| Dump WAVE plot to hardcopy [message #5120] |
Fri, 06 October 1995 00:00  |
uuvince
Messages: 6
Registered: June 1991
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I have written several WAVE programs for computer literate, but non-programmer,
users to use for visualizations and analysis of their experimental data. In
these programs I use menus and prompts to let the user select the plot type
and set values for most of the WAVE system and graphics keywords. I let the
user iterate on each plot until they have it looking just the way they want
it. The, of course, they want the program to generate a hardcopy that looks
exactly like the plot on their screen. This is the source of my frustration.
I have been unable to find a good way to have WAVE generate a hardcopy of
what's on the screen. I have resorted to a kind of internal journalling where
I write the equivalent of everything the user does into a file and then I
rewind the file, change the plot device to 'ps', and EXECUTE each line in the
file to generate the printable graphics output. Has anybody found a better
to accomplish this task? These programs need to run across the whole range of
WAVE supported platforms.
Vince Scullin
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| Vince Scullin | Never attribute to malice that |
| Software Engineering Branch | which can be adequately explained |
| NASA Lewis Research Center | by ignorance. |
| Cleveland, Ohio 44135 | uuvince@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov |
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| Re: DUMP [message #17418 is a reply to message #5120] |
Sun, 10 October 1999 00:00  |
Richard G. French
Messages: 65
Registered: June 1997
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"Robert S. Mallozzi" wrote:
>>
> PRO DUMP
> PRINT, 'In DUMP'
> END
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> Then try
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> IDL> .run dump
> IDL> dump
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> The procedure is not called. I tried it with IDL 5.2
> and 5.3beta.
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> Regards,
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> -bob
Same problem exists in IDL 3.6, so it is not a new problem!
But if you say
HELP
after you try it, it does list DUMP as
a Compiled Procedure.
Dick
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