[Paraview] Writing binary files: C/Fortran interface to VTK XML files.

[Brad King]

Hi Sam,

Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>    Brad, could you confirm you'll have something commited in VTK within the next few days ?

I've re-written the C interface to support multiple simultaneous writer 
instances and all 5 standard vtkDataObject types.  There is also a 
fortran interfaace wrapping the C interface, and I've successfully 
written a small .vtu file from a Fortran program.  I plan to commit the 
new C interface into VTK/IO on Monday as part of the vtkIO kit.  A C 
program will be able to include "vtkXMLWriterC.h" and link to the 
standard vtkIO library.

I'm not sure what to do with the fortran interface file, though.  It is 
a .c file that has some macros at the top to configure it for a 
particular fortran compiler.  The most flexible thing to do is 
distribute this .c file with VTK in soruce form and let fortran 
programmers include it in their build with a few -D options to the C 
compiler to tell it what the fortran compiler expects.  The drawback is 
that the fortran programmer will need a C compiler to build the small 
interface to VTK.

Suggestions?

Thanks,
-Brad