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Re: NG in Buffer.... now what??? [message #77046] Fri, 22 July 2011 09:51
Haje Korth is currently offline  Haje Korth
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Hi Mike,
yes copywindow and save methods I found. I just thought, there's gotta
be a way to blast the object back on the screen. But I have been wrong
before.... many times... :-)

Cheers,
Haje

On Jul 22, 11:44 am, Michael Galloy <mgal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/22/11 8:20 AM, Haje Korth wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Digging through docs for 15 minutes and cannot find answer to a simple
>> question. I have a new grphics object created in the buffer using
>> plot(...,/buffer). How do I show this buffer on the screen? I only
>> need this for debug purposes so I do not want to create the plot
>> always on screen by leaving out the buffer keyword.
>
>> Thanks,
>> Haje
>
> I think the normal workflow for using the /BUFFER keyword would be to
> use the save or copyWindow methods to get the contents out as a file or
> byte array image, depending on your requirements.
>
> Mike
> --
> Michael Galloywww.michaelgalloy.com
> Modern IDL, A Guide to Learning IDL:http://modernidl.idldev.com
> Research Mathematician
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Re: NG in Buffer.... now what??? [message #77047 is a reply to message #77046] Fri, 22 July 2011 08:44 Go to previous message
Michael Galloy is currently offline  Michael Galloy
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On 7/22/11 8:20 AM, Haje Korth wrote:
> Hi,
> Digging through docs for 15 minutes and cannot find answer to a simple
> question. I have a new grphics object created in the buffer using
> plot(...,/buffer). How do I show this buffer on the screen? I only
> need this for debug purposes so I do not want to create the plot
> always on screen by leaving out the buffer keyword.
>
> Thanks,
> Haje

I think the normal workflow for using the /BUFFER keyword would be to
use the save or copyWindow methods to get the contents out as a file or
byte array image, depending on your requirements.

Mike
--
Michael Galloy
www.michaelgalloy.com
Modern IDL, A Guide to Learning IDL: http://modernidl.idldev.com
Research Mathematician
Tech-X Corporation
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