| Re: new graphics legend function: problems with symbol fill color [message #81804] |
Thu, 25 October 2012 14:38 |
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Manodeep writes:
> It certainly appears that way. I was somehow under the impression that educational network licenses got you the version upgrades (i.e., 8.x.x) for free but I have been told that that is incorrect.
I would contact your sales rep. I think a compelling case can be make that function graphics in IDL 8.0 was unusable for any serious work. I'd argue that you didn't get what you paid for and deserve an upgrade. (To be honest, this argument carried no water for me, but you might have better luck as a student. :-)
Cheers,
David
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| Re: new graphics legend function: problems with symbol fill color [message #81805 is a reply to message #81804] |
Thu, 25 October 2012 14:32  |
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Manodeep writes:
> All I needed was a semi-transparent colored region and IDL 8.0 function graphics was the easiest solution I came up with. Turns out, not so easy after all !!
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> I will go back to my corner of Direct Graphics...
Yes, after my recent foray into semi-transparent images, it occurred to me that I probably know how to do "semi-transparent" in any position of the display. I've been thinking seriously about a Transparent keyword on cgPolygon. Just have to get a few minutes free to try it.
Cheers,
David
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| Re: new graphics legend function: problems with symbol fill color [message #81806 is a reply to message #81805] |
Thu, 25 October 2012 14:29 |
manodeep@gmail.com
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On Thursday, October 25, 2012 3:55:30 PM UTC-5, Paul van Delst wrote:
> On 10/25/12 16:10, Manodeep Sinha wrote:
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>> On Thursday, October 25, 2012 2:50:51 PM UTC-5, Coyote wrote:
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>> Arghh. So that's something that presumably got fixed since my version of IDL 8.0. *sigh*
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> Goodness, yes. You will save yourself a lot of heartache, if you are
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It certainly appears that way. I was somehow under the impression that educational network licenses got you the version upgrades (i.e., 8.x.x) for free but I have been told that that is incorrect. Now, with the current proliferation of wonderful python, it becomes quite difficult to justify the purchase of another IDL version.
I will just have to hack my way through this maze of v8.0 oddities for the time being :(
Cheers,
Manodeep
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| Re: new graphics legend function: problems with symbol fill color [message #81807 is a reply to message #81806] |
Thu, 25 October 2012 14:25 |
manodeep@gmail.com
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On Thursday, October 25, 2012 3:43:14 PM UTC-5, Coyote wrote:
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>> Arghh. So that's something that presumably got fixed since my version of IDL 8.0. *sigh*
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Fair point :) -- "better" but not quite "fixed" yet. And going by my luck these days, I could reasonably assume that (almost) everything is broken in v8.0 function graphics.
All I needed was a semi-transparent colored region and IDL 8.0 function graphics was the easiest solution I came up with. Turns out, not so easy after all !!
I will go back to my corner of Direct Graphics...
Cheers,
Manodeep
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| Re: new graphics legend function: problems with symbol fill color [message #81808 is a reply to message #81807] |
Thu, 25 October 2012 13:55 |
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On 10/25/12 16:10, Manodeep Sinha wrote:
> On Thursday, October 25, 2012 2:50:51 PM UTC-5, Coyote wrote:
>> Manodeep writes:
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> Arghh. So that's something that presumably got fixed since my version of IDL 8.0. *sigh*
Goodness, yes. You will save yourself a lot of heartache, if you are
using the new v8+ function graphics, by upgrading to the latest version
of IDL.
cheers,
paulv
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| Re: new graphics legend function: problems with symbol fill color [message #81810 is a reply to message #81809] |
Thu, 25 October 2012 13:10 |
manodeep@gmail.com
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On Thursday, October 25, 2012 2:50:51 PM UTC-5, Coyote wrote:
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>> I am trying to use the IDL 8.0 legend function but I can not make it use the correct symbol fill color.
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> The code produces the right color filled symbols for me in IDL 8.2.1 on Windows, although the black outlines aren't quite completed, so each square seems to have a small corner piece missing.
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Arghh. So that's something that presumably got fixed since my version of IDL 8.0. *sigh*
Thanks David.
Cheers,
Manodeep
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| Re: new graphics legend function: problems with symbol fill color [message #81811 is a reply to message #81810] |
Thu, 25 October 2012 12:50 |
DavidF[1]
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Manodeep writes:
> I am trying to use the IDL 8.0 legend function but I can not make it use the correct symbol fill color.
The code produces the right color filled symbols for me in IDL 8.2.1 on Windows, although the black outlines aren't quite completed, so each square seems to have a small corner piece missing.
Cheers,
David
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