so I assume that I am missing some > >point... > > > >The other "intuitive option" would be to select all the desired input > >items, and only then open the filter. However this is impossible from the > >beginning because now the filter is already greyed in the menu as being > >"not applicable"! > > > >Thanks for any helpful hints! > > > >Regards, > >Cornelis Bockemühl > > > -- > Cornelis Bockemühl > Basel, Schweiz > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview > >
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