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Re: IDL Save File Mystery [message #69436] Fri, 08 January 2010 06:56
Matt[2] is currently offline  Matt[2]
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David Fanning <news@dfanning.com> writes:

> ;******************************************************
> .compile testobjview
> Resolve_All, CLASS=['IDLExobjviewwid',$
> 'IDLExViewGroup', $
> 'IDLExObjView', $
> 'IDLExinscribingview', $
> 'IDLgrText']
> IRESOLVE
> Save, FILE='C:\IDL\testobjview.sav', /ROUTINES
> ;*****************************************************
> ;******************************************************
> testobjview
> Resolve_All, CLASS=['IDLExobjviewwid',$
> 'IDLExViewGroup', $
> 'IDLExObjView', $
> 'IDLExinscribingview', $
> 'IDLgrText']
> IRESOLVE
> Save, FILE='C:\IDL\testobjview.sav', /ROUTINES
> ;*****************************************************


They're not exactly the same. The second one is calling testobjview
that might cause some extra compilations to occur?

Matt

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Re: IDL Save File Mystery [message #69438 is a reply to message #69436] Fri, 08 January 2010 05:54 Go to previous message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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pp writes:

> Which turned out to be every IDLEXMODELMANIP and every IDLEXVIEWMANIP.
> But there was no message indicating that IDLEXMODELMANIP__DEFINE got
> compiled when I run testobjview after a restore.

Thanks for this. The absence of these two objects appears
to be the problem. I think the *real* problem, however,
is that IDLexModelManip is created with "COMPILE_OPT hidden"
in all of its methods, including the definition method,
which essentially makes it invisible to all but the most
persistent observer. What could possibly be the purpose
of this?

Cheers,

David


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Re: IDL Save File Mystery [message #69442 is a reply to message #69438] Fri, 08 January 2010 04:02 Go to previous message
greg.addr is currently offline  greg.addr
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I've had a program which has suffered from this same problem for
several years. I always had to run the make file, then the program,
call up the xobjview window, and resave before it would work in the
VM. Adding idlexmodelmanip__define and idlexviewmanip__define to the
make file seems finally to have fixed it. Many thanks pp!

Greg
Re: IDL Save File Mystery [message #69444 is a reply to message #69442] Thu, 07 January 2010 21:18 Go to previous message
penteado is currently offline  penteado
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I tried it in Linux, and had the same problem, but it did indicate
some of the origin, as running testobjview after the restore caused
IDLEXVIEWMANIP__DEFINE to be compiled.

The two save files were 7.9MB and 8.0MB. Looking at the routines in
them, one had 4120 routines, and the other, 4147. After the surprise
that there were so many routines, I got the names of the 27 not
present in the first save file:

+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXMODELMANIP::BUILD_MANIP_VISUAL.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXMODELMANIP::CLEANUP.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXMODELMANIP::GETPROPERTY.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXMODELMANIP::MOUSEDOWN.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXMODELMANIP::MOUSETRACK.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXMODELMANIP::MOUSEUP.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXMODELMANIP::SETPROPERTY.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXMODELMANIP::SETTARGET.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXMODELMANIP::UNDO.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXMODELMANIP__DEFINE.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXVIEWMANIP::BUILD_VISUALS.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXVIEWMANIP::CALCRECT.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXVIEWMANIP::CLEANUP.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXVIEWMANIP::GETPROPERTY.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXVIEWMANIP::MOUSEDOWN.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXVIEWMANIP::MOUSETRACK.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXVIEWMANIP::MOUSEUP.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXVIEWMANIP::RESHAPE.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXVIEWMANIP::SETPROPERTY.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXVIEWMANIP::SETTARGET.
+% RESTORE: Restored procedure: IDLEXVIEWMANIP__DEFINE.
+% RESTORE: Restored function: IDLEXMODELMANIP::GET_VIEW.
+% RESTORE: Restored function: IDLEXMODELMANIP::INIT.
+% RESTORE: Restored function: IDLEXMODELMANIP::V_TO_DATA.
+% RESTORE: Restored function: IDLEXMODELMANIP__GET_BOUNDS.
+% RESTORE: Restored function: IDLEXMODELMANIP__QUATERNION_M3.
+% RESTORE: Restored function: IDLEXVIEWMANIP::INIT.

Which turned out to be every IDLEXMODELMANIP and every IDLEXVIEWMANIP.
But there was no message indicating that IDLEXMODELMANIP__DEFINE got
compiled when I run testobjview after a restore.
Re: IDL Save File Mystery [message #69445 is a reply to message #69444] Thu, 07 January 2010 21:01 Go to previous message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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David Fanning writes:

> I now exit IDL and drag the save file to the IDL
> Virtual Machine. It doesn't run. Tells me to contact
> the author of the program. Unfortunately, he is still
> drinking rum and cokes in the Bahamas. :-(

With a CATCH error handler in the TestObjView
program, I get the following message in the VM:

%XOBJVIEW: Unable to invoke method on NULL object reference:
<OBJREF (<NullObject>)>.
% Execution halted at XOBJVIEW
% TESTOBJVIEW
% IDLRTMAIN
% $MAIN$

Not all that helpful, unfortunately. :-(

Cheers,

David



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