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Re: METAFILE + TVLCT [message #43292 is a reply to message #43286]

Fri, 25 March 2005 14:36

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Ed Hyer writes:

> I got started using the 255-color color tables IDL provides, which are
> useful immediately for quick plotting. After a while, I got greedy and
> started using TVLCT when I needed another color that wasn't in the
> color table I was using. Now I am creating my graphics as METAFILES and
> have found this trick doesn't seem to work. I initialize the device as
> follows:
>> set_plot,'METAFILE'
>> device,file=outfile
>> device,xsize=xsize/30,ysize=ysize/30
>> device,/index
>> device,true=0
> Then, I use TVLCT to give me colors I need, such as adding a gray for
> NODATA to my usual ROYGBIV colors:
>> loadct,39
>> tvlct,[100,100,100],1
> This works beautifully on the WIN display device, but does not change
> the colors at all in the METAFILE.
> Is there another workaround for this?

METAFILE!? Isn't that circa 1976 or something?
I'd mention this to RSI. They are interested in old
technology. :-)

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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		Re: METAFILE + TVLCT By: Karl Schultz on Mon, 28 March 2005 09:18
		Re: METAFILE + TVLCT By: David Fanning on Mon, 28 March 2005 08:45
		Re: METAFILE + TVLCT By: David Fanning on Mon, 28 March 2005 08:33
		Re: METAFILE + TVLCT By: David Fanning on Mon, 28 March 2005 08:25
		Re: METAFILE + TVLCT By: Karl Schultz on Mon, 28 March 2005 08:09
		Re: METAFILE + TVLCT By: R.Bauer on Fri, 25 March 2005 16:04
		Re: METAFILE + TVLCT By: David Fanning on Fri, 25 March 2005 14:36

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