20030508: question about adde image chooser

> > To: address@hidden
> > cc: address@hidden
> > From: Tom Whittaker <address@hidden>
> > Subject: Re: question about adde image chooser
> > Organization: UCAR/Unidata
> > Keywords: 200305082152.h48LqN7U002107 IDV properties

> re: Scott's "white rectangle" image
>
> I've sent a note to Scott to get the info on his computer (I called him, 
> too...but he has no idea how to find out the XFree86 version and what 
> kind of graphics card...these are, after all, just "black boxes"...)

On his system, he could run:

rpm -q XFree86

and it should list back the version.

For the graphics card, have him look at:

/etc/X11/XF86Config

and look for a section titled:

Section "Device"

That section should list something about the type of card.  Also,
under Section "Screen", it should say what video depth he
is running.

> And here I was holding out for it to be a 7.0 problem...

Could be since the version of XFree86 is probably what came with
it.

> > What does tom.properties look like?   What is in extrachoosers.xml?
> > What does your runIDV.bat look like after the mod?  Send this all
> > along and I'll test it here.
>
> tom.properties:
> ##This points to the xml document(s) that hold the data
> ##chooser specifications.  Here we append the new file
> ## to the default.
>
> ##application.resource.choosers = 
> %IDVPATH%/choosers.xml;http://www.unidata.ucar
> .edu/staff/donm/extrachoosers.xml
>
> application.resource.choosers = %IDVPATH%/choosers.xml;./extrachoosers.xml
>
> (extra line breaks are not in the file)
>
> extrachoosers.xml:
> <choosers>
>    <chooser title="ADDE Images"
>     class="ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.McidasImageChooser" />
> </choosers>
>
> runIDV.bat:
> jre\bin\java -Xmx512m -jar idv.jar -properties tom.properties
>
>
> With all these in the same directory, works like a champ...

If you want extrachoosers in your /c/documents and 
settings/tomw/.metapps/DefaultIdv/ directory, then tom.properties
should be:

application.resource.choosers = 
%IDVPATH%/choosers.xml;%USERPATH%/extrachoosers.xml

%IDVPATH% is the path to the IDV resources directory in the
JAR file (/ucar/unidata/idv/resources).  %USERPATH% is the
path to the user directory (/c/documents and settings/tomw/.metapps/DefaultIdv/ 
 in your case for the reference application).  Here's a description:

########################################################################
##  Resources
########################################################################
##
##All of the following application.resource.xxx properties are used to
##define where to find different resource files. The value of
##a resource property is a semicolon delimited list that may contain
##macros that allow for contextualization.
##The macros supported are:
##  %USERPATH%   The file system path of the user's .metapps/application 
directory
##  %SITEPATH%   If defined (usually by the -sitepath argument) the directory 
path
##               or url of where to find site resources
##  %IDVPATH%    The internal (to the jars) /ucar/unidata/idv  path
##  %APPPATH%    The value of the application.resourcepath property
##
##Note: For resource lists that hold "writable" resources (e.g., color tables)
##the first resource in the list is the "writable" resource
##

One other note, is that if you change the order of the entries in
tom.properties:

application.resource.choosers = 
%USERPATH%/extrachoosers.xml;%IDVPATH%/choosers.xml

the extra chooser will be first the first tabbed pane (and the
first seen by default).

Guess, this should all be documented in a guide somewhere, eh?

Don
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