# C++ VTK application and pvserver

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/c-vtk-application-and-pvserver/9169
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [March 13, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/c-vtk-application-and-pvserver/9169 "2022-03-13T11:02:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![fvitello](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/fvitello/32/8783_2.png) [@fvitello](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fvitello)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/c-vtk-application-and-pvserver/9169/1 "2022-03-13T11:02:07Z")

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Hello Everyone,

is it possibile to connect an c++ vtk/qt application with pvserver in order to obtain a remote rendering?

Thanks

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### Author: ![Francois\_Mazen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/francois_mazen/32/6483_2.png) [@Francois\_Mazen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Francois_Mazen)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/c-vtk-application-and-pvserver/9169/2 "2022-03-14T08:46:08Z")

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Hello,

the obvious answer would be to use ParaView itself to connect ot a pvserver. If not, the easiest way is to create a ParaView-based applications.

You may look at the examples: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/tree/master/Examples/CustomApplications](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/tree/master/Examples/CustomApplications)

Best

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### Author: ![fvitello](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/fvitello/32/8783_2.png) [@fvitello](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fvitello)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/c-vtk-application-and-pvserver/9169/3 "2022-03-14T09:08:45Z")

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Hi Francois, thanks.

I have already developed a VTK application. So, I would like to connect to a remote server for rendering minimizing changes.

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### Author: ![Joachim\_P](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/joachim_p/32/9596_2.png) [@Joachim\_P](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Joachim_P)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/c-vtk-application-and-pvserver/9169/4 "2022-03-14T20:52:38Z")

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Fabio,

You could connect both applications by importing into your app all the ParaView machinery but there will be absolutely no link between the VTK pipelines you may create and the ParaView ones. And thus, you won’t be able to delegate the rendering to the server.

Cheers

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### Author: ![fvitello](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/fvitello/32/8783_2.png) [@fvitello](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fvitello)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/c-vtk-application-and-pvserver/9169/5 "2022-03-20T11:51:35Z")

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Thanks for the clarification