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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I used the ReadAllPolyDataTypes.cxx example to create a little command-line tool for file conversion and noted that a small change may make the example code more robust against funny filenames i.e. filenames including multiple dots.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think it could help to make the example a tad more robust if
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line 70 of the ReadAllPolyDataTypes.cxx file was changed from:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">std::</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#2B91AF;background:white;mso-highlight:white">string</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
extension = vtksys::</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#2B91AF;background:white;mso-highlight:white">SystemTools</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">::GetFilenameExtension(std::</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#2B91AF;background:white;mso-highlight:white">string</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">(</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:gray;background:white;mso-highlight:white">fileName</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">));</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">to:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">std::</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#2B91AF;background:white;mso-highlight:white">string</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
extension = vtksys::</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#2B91AF;background:white;mso-highlight:white">SystemTools</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">::GetFilenameLastExtension(std::</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#2B91AF;background:white;mso-highlight:white">string</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">(</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:gray;background:white;mso-highlight:white">fileName</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">));</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It took me as an absolute Cxx idiot a while to figure out what the problem was and how to address it.
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<p class="MsoNormal">(A similar change may also be useful for the ReadAllPolyDataTypesDemo.cxx example)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes, Markus<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><a href="http://www.sportsarthritisresearchuk.org"><span lang="DE" style="color:blue">www.sportsarthritisresearchuk.org</span></a></span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Prof. Dr. Markus O. Heller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Full Professor of Biomechanics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">University of Southampton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Department of Mechanical Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Southampton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SO17 1BJ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Tel. : +44 (0) 23 8059 4909<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Fax : +44 (0) 23 8059 3016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">email: m.o.heller@soton.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">8th World Congress of Biomechanics, 8-12 July 2018, Dublin, Ireland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><a href="http://wcb2018.com"><span style="color:blue">http://wcb2018.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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