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[IDV #TMZ-740020]: Changing the Display List display from Jython

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  • Subject: [IDV #TMZ-740020]: Changing the Display List display from Jython
  • Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:20:27 -0600
> When creating a display from scratch in a Jython script, I call
> "setDisplayListTemplate(mystring)" from Jython (on the appropriate
> ImagePlanViewControl), but mystring does not show up on the display --
> do I have to somehow "apply" this change?
> 
> The only way I can see around this is to call
> "setShowInDisplayList(0)" and then write my own legend when I do the
> "writeImage()"....
> 
> Help appreciated...
> 
> tom

Hi Tom,
    The api "setDisplayListTemplate(mystring)" only set the value, and doesn't 
do anything else, you need to call applyPreferences() , this is a public api 
and it will call updateLegendAndList(), and this is the one doing the job of 
having "mystring" show up in the display.


Yuan
> 
> --
> Tom Whittaker
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
> Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC)
> Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
> 1225 W. Dayton Street
> Madison, WI  53706  USA
> ph: +1 608 262 2759
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: TMZ-740020
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed