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IDL Workbench Epiphany--Or Something [message #62589] Fri, 19 September 2008 13:51 Go to next message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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Hi Folks,

Whoa! I accidently clicked on a JPEG file I had in a resources
directory in one of my IDL Workbench projects. As soon as I did
it, I expected all kinds of bad things to happen. But, what
happened instead, is that the JPEG file opened up in the editor
window, just as if I had clicked a *.pro file. And more than
that...when I click on the image tab, I get a whole lot of
buttons that allow me to perform various rudimentary image
processing tasks (Quick Fix, crop, etc.). Moreover, I have
new Menus in the menubar that includes an Image menu with
even more choices.

What is going on here? Is this part of Eclipse? Part of the
Workbench? What?

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
Re: IDL Workbench Epiphany--Or Something [message #62749 is a reply to message #62589] Wed, 01 October 2008 07:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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Philip Elson writes:

> If you think that is impressive, on a windows machine with office
> installed you can open up .doc's, .ppt's & xls's - all with related
> menus!
>
> Quite a nice bit of kit.

Well, I just tried opening an Excel and Microsoft word file
in my IDL 7.0.1 Workbench on my Windows machine, and no such
luck.

Anyone have any ideas why Philip can do this and I can't?
I'm using Microsoft Office 2003. Could that be the reason?
I wouldn't need to spend *another* $5000 to get my Workbench
up to snuff, would I? :-(

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
Re: IDL Workbench Epiphany--Or Something [message #62750 is a reply to message #62589] Wed, 01 October 2008 07:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Philip Elson is currently offline  Philip Elson
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Registered: October 2008
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If you think that is impressive, on a windows machine with office
installed you can open up .doc's, .ppt's & xls's - all with related
menus!

Quite a nice bit of kit.


On 19 Sep, 21:51, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Whoa! I accidently clicked on a JPEG file I had in a resources
> directory in one of my IDL Workbench projects. As soon as I did
> it, I expected all kinds of bad things to happen. But, what
> happened instead, is that the JPEG file opened up in the editor
> window, just as if I had clicked a *.pro file. And more than
> that...when I click on the image tab, I get a whole lot of
> buttons that allow me to perform various rudimentary image
> processing tasks (Quick Fix, crop, etc.). Moreover, I have
> new Menus in the menubar that includes an Image menu with
> even more choices.
>
> What is going on here? Is this part of Eclipse? Part of the
> Workbench? What?
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
Re: IDL Workbench Epiphany--Or Something [message #62842 is a reply to message #62749] Fri, 10 October 2008 02:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Philip Elson is currently offline  Philip Elson
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Registered: October 2008
Junior Member
I have chased it up, 7.0.3 definitely does it, but I'm not sure about
previous versions.

I am running Linux hence not being able to check, but what would
really impress me is if it integrated with OpenOffice as well!

Regards,

Philip Elson
Re: IDL Workbench Epiphany--Or Something [message #63021 is a reply to message #62589] Sun, 26 October 2008 17:00 Go to previous message
tenkyuu is currently offline  tenkyuu
Messages: 2
Registered: October 2008
Junior Member
On Oct 22, 9:21 pm, Michael Galloy <mgal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> tenk...@pacbell.net wrote:
>> Is there a stand-alone routine for reading an Excel file into a
>> structure (so it can be used within a program)?
>
> There is this routine on the code contrib site:
>
> http://www.ittvis.com/UserCommunity/CodeLibrary/tabid/59/grm 2id/1146/...
>
> Mike
> --www.michaelgalloy.com
> Tech-X Corporation
> Associate Research Scientist

Thanks very much. I'll try this.
Re: IDL Workbench Epiphany--Or Something [message #63062 is a reply to message #62589] Wed, 22 October 2008 21:21 Go to previous message
Michael Galloy is currently offline  Michael Galloy
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tenkyuu@pacbell.net wrote:
> Is there a stand-alone routine for reading an Excel file into a
> structure (so it can be used within a program)?

There is this routine on the code contrib site:

http://www.ittvis.com/UserCommunity/CodeLibrary/tabid/59/grm 2id/1146/Default.aspx

Mike
--
www.michaelgalloy.com
Tech-X Corporation
Associate Research Scientist
Re: IDL Workbench Epiphany--Or Something [message #63065 is a reply to message #62750] Wed, 22 October 2008 19:16 Go to previous message
tenkyuu is currently offline  tenkyuu
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Registered: October 2008
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On Oct 1, 7:37 am, Philip Elson <philip.el...@metoffice.gov.uk> wrote:
> If you think that is impressive, on a windows machine with office
> installed you can open up .doc's, .ppt's & xls's - all with related
> menus!
>
> Quite a nice bit of kit.
>
> On 19 Sep, 21:51, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>
>> Whoa! I accidently clicked on a JPEG file I had in a resources
>> directory in one of my IDL Workbench projects. As soon as I did
>> it, I expected all kinds of bad things to happen. But, what
>> happened instead, is that the JPEG file opened up in the editor
>> window, just as if I had clicked a *.pro file. And more than
>> that...when I click on the image tab, I get a whole lot of
>> buttons that allow me to perform various rudimentary image
>> processing tasks (Quick Fix, crop, etc.). Moreover, I have
>> new Menus in the menubar that includes an Image menu with
>> even more choices.
>
>> What is going on here? Is this part of Eclipse? Part of the
>> Workbench? What?
>
>> Cheers,
>
>> David
>> --
>> David Fanning, Ph.D.
>> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
>> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
>> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

Hello,

Is there a stand-alone routine for reading an Excel file into a
structure (so it can be used within a program)?

Thanks,
Greg Slater
LMSAL
Palo Alto, CA
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