David:<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the feedback. </div><div><br></div><div>I am new to mailing lists: I cc'd <a href="mailto:paraview@paraview.org" target="_blank">paraview@paraview.org</a> on this note - I hope that covers your </div>
<div>request to keep the discussion on the mailing list.</div><div><br></div><div>WRT Trace:</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for the links: I will need to spend time learning how to read the material . . .</div><div><br>
</div><div>For now, I notice that the .py script (first_stab.py - which is attached) does not seem to direct </div><div>the saving of a .ply file - which was one of the sequence of actions taken during the Trace.</div><div>
<br></div><div>Is saving/writing a file part of what Trace is to record? (I used Save Data.)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Tim<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:44 AM, David E DeMarle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave.demarle@kitware.com" target="_blank">dave.demarle@kitware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Please keep the discussion on the mailing list so everyone can benefit.<br>
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> The upshot: Is there a way to use this .py file either in an executable, or<br>
> between executables?<br>
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</div>Python is a particularly good glue language.<br>
<br>
You can have you scripts/programs call "pvbatch yourscript.py" and/or<br>
call arbitrary scripts/executables from within yourscript.py.<br>
<br>
For examples of how to call out from python see:<br>
<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/89228/calling-an-external-command-in-python" target="_blank">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/89228/calling-an-external-command-in-python</a><br>
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> Once I get that going, I can generate a version of the .py file appropriate<br>
> for each sim. I assume<br>
> that can be refined to using filenames as arguments as I get off of my<br>
> knuckles.<br>
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</div>For examples of command line argument access in python see:<br>
<a href="http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_command_line_arguments.htm" target="_blank">http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_command_line_arguments.htm</a><br>
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