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Re: Display Gifs, each w/diff color tables? [message #16252 is a reply to message #16250]

Mon, 12 July 1999 00:00

Liam Gumley
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Registered: November 1994

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Liam Gumley wrote:
> If you have a 24-bit display, try this in a new IDL session:
>
> ;- Set display to 24-bit decomposed mode
> device, true=24, decomposed=0, retain=2
> if !d.n_colors le 256 then message, '24-bit mode unavailable' <<<< ERROR!

I forgot that !d.n_colors is always 256 before you open a window. Just
remove this line, and it should work (if you have 24 bit graphics). Or,
move it *after* the WINDOW command.

Note to self: test all code examples before posting.

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Liam E. Gumley
Space Science and Engineering Center, UW-Madison
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley

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		Re: Display Gifs, each w/diff color tables? By: Liam Gumley on Tue, 13 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Display Gifs, each w/diff color tables? By: davidf on Tue, 13 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Display Gifs, each w/diff color tables? By: davidf on Tue, 13 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Display Gifs, each w/diff color tables? By: rmlongfield on Tue, 13 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Display Gifs, each w/diff color tables? By: Liam Gumley on Tue, 13 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Display Gifs, each w/diff color tables? By: davidf on Tue, 13 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Display Gifs, each w/diff color tables? By: steinhh on Tue, 13 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Display Gifs, each w/diff color tables? By: rmlongfield on Tue, 13 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Display Gifs, each w/diff color tables? By: davidf on Mon, 12 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Display Gifs, each w/diff color tables? By: Liam Gumley on Mon, 12 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Display Gifs, each w/diff color tables? By: Liam Gumley on Mon, 12 July 1999 00:00

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