XBB

Name

XBB

Purpose

Widget bill board utility for text display.

Calling Sequence

xbb

Inputs

Keyword Parameters

Keywords

LINES=txt Text array of initial lines to display.
RES=RES Specified array of reserved line numbers.
Top line is number 0.
NID=nid Returned widget IDs of reserved lines.
WID=wid Returned xbb widget ID so this widget may
be destroyed at a later time.
TITLE=tt Optional title text (def=none).
GROUP_LEADER=grp specified group leader. When the
group leader widget is destroyed this widget is also.
XOFFSET=xoff, YOFFSET=yoff x,y offset to position widget.

Outputs

Common Blocks

Notes

Notes: this utility is useful for displaying varying
text such as a status update and so on. It is designed
to be positioned somewhere out of the way by the user
It is initialized to display some specified lines of text
and one or more lines are requested as reserved. The
widget IDs of the requested reserved lines are returned
and are used to update the corresponding lines. When
this widget is no longer needed it may be destroyed.
Use widget_control to update a line:
widget_control,nid(2),set_val='New value'
To delete do: widget_control,wid,/destroy

Modification History

R. Sterner, 16 Nov, 1993
R. Sterner, 1997 Nov 12 --- Better help.
R. Sterner, 2002 Sep 22 --- Added XOFFSET, YOFFSET.
R. Sterner, 2010 Aug 15 --- Converted arrays from () to [].
Copyright (C) 1993, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory
This software may be used, copied, or redistributed as long as it is not
sold and this copyright notice is reproduced on each copy made. This
routine is provided as is without any express or implied warranties
whatsoever. Other limitations apply as described in the file disclaimer.txt.

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