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Re: Automatic Output to PS and Raster in Coyote Graphics [message #78741 is a reply to message #78565] Sun, 11 December 2011 18:40 Go to previous message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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David Fanning writes:

> Anyway, we are trying again today with the announcement
> that Coyote Graphic routines can now send their output
> *directly* to PostScript and raster output files via
> a new OUTPUT keyword. The allowed values are:
>
> 'PS' - PostScript file
> 'EPS' - Encapsulated PostScript file
> 'PDF' - PDF file
> 'BMP' - BMP raster file
> 'GIF' - GIF raster file
> 'JPEG' - JPEG raster file
> 'PNG' - PNG raster file
> 'TIFF' - TIFF raster file

There have been a couple of tweaks to this functionality
over the weekend to make the functionality even easier
to use. For example, now you can use the OUTPUT keyword
to specify both the type of file output and the name
of the output file:

cgPlot, cgDemodata(1), Output='myplot.png'
cgSurf, cgDemodata(2), Output='mysurface.tif'
cgImage, cgDemodata(7), /Axes, Output='myimage.pdf'

Here is an article that describes the functionality
in a bit more detail:

http://www.idlcoyote.com/cg_tips/cgoutput.php

cgWindow and cgControl have both also been updated
to all programmatic control of all supported types
of output.

You will need to update your Coyote Library to use
the functionality:

http://www.idlcoyote.com/programs/zip_files/coyoteprograms.z ip

And you will need third party software to do the conversions
to PDF and raster file types. Details in the articles.

This is the cat's meow on my machine. Let me know if you
are having any problems getting it to work on yours.

Cheers,

David


--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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