| Re: WShow Prayers Answered! [message #72838 is a reply to message #72837] |
Sun, 10 October 2010 16:16   |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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David Fanning writes:
>> I've been praying for a LONG time. This is the first
>> time I can remember my prayers being answered!
>>
>> This morning, like every morning, I typed "wshow"
>> to bring my IDL graphics window to the foreground,
>> and today it worked!!!
>>
>> My goodness gracious! I have NO idea what changed.
>> I just know I am NEVER getting out of this IDL session!
>
> Well, I'm still in this session. I'm just working the
> way I normally do. Now WShow works sporadically. I have
> not been able to discover what conditions, if any,
> cause it to work, and which don't. It's about as
> reliable as the dog.
>
> I feel my faith ebbing and flowing. Do you
> suppose I'm not praying hard enough? Back to
> the rosary, I guess. :-(
Alright. Are you ready for this? Please sit down.
It turns out this probably has nothing to do with
prayer. (I know, I'm disappointed, too.)
Here are the details. Windows 7 64-bit OS, with this
IDL version:
{ x86_64 Win32 Windows Microsoft Windows 8.0 Jun 17 2010 64 64}
If I open a graphics window with the Window command, that
window will never come to the foreground with the WSHOW
command.
UNLESS, I then open a widget window. Here is the code
I use to open a widget window (I can use any widget
program I have hanging around, but I wanted to reduce
the problem to its essentials.)
;*******************************************************
PRO junk
tlb = Widget_base()
draw = Widget_Draw(tlb, xsize=200, ysize=200)
widget_control, tlb, /realize
xmanager, 'tlb', tlb, /No_block
END
;*******************************************************
Now the first IDL graphics window will come forward
on the display with WSHOW. I can kill the widget window
and the graphics window will *still* come forward. If
I kill the display window and open another one, I have
the same problem: WSHOW doesn't work again. Opening a
widget window mysterious wakes it up!
If I have multiple IDL graphics windows on the display,
they ALL ignore the WSHOW command. Until I run "junk".
Then they all respond normally to WSHOW.
If I run this sequence:
IDL> window, 0
IDL> junk
IDL> window, 1
Then neither window 0 or window 1 will respond to the
WSHOW command!!
Extremely weird. Now I'm worried about demons... :-(
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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