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Re: how to interrupt in IDL for windows ? [message #34901 is a reply to message #34848]

Sun, 27 April 2003 16:58

Mark Hadfield
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"Kristian Kjaer" <Kristian.Kjaer@Risoe.DK> wrote in message
news:3EA6B27D.BB6457C2@Risoe.DK...
> (I've been using IDL a lot recently, and now I am stopping to ask for
> help with various problems I encountered.)
>
> In IDL for windows you can't always get control back if you let IDL
> loose on something that takes forever.
>
> ...
>
> Does anyone know how to interrupt simply?

There was a thread on this subject in February 2003 entitled "Endless loops
suck".

We have Altyntsev Dmitriy <alt@iszf.irk.ru> to thank for pointing out that
you can make IDL code interruptible on Windows by including the following
statement:

tmp = widget_event(/NOWAIT)

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Mark Hadfield "Ka puwaha te tai nei, Hoea tatou"
m.hadfield@niwa.co.nz
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)

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