Re: 20010326: McIDAS-X 7.7 ASTAT command

Tom,

Yes we could really use the FORM= keyword for ASTAT.  We will use the
previous version of McIdas for the time being but would like it if
SSEC would put the FORM=  keyword back in it.

Donna Tucker                       http://chinook.phsx.ukans.edu/tucker.html
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>> 
> Donna,
> 
> >We are having trouble getting the ASTAT command to work in mcidas 7,7
> >The command line we are using is 
> >
> >ASTAT CIR EC STA=MCI RAD=100
> >
> >The error message is
> >No dataset name for frame
> >We have no trouble with this command in McIdas 7.6
> 
> The 7.7 version of ASTAT is ADDEized.  You need to load the image you
> want to interogate with the ADDE IMGDISP command instead of the
> non-ADDE DF command.
> 
> The absolute easiest way to transition to use of the ADDE way of doing
> things is as follows.  In this discussion, I am assuming that your
> image(s) are in AREA file format.
> 
> o first, if you havn't already done so, create the ADDE dataset MYDATA/IMAGES:
> 
>   DSSERVE ADD MYDATA/IMAGES         AREA    1 9999 "All AREA files
> 
>   This creates a dataset of type AREA in which there is a one-to-one
>   mapping between dataset position and AREA file name.
> 
> o assuming that the image you loaded previously was in AREA file 1234
>   (file name AREA1234), you would load it with:
> 
>   IMGDISP MYDATA/IMAGES.1234 1 SF=YES STA=MCI
> 
>   This is in comparison to the non-ADDE way of loading the image:
> 
>   SF 1
>   DF 1234 1 EC MCI
> 
> o run the ASTAT command exactly as you listed above:
> 
>   ASTAT CIR EC STA=MCI RAD=100
> 
> >We also notice that the FORM keyword is no longer included under 7.7
> 
> I hadn't noticed this before you mentioned it, but I see that is correct.
> 
> If the FORM= output is  crutial to your analyses, you can probably
> resurrect the 7.6x version of ASTAT and continue to use it.  A caution
> if you decide to do this is the general comment that McIDAS support for
> non-ADDE ways of displaying imagery are scheduled to be dropped in the
> next release.  If the capabilities of ADDEized versions of commands
> like ASTAT appear to be dimished, please let me know so I can interact
> with SSEC about putting the missing capabilities back in.
> 
> Tom
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