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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 address@hidden Department of Physics and Astronomy (785) 864-4738 (new area code!) University of Kansas (785) 864-5262 (fax) Lawrence, KS 66045-2151 >> > 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 > **************************************************************************** < > Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program < > (303)497-8644 P.O. Box 3000 < > address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 < > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- < > Unidata WWW Service http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ < > **************************************************************************** < >