| iTool Redeux [message #37218] |
Tue, 25 November 2003 13:09 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Folks,
As it happens, I had an e-mail this morning from an iTool
user (not a newsgroup reader, too, it seems) who wanted
to do the simplest thing with an iPlot. He wants to call
the iPlot tool from his program and he wants the plot to
come up in "Stretch To Fit" mode. He does not want to
have to change this each time from the Visualization
Browser.
A reasonable request, I'm sure you will agree. Something
a casual IDL user might think he wants to do. I tried the
obvious thing:
IDL> iPlot, data, /Shrink_To_Fit
No, good. I read the iPlot documentation. Nothing there.
I poked around for 20 minutes in the iTool code until
my frustration level reached the boiling point. Then
I sent an e-mail to RSI support. How do you do this
simple thing?
I don't wish to embarrass anyone at RSI by publishing
the answer. But I do want you to know how serious a
problem this is. Here is the answer:
"...the only way to do this would be to
write an iTool program. I believe the Help Index
under iTools- operating tasks- Example: Creating
an example (hot link) will bring you to the steps
you need to look at."
There you go. I estimate I might have an answer for
the poor chap in 4-6 weeks if I drop everything and
work on this. I don't know how long it is going to
take him to figure it out on his own.
Cheers,
David
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David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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