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Re: Object boundaries [message #40333 is a reply to message #40209]

Mon, 02 August 2004 13:32

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Michael Wallace writes:

> It seems to me that it should be a fairly common problem then... you
> want to do some smart positioning of text objects. You have text object
> 1 which is placed somewhere. It needs to get drawn, and then text
> object 2 can be placed smartly (since text object one now has correct
> dimension numbers). Now, to see text object 2, you have to draw again.
> So, in order to get everything positioned just right, it appears that
> you have to go through multiple draw operations.

Well, of course, the alternative is not to let IDL sort
it out, but create the text object yourself with all the
properties you expect it to have. IDL is trying to be *nice*
to you here by creating the tick text object for you if you
haven't bothered. It is one of the few things they *will* do
for you in object graphics, so I think we have to be
grateful. :-)

Cheers,

David

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		Object boundaries By: Michael Wallace on Tue, 27 July 2004 10:56
		Re: Object boundaries By: James Kuyper on Tue, 03 August 2004 07:46
		Re: Object boundaries By: mperrin+news on Wed, 04 August 2004 14:41
		Re: Object boundaries By: Rick Towler on Mon, 02 August 2004 16:05
		Re: Object boundaries By: Karl Schultz on Mon, 02 August 2004 15:44
		Re: Object boundaries By: David Fanning on Mon, 02 August 2004 14:58
		Re: Object boundaries By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 02 August 2004 14:54
		Re: Object boundaries By: Rick Towler on Mon, 02 August 2004 14:38
		Re: Object boundaries By: David Fanning on Mon, 02 August 2004 14:11
		Re: Object boundaries By: Michael Wallace on Mon, 02 August 2004 13:46
		Re: Object boundaries By: David Fanning on Mon, 02 August 2004 13:32
		Re: Object boundaries By: Michael Wallace on Mon, 02 August 2004 13:19
		Re: Object boundaries By: David Fanning on Mon, 02 August 2004 12:44

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