Re: plotting graphics for web pages

russ writes:

> I want to make my idl code do a plot to a file format that can be
> picked up by html.
> 
> I tried set_plot,'ps' etc
> 
> which creates the ps file ok that can be read into word, but if I
> reference this in the normal way in html
> 
> <a href="http://www...etc"
title="OUCE" class="logo"><img
> src="images1.jpg" alt="OUCE" /></a>
> 
> then it doesnt show when opeing the file in explorer.
> 
> any ideas?

I make all the figures for my web page by just
running the program and displaying things in
an IDL graphics window. Then I type this to
save the file (usually as a PNG file):

  IDL> void = TVRead(/PNG); or /JPEG, /TIFF, etc.

You can find TVREAD here:

   http://www.dfanning.com/programs/tvread.pro

Cheers,

David
-- 
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")