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Re: Problem with initialization of location of plot when using 2 monitors [message #72803 is a reply to message #72802]

Tue, 05 October 2010 07:27

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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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

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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
		Re: Problem with initialization of location of plot when using 2 monitors By: David Fanning on Tue, 05 October 2010 08:07
		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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