VTKPVVTKEXTENSIONSDEFAULT_EXPORT replacement?

Chris_Marsh · June 4, 2020, 5:44pm

I have a plugin derived from vtkTableAlgorithm that I would like to update for Paraview 5.7+. I’ve been following the migration guide.

However when building I don’t have this file vtkPVVTKExtensionsDefaultModule.h which I need for VTKPVVTKEXTENSIONSDEFAULT_EXPORT.

What has VTKPVVTKEXTENSIONSDEFAULT_EXPORT been replaced by in 5.7+?

utkarsh.ayachit · June 4, 2020, 5:53pm

Your plugin code shouldn’t be explicitly using that file or the macro. It is meant for code in that module itself. Can you elaborate where the error is coming from?

Chris_Marsh · June 4, 2020, 7:07pm

Oh interesting. This is a filter I wrote many years back, cobbled together from existing code and help from the old paraview-dev mailing list. I’m not particularly comfortable with it, and once it was working, I haven’t touched it since.

The line in question is this one

github.com

Chrismarsh/vtk-paraview-datetimefilter/blob/master/vtkDateTimeAnnotation.h#L31


// produce request time in the output.

#pragma once

#include "vtkPVVTKExtensionsDefaultModule.h" //needed for exports
#include "vtkTableAlgorithm.h"

#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
using namespace boost::posix_time;

class VTKPVVTKEXTENSIONSDEFAULT_EXPORT vtkDateTimeAnnotation : public vtkTableAlgorithm
{
public:
  static vtkDateTimeAnnotation * New();
    vtkTypeMacro(vtkDateTimeAnnotation, vtkTableAlgorithm);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  // Description:
  // Get/Set the format in which the to display the
  // input update time. Use printf formatting.
  // Default is "Time: %f".

That is, the error is in my code.

utkarsh.ayachit · June 16, 2020, 12:30am

You should be able to remove it entirely or replace it with VTK_EXPORT.

Chris_Marsh · June 23, 2020, 9:40pm

Ok I will try that. Is there a specific header I should include?