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; NAME:
; CAPTURE
;
; PURPOSE:
; Captures the current graphics screen and saves it to an image file.
;
; CATEGORY:
; I/O.
;
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
;
; CAPTURE
;
; OPTIONAL INPUT KEYWORD PARAMETERS:
;
; BMP: Set this keyword to send a BMP image to the printer, (1=Default).
;
; GIF: Set this keyword to send a GIF image to the printer, (0=Default).
;
; JPEG: Set this keyword to send a JPEG image to the printer, (0=Default).
;
; FILENAME: Filename of the image file (picnnn.bmp,gif,jpg=Default).
;
; PROCEDURE:
; The current graphics screen is saved to an image file.
;
; EXAMPLE:
; plot,indgen(100),xtitle='This is the x-axis',ytitle='Y-Axis'
; xyouts, 0.3, 0.94, 'Title.. So What.. Big Deal', CHARSIZE=1.4, /NORMAL
; CAPTURE
;
; MODIFICATION HISTORY:
; Written by: Han Wen, July 1995.
;-
pro CAPTURE, BMP=BMP, GIF=GIF, JPEG=JPEG, FILENAME=filen
ext = 'bmp'
if keyword_set(GIF) then ext='gif'
if keyword_set(JPEG) then ext='jpg'
if (N_ELEMENTS(filen) eq 0) then filen = tmpfile('pic',ext)
; Save screen image to file
image = (!D.n_colors-1) - TVRD()
case ext of
'bmp' : WRITE_BMP, filen, image
'gif' : WRITE_GIF, filen, image
'jpg' : WRITE_GIF, filen, image
endcase
message,'Captured graphics screen to image file: '+filen,/INF
end