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Re: Problem with initialization of location of plot when using 2 monitors [message #72802 is a reply to message #72801]

Tue, 05 October 2010 07:53

Jean[2]
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On Oct 5, 10:27 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Jean writes:
>> I'm using the new plot object/feature of IDL 8.0 and noticed a problem
>> when using 2 monitors. The IDL workbench is sitting on the right
>> display and the application I wrote starts on the left (because it's
>> really xoffset 0). Ok, well my application brings to life at some
>> point an object plot. I want this plot to show up just on the right of
>> my GUI. I retrieve the offset and xsize of that gui and pass it to the
>> location keywords of plot:
>
>> my_plot = plot([0,1], nodata=1, location=[xoff, yoff])
>
>> but the problem is that for my_plot, the offset 0 is on the left of
>> the right screen. How can I force it to be the real 0 offset.
>
> Shouldn't the offset of your plot be the offset of the GUI
> *plus* the xsize of the GUI?
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
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> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

Hi David,

That's what I'm doing. I retrieve the xoffset and the xsize of the
main gui and set the location as being xoffset+xsize.
If xoffset is 20, and xsize is 200, the plot is displayed at 220
pixels from the left of the right screen when my main gui is on the
left screen !

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		Re: Problem with initialization of location of plot when using 2 monitors By: Jean[2] on Tue, 05 October 2010 09:58
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		Re: Problem with initialization of location of plot when using 2 monitors By: Jean[2] on Tue, 05 October 2010 07:53
		Re: Problem with initialization of location of plot when using 2 monitors By: David Fanning on Tue, 05 October 2010 07:27

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