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Thu, 05 April 2001 06:01

Dominik[1]
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Do I need a special format in the file, like a begin and an end?

Dominik

"David Fanning" <davidf@dfanning.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Dominik (dpaul@ukl.uni-freiburg.de) writes:
>
>> another question from me (its because I am new to IDL and have to use
some
>> code frome sobody else). I never find a header file (*.h) while using
IDL.
>> But the source I have to use is using a header file, that means there is
a
>> header file *.h with some structure declerations. But IDL ignore it.
>> Does somebody know, how to use such a header file?
>
> Unless a file has a *.pro or *.sav extension, IDL cannot
> "find" it automatically. The person who wrote the *.h file
> for IDL had been to too many C programming workshops. :-)
>
> The proper way to write a file with structure declarations
> is to give the file the "name" of the structure with __DEFINE.PRO
> (two underscores) appended to it. Put this file in the !PATH
> and IDL will find it automatically when you create the structure
> in the code.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting
> Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
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		Header File *.h? By: Dominik[1] on Thu, 05 April 2001 06:01
		Re: Header File *.h? By: Martin Schultz on Thu, 05 April 2001 06:14
		Re: Header File *.h? By: davidf on Thu, 05 April 2001 05:59
		Re: Header File *.h? By: Dominik[1] on Thu, 05 April 2001 10:35

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