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Re: Can I build a spread-sheet style interface in IDL?
In article <2jok1l$ml@ncar.ucar.edu> fredrick@acd.ucar.edu (Timothy Fredrick) writes: > We eventually want to be able to build X-Windows widgets for scientists > who don't want to deal with any of UNIX including the vi editor, etc. So > what I would like is to build something like a simple spreadsheet program > with IDL widgets such that a user can move around in the data and make > changes and then make plots of the resulting data. > I'd like not to reinvent the wheel if someone has already worked out > a spreadsheet-style interface and would be willing to share the code > with me. If so, I'd be very grateful! In directory lib\widgets there is a file XVAREDIT.PRO. It shows how to develop something like a spreadsheet, but doesn't work well with big data sets. We have exactly the same need for a spreadsheet, so please let me know if you get more info from someone else. Thanx -------------------------------- | MIKE MATHEWS | | fskmjm@puknet.puk.ac.za | | | | ANTARCTIC RESEARCH GROUP | | PHYSICS DEPT | | POTCHEFSTROOM UNIVERSITY | | SOUTH AFRICA | | | | Phone: +27 (148) 992419 | | Fax : +27 (148) 992421 | ________________________________