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Re: Returning result from a widget program. [message #12190 is a reply to message #12187]

Fri, 10 July 1998 00:00

David Foster
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mirko_vukovic@notes.mrc.sony.com wrote:
>
> Imanol Echave <ccaeccai@sc.ehu.es> wrote:
>> Hi people:
>>
>> I'm writting an IDL function that works with widgets. The user calls an
> IDL
>> function that shows an widget interface to input data. When the user pushes
> the
>> "OK" button the function has to return a result that depends on the input
> data.
>> My problem is where to store this result to return it. Any advice?
>
> common block, pointer variable?
>
> You can setup a widget cleanup routine (and frankly, I forget their syntax
> now), where you can do that kind of stuff.
>
> mirko
>

This is definitely the easiest approach, but it's messy and you'll
regret it later. There is almost always a way to avoid common blocks,
like my recent reply to Imanol.

Dave

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		Re: Returning result from a widget program. By: davidf on Fri, 10 July 1998 00:00
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		Re: Returning result from a widget program. By: DAMIANO ZILIO on Fri, 10 July 1998 00:00
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