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Re: Can I build a spread-sheet style interface in IDL? [message #1661] Wed, 16 February 1994 23:54
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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
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