[IDV #GOL-295105]: Scripting skew-T image captures

> 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
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> > Ticket ID: GOL-295105
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> 
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> Ticket Details
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> Ticket ID: GOL-295105
> Department: Support IDV
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Closed
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: GOL-295105
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open