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[IDV #WNV-189864]: question on saving frames from the dashboard

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  • Subject: [IDV #WNV-189864]: question on saving frames from the dashboard
  • Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:34:04 -0600
Hi Katie,

> Hi there. I want to script the IDV to capture the frames of the
> dashboard. Is this possible?
> 
> To explain a bit more, I'm trying to do a cross section of relative
> humidity (on pressure levels).  The display in the dashboard is exactly
> what we're looking for and I want to capture those frames instead of the
> images on the main viewer. Is there a way to do this (in a script)?
> 

We sort of support this but its buggy and does not work right. The idea is to 
supply the identifier
of a display in the image or movie tag, e.g.,:
<image display="id of display to capture" ...>

and the IDV will capture the gui of the display. The problem is that you can 
only capture the entire GUI of
the cross section display and for technical reasons the actual cross section 
does not show up in the
captured image, just the GUI surrounding it.  There are also probably problems 
with capturing animations
as well.

I am actually on vacation right now (not quite sitting on a beach yet but later 
today I will be) so I probably
won't get this fixed this week but I will take a crack at it next week.

-Jeff



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: WNV-189864
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open