Color Tables Incorrect in IDL 5.5

Name: David Fanning
E-mail Address: david@dfanning.com
IDL version: 5.5
Platform and OS: UNIX: AOSF, LINUX, SOLARISX86
Date Reported: 7 November 2001

Description of Behavior:

The color tables in IDL do not load properly. Any image loaded with
a color table appears to have vertical stripes. Here is a typical
IDL graphics window:




Color table has vertical stripes.

Example Code:

You can see this by simply calling XLOADCT:

   IDL> XLoadCT

Know Workarounds or Fixes:

Put the following commands in your IDL startup file:

   WINDOW, /PIXMAP & WDELETE
   DEVICE, BYPASS_TRANSLATION=0

RSI Technical Support Response:

You can see the RSI Technical Tips at this URL for additional
information. This bug affects TV, TVSCL and TVRD commands.

   http://www.rsinc.com/services/output.cfm?tip_id=3257
   http://www.rsinc.com/services/output.cfm?tip_id=3261

Note that as of 21 February 2002, RSI has a patch available for download to fix this problem.

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Copyright © 2001-2002 David W. Fanning
Last Updated 21 February 2002