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Re: Saving Color Tables [message #40864 is a reply to message #40863]

Tue, 14 September 2004 11:18

Michael Wallace
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Registered: December 2003

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> On a similar note, how can you create a brand new color table file? I
> tried the obvious, setting the FILE keyword to a new file name and
> selecting an ITAB of 0(or 1 or 10 or 100) but that fails.
>
> Not a pressing issue, and the workaround was trivial (I already had a
> function that created the table so I simply create an instance of
> IDLgrPalette when the application starts) but I did find this annoying.
> Also, I am sure I could copy the built in color table file and then
> modify that but it really seems like I should be able to create a shiny
> new color table file... Is it possible?

I tried to do this very same thing a while back, but was met with the
same failure. Instead, I modified a copy of colors.tbl to include my
tables in index 41 and greater. This way I can use this single file for
all color tables and don't have to code up any kind of special case
scenario.

-Mike

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		Re: Saving Color Tables By: David Fanning on Tue, 14 September 2004 13:09
		Re: Saving Color Tables By: Michael Wallace on Tue, 14 September 2004 11:18
		Re: Saving Color Tables By: Rick Towler on Tue, 14 September 2004 10:13
		Re: Saving Color Tables By: Michael Wallace on Mon, 13 September 2004 11:19
		Re: Saving Color Tables By: kklare on Wed, 15 September 2004 13:57

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