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> Thanks for the suggestion, but does the movie tag work with a display gui. It > seems to only be possible to capture the view window. > If you can only capture the view window for the SkewT, it is a bug, I will fix it. Can you send me your ISL script? Yuan > ________________________________________ > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden] > Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 2:15 PM > To: Billings, Brian J. > Cc: address@hidden > Subject: [IDV #GOL-295105]: Scripting skew-T image captures > > > I downloaded the nightly build and tried a couple skew-T's and hodographs. > > The hodograph file was blank, but the Skew-T capture worked fine, which > > should be enough. Thank you. > > > > Not sure why, I have no problem getting hodographs. > > > Is there an ISL tag which will automatically advance the skew-T frame, > > either to the next time or to the next station? I would like to > > automatically capture pairs of soundings which users have already loaded > > in. Thanks for your assistance. > > > To save individual time frame in your loop, the best way is to save a movie > and let the IDV creating all the images. Before saving the bundle, go to View > > Capture > Movie, in the Image Files section check the save Fiels to box, > and input the setting. Then, you can save the bundle. When you run the bundle > and generate the movie, those individual images will be saved too. > > > Yuan > > Brian > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden] > > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 3:30 PM > > To: Billings, Brian J. > > Cc: address@hidden > > Subject: [IDV #GOL-295105]: Scripting skew-T image captures > > > > > > Full Name: Brian Billings > > > > Email Address: address@hidden > > > > Organization: Saint Cloud State University > > > > Package Version: 3.0u2 build date:2012-02-10 17:21 UTC > > > > Operating System: Windows 7 > > > > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_3.0u2\jre version: 1.6.0_20 > > > > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > > > > Description of problem: Good afternoon. > > > > > > > > I am hoping to be able to use an isl script to capture images of IDV > > > > skew-T diagrams. While I am able to capture the display control window, > > > > the frame containing the skew-T or hodograph is empty (tables work > > > > okay). I'm assuming this is due to the note in the users guide which > > > > says that only "chart" is supported in the "what" attribute. Is this > > > > correct? Are there any plans to add extra attributes in the near > > > > future? If so, would the ability to select the sounding profile colors > > > > be added? > > > > > > > > Thank you for your help. > > > > > > > > Brian Billings > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Brian, > > > I will add the api to allow you to capture the SkewT now, but not the > > > hodograph. I may be able to figure out the logic later to do both. > > > Basically, the image capture will be like this: > > > > > > <image file="${islpath}/bundle.png" > > > display="class:ucar.unidata.idv.control.RaobSoundingControl"/> > > > > > > You need to download tomorrow's nightly release to make this function > > > working. > > > > > > Yuan > > > > Ok, I added the capability to capture hodograph too. To capture hodo graph: > > > > <image file="${islpath}/bundle.png" > > display="class:ucar.unidata.idv.control.RaobSoundingControl" what="hodo"/> > > > > to capture skewT: > > > > <image file="${islpath}/bundle.png" > > display="class:ucar.unidata.idv.control.RaobSoundingControl"/> or > > > > <image file="${islpath}/bundle.png" > > display="class:ucar.unidata.idv.control.RaobSoundingControl" what="skewt"/> > > > > Let us know if this doesn't work in tomorrow nightly release. > > > > Yuan > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: GOL-295105 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: GOL-295105 > Department: Support IDV > Priority: Normal > Status: Closed > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: GOL-295105 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open