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using xCode on the Mac to build a DLM 0 49 (1/11/2011 6:06:28 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hello All, Has anyone on the NG ever build a shared object/DLM on the Mac with XCode? It looks like it should be possible but I haven't figured it out yet. And yes I know about makefiles, but I have other re... ronn

2007 IDL Christmas Card 4 35 (12/9/2007 11:13:42 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hello Everyone, David beat me to it but I have finished the 2007 IDL Christmas Card. You do need a good graphics card (I am running a GeForce 6600 GT). If you don't have the shader capability you will see a w... ronn

2006 IDL Christmas Card 2 38 (12/6/2006 1:22:11 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hello Everyone! The 2006 Christmas project is a moonlit field of snow with gently falling snowflakes. The snowflakes are actual images of snowflakes mapped onto polygons. The falling/rotating motion of each sn... ronn

New version of my AVI reader/writer 3 61 (5/29/2006 2:10:01 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hello Everyone, With the advent of IDL 6.3 my old AVI routines stopped working. Rather than trying to rework the old code I decided to start fresh. This new dll has several new features that will be of use to ... ronn

2005 IDL Christmas Card 3 24 (12/22/2005 1:12:14 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hello Everyone, The 2005 Christmas project is a genetic algorithm (GA) that solves for Santa's optimal flight path. The program uses the cities.dat file in the IDL distribution. Some unique features of this pr... ronn

2004 IDL Christmas card for the newsgroup 3 33 (12/9/2004 11:57:51 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hello Everyone, Our annual IDL Christmas Card for 2004 is available! This year it is an exploding present! If you have IDL 6.1 the present appears as a gold metallic box, otherwise it is yellow. You can exp... ronn

IDL Christmas card for the newsgroup 0 33 (12/8/2003 4:03:08 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hello All, In keeping with my past tradition here is this years Christmas card written in IDL! This year it is dancing snowman! Actually, it is a double pendulum where the angles are used to rotate the snowma... ronn

new edition of calling C from IDL 0 31 (11/3/2003 1:27:08 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave All, I just want to announce that the second edition of "Calling C from IDL" is now available at http://www.kilvarock.com/books/callingCfromIDL.htm. This 125 page book is written for anyone that wants to be ... ronn

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2005 IDL Christmas Card 3 24 (12/22/2005 1:12:14 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hello Everyone, The 2005 Christmas project is a genetic algorithm (GA) that solves for Santa's optimal flight path. The program uses the cities.dat file in the IDL distribution. Some unique features of this pr... ronn (26)

Problem concerning accessing external library in IDL6.0 8 36 (2/28/2006 5:25:19 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi all, I am a master student in Germany. Now we are planning to use IDL 6.0 to develop software for our smart rover robots. This project requires the software should be able to capture video from a camera (e.... yingjiepeng (12)

Upgrade to IDL 6.3 breaks IDLtoAVI 10 38 (5/1/2006 8:30:46 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave I knew it was going to happen eventually... I have just upgraded to IDL 6.3 (Windows 32-bit) and the IDLtoAVI DLM no longer works. I did the same thing I have done for several version upgrades now. I copied ID... badjelly.witch (28)

Anyone used FastDL? 7 27 (12/18/2006 6:51:55 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave There have been occasional marketing messages regarding a product called FastDL in this news group, but I have not seen any posts from people who've used it. Has anyone out there used this product? Does anyon... Michael.Miller5 (100)

Compiling a DLL? 4 38 (4/29/2007 8:49:47 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave All, I am attempting to create a dll under 6.3 running under XP SP2. My compiler is MS VC version 8 (the free express edition). As my test case I am using the source code to Rick Towler's RHTgrCamera and Ronn ... wclift01 (6)

genetic algorithm 2 37 (5/3/2007 2:27:50 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave anyone aware of a GA routine for parametric inversion available within idl? As I recall an imsl library is now available at extra charge for idl - does this include a GA option for parametric inversion? Thanks ... asten.michael

IDL 7.0 Projects 35 28 (12/5/2007 10:42:18 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, I've been thinking about IDL projects quite a lot the past couple of days, because I'm trying to write an article that can explain this to someone like me. Obviously, I am having a great deal of diffi... news2122 (4023)

Another Nice Thing 8 31 (12/7/2007 3:00:58 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, Here is another thing I like about IDL 7.0. If I have Dynamic Help up, and I hit the question mark button that says "Show in External Window", then the window pops up full size on my second monitor! I d... news2122 (4023)

Kling's Christmas Card 12 20 (12/9/2007 4:15:39 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi Ronn, Nice Christmas Card, as always. But I don't think I am seeing the full effect. How can I tell if my graphics card "supports shaders"? And if it does, what do I do to turn this functionality on? Cheer... news2122 (4023)

2007 IDL Christmas Card 4 35 (12/9/2007 11:13:42 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hello Everyone, David beat me to it but I have finished the 2007 IDL Christmas Card. You do need a good graphics card (I am running a GeForce 6600 GT). If you don't have the shader capability you will see a w... ronn (26)