Problem opening same file twice

ParaView Support
1

Hello,
Once I open a .xmf file, if I close it and try to open it again I get these two errors:

ERROR: In vtkXdmfReader.cxx, line 487
vtkXdmfReader (000001BED83E0F50): Failed to read data.

ERROR: In vtkExecutive.cxx, line 741
vtkPVCompositeDataPipeline (000001BEB7F78A70): Algorithm vtkFileSeriesReader (000001BED8BA3E00) returned failure for request: vtkInformation (000001BEEDA2D190)
Debug: Off
Modified Time: 412731
Reference Count: 1
Registered Events: (none)
Request: REQUEST_DATA
FORWARD_DIRECTION: 0
ALGORITHM_AFTER_FORWARD: 1
FROM_OUTPUT_PORT: 0

This happens both with some file I have already opened and visualized and some I have not.

Can you please help me solving this problem?
Thank you in advance

2

Hi @marta and welcome,

Please share your file.

Best,

3

Hi,
I am attaching the file
T4621_L.xmf (2.3 KB)

I managed this problem saving the file in .pvd format but I am still interested in understanding why this happens.

Best,
Marta

4

I confirm that these file cannot be read by ParaView. But I do not know if this is a ParaView issue or a file issue. Investigation is needed.

5

The problem is that I was able to open it a first time and then I couldn’t do it anymore… I had to rerun the simulation and rewrite the .xmf file!
For now I will just save it with the .pvd format after opening it the first time, since this seems to work…

6

I wonder if some caching is getting confused here. Not sure what filter is doing such things though.

7

@Dave_DeMarle?

8

Wild guess here. Assuming Marta isn’t being fooled, the file is opened once. ParaView then (on closing) will write a configuration file. The file won’t open again. Issue with something in the configuration file? One way to test, Marta, is to blow away configuration files. Edit/ Reset to Default Settings. Backup the files please. If this fixes it, Kitware will probably want these files.