The following items are obsolete in IDL.

Note: Avoid using obsolete routines when writing new IDL code. As IDL continues to evolve, the likelihood that obsolete routines will no longer function as expected increases. Although we make every effort to ensure that obsolete routines continue to work, in a small number of cases this may not be possible.

  • DDE Routines

  • DELETE_SYMBOL

  • DELLOG

  • DEMO_MODE

  • DO_APPLE_SCRIPT

  • ERRORF

  • FINDFILE - use FILE_SEARCH instead

  • GET_DXF_OBJECTS

  • GET_SYMBOL

  • GETHELP

  • HANDLE_CREATE

  • HANDLE_FREE

  • HANDLE_INFO

  • HANDLE_MOVE

  • HANDLE_VALUE

  • HDF_DFSD_ADDDATA

  • HDF_DFSD_DIMGET

  • HDF_DFSD_DIMSET

  • HDF_DFSD_ENDSLICE

  • HDF_DFSD_GETDATA

  • HDF_DFSD_GETINFO

  • HDF_DFSD_GETSLICE

  • HDF_DFSD_PUTSLICE

  • HDF_DFSD_READREF

  • HDF_DFSD_SETINFO

  • HDF_DFSD_STARTSLICE

  • HDF_VD_GETNEXT

  • IDLffDXF

  • IDLffLanguageCat

  • IDLgrMPEG

  • INP, INPW, OUTP, OUTPW

  • ITCURRENT

  • ITDELETE

  • ITGETCURRENT

  • ITREGISTER

  • ITRESET

  • ITRESOLVE

  • LJLCT

  • MPEG_CLOSE

  • MPEG_OPEN

  • MPEG_PUT

  • MPEG_SAVE

  • MSG_CAT_CLOSE

  • MSG_CAT_COMPILE

  • MSG_CAT_OPEN

  • ONLINE_HELP_PDF_INDEX

  • PICKFILE - use DIALOG_PICKFILE instead

  • POLYFITW - use POLY_FIT instead

  • PREF_MIGRATE

  • REWIND

  • RIEMANN - use RADON instead

  • RSTRPOS

  • SET_SYMBOL

  • SETLOG

  • SETUP_KEYS

  • SIZE Executive Command

  • SKIPF

  • SLICER

  • STR_SEP - use STRSPLIT or IDL_String::Split instead

  • TAPRD

  • TAPWRT

  • TIFF_DUMP

  • TIFF_READ - use READ_TIFF instead

  • TIFF_WRITE - use WRITE_TIFF instead

  • TRNLOG

  • VAX_FLOAT

  • WEOF

  • WIDED

  • WIDGET_MESSAGE - use DIALOG_MESSAGE instead

  • XDXF