Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado
writing to 2 "windows" in idl?
Hi- I'd like to write out character strings to a gif imagee and determine their lengths (in pixels). I can do this using xyouts and this works for most of what I want to do. However, now I would like to find the length of a character string BEFORE I write it out. I tried writing out in the same color as my image to get the returned length and then writing it out again in the color I want. This works except that I cover up some lines on my original plot that I don't want covered. Is there a way to write to a "fake" device instead? The relevant parts of my code are: tvlct,/GET,r,g,b window, colors=223,xsize=n1,ysize=n2 etc...... device,font='-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--10-100-75-75-p- 60-iso8859-1' xyouts, x+4, y, string, /device,width=namew ,charsize=1.2,color=44 mmwidth=namew*n1 xyouts, x-mmwidth-4, y, string, /device, width=namew ,charsize=1.2,color=222 thanks. cathy smith cas@cdc.noaa.gov -- cas@cdc.noaa.gov