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Re: Waiting for Godot [message #82795 is a reply to message #82794]

Wed, 16 January 2013 10:19

Lajos Foldy
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Registered: December 2011

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On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 7:05:48 PM UTC+1, David Fanning wrote:
> David Fanning writes:
>
>> Ah, thank you. I was trying "create AVI movie". And, the only time I
>
>> think "Hershey" is if I'm craving a snack.
>
>
> Alas, even finding the right page doesn't improve my opinion of the
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> documentation. In the AVI example, they "cleanup" the IDLffVideo object
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> with this command:
>
> videoObj.CleanUp
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> When I call that method (IDL 8.2.1), I get this error message:
>
> % Lifecycle methods cannot be called in this context.
>
> To destroy the object and release the file, I have to do this:
>
> Obj_Destroy, videoObj

Hi David,

that's normal. Init/Cleanup can be called directly only from the Init/Cleanup method of a subclass. This is in the docs :-) (under 'The Object Lifecycle')

regards,
Lajos

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		Re: Waiting for Godot By: Carsten Lechte on Fri, 18 January 2013 03:13
		Re: Waiting for Godot By: astroboy.20000 on Thu, 17 January 2013 09:47
		Re: Waiting for Godot By: David Fanning on Thu, 17 January 2013 05:47
		Re: Waiting for Godot By: Mark Piper on Thu, 17 January 2013 05:42
		Re: Waiting for Godot By: Michael Galloy on Wed, 16 January 2013 11:17
		Re: Waiting for Godot By: David Fanning on Wed, 16 January 2013 10:40
		Re: Waiting for Godot By: Lajos Foldy on Wed, 16 January 2013 10:19
		Re: Waiting for Godot By: David Fanning on Wed, 16 January 2013 10:05
		Re: Waiting for Godot By: David Fanning on Wed, 16 January 2013 09:57
		Re: Waiting for Godot By: Lajos Foldy on Wed, 16 January 2013 09:48

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