# XMLPImageDataWriter

VTKExamples/Cxx/IO/XMLPImageDataWriter

### Code

XMLPImageDataWriter.cxx

    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
    #include <vtkXMLPImageDataWriter.h>
    #include <vtkImageCanvasSource2D.h>

    int main(int, char *[])
    {
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCanvasSource2D> drawing =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCanvasSource2D>::New();
      drawing->SetNumberOfScalarComponents(3);
      drawing->SetScalarTypeToUnsignedChar();
      drawing->SetExtent(0, 20, 0, 50, 0, 1);
      drawing->SetDrawColor(255.0, 255.0, 255.0);
      drawing->DrawCircle(5, 5, 3);

      int numberOfPieces = 4;

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPImageDataWriter> writer =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPImageDataWriter>::New();
      writer->SetInputConnection(drawing->GetOutputPort());
      writer->SetFileName("Test.pvti");
      writer->SetNumberOfPieces(numberOfPieces);
      writer->SetEndPiece(numberOfPieces-1);
      writer->SetStartPiece(0);
      writer->Update();

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(XMLPImageDataWriter)

    find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
    include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

    add_executable(XMLPImageDataWriter MACOSX_BUNDLE XMLPImageDataWriter.cxx )

    target_link_libraries(XMLPImageDataWriter ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build XMLPImageDataWriter

Click here to download XMLPImageDataWriter and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball XMLPImageDataWriter.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

    cd XMLPImageDataWriter/build

If VTK is installed:

    cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

    cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

    make

and run it:

    ./XMLPImageDataWriter

WINDOWS USERS PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.