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Problem with RWMPB 9 29 (10/8/2009 9:09:37 AM) comp.os.vms Hi, Whilst running an image, it hangs and shows a status of RWMPB (Modified page writer busy). Can someone explain (in simplish terms) what is causing this and what actions I can take to overcome thi... Ian

Extended dilaog_pickfile 3 28 (6/22/2009 8:17:28 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi, Is there a better method of file selection than dialog_pickfile? Because I have a number of similar named files (some even have the same name in multiple directories) and an idea of creation date woul... Ian

Replacement for old Fortran 4 44 (4/28/2009 9:14:47 AM) comp.lang.fortran Hi, I've got to resurrect an old Fortran program of mid/late 1980s that was written in something like Microsoft Fortran 1.44. It was at leat 2 issues before FP arrived on the scene and was supplied on 5-6... Ian

How to extract sub-string from array 4 21 (7/28/2008 8:07:32 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi, I've got an array such as ['Test_data;01', 'Test_data;005', 'New_dat;100','Old_dat'....] What I'd like to do but haven;t achieved is create an array of the extension past the ';' i.e. ['01','005','10... Ian

Insufficient program space 1 47 (5/23/2008 8:30:11 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi, I'm using IDL 5.4 under OpenVMS (keep the swearing down!). I have a main program that has been compiling & running successfully for some time. I decided to make a minor (innocuous) change. The main st... Ian

Animating Graphics 7 40 (1/3/2008 4:20:41 PM) comp.lang.fortran Hi All, In a previous life, I wrote animations using an old Microsoft Fortran (circa 1990) on a 16-bit windows. In order to animate the graphics, I drew to a background page and swapped it with the foregr... Ian

Indexing problems under V6 2 37 (3/30/2007 9:41:54 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi, This is almost a repeat of a psoting by Wayne Landsman, 12-Aug-2003. Because of contracts, we have been stuck on v5.5 for years!!! However, we are now in a position to upgrade to 6.3. As part of this, a... Ian

Sort without loops 8 36 (8/17/2005 9:08:07 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi All, I have a large string array (~100000 elements) that need sorting on two fields within each string. e.g. array=['F;100', 'ABC;6', 'DE;2', 'DE;10', 'DE;1'] Order required is a) sort items to left of... Ian

Problems reading HTML data using FTP sockets 3 38 (3/15/2005 10:05:29 AM) comp.os.vms Hi, We have 2 Alpha machines, M1 (OpenVMS 7.1) and M2 (OpenVMS 7.3 and Apache server) that are communicating using FTP sockets. M2 packets data up within HTML pages, passes this to M1 where it is decode... Ian

UDP broadcast sockets 0 57 (6/23/2004 9:15:19 AM) comp.os.vms Hi, I have an obscure problem that someone may have come across before. I am trying to use a UDP socket in broadcast mode, but it blocks after a short time, preventing data from being sent. I have even tr... Ian

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Problems reading HTML data using FTP sockets 3 38 (3/15/2005 10:05:29 AM) comp.os.vms Hi, We have 2 Alpha machines, M1 (OpenVMS 7.1) and M2 (OpenVMS 7.3 and Apache server) that are communicating using FTP sockets. M2 packets data up within HTML pages, passes this to M1 where it is decode... Ian.d.dean (16)

Sort without loops 8 36 (8/17/2005 9:08:07 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi All, I have a large string array (~100000 elements) that need sorting on two fields within each string. e.g. array=['F;100', 'ABC;6', 'DE;2', 'DE;10', 'DE;1'] Order required is a) sort items to left of... Ian.d.dean (16)

fortran #3 68 24 (1/26/2006 10:57:50 PM) comp.lang.fortran Where can I download a good FORTRAN compiler? someone email me. ... ipodevan (1)

How to extract sub-string from array 4 21 (7/28/2008 8:07:32 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi, I've got an array such as ['Test_data;01', 'Test_data;005', 'New_dat;100','Old_dat'....] What I'd like to do but haven;t achieved is create an array of the extension past the ';' i.e. ['01','005','10... Ian.d.dean (16)

Extended dilaog_pickfile 3 28 (6/22/2009 8:17:28 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi, Is there a better method of file selection than dialog_pickfile? Because I have a number of similar named files (some even have the same name in multiple directories) and an idea of creation date woul... Ian.d.dean (16)