WIN GRADS 2.0.a7.oga.3 - Possible Bug

[Arlindo da Silva]

Mark,

  Does the "!" work at all? For example, does

ga-> ! ls

return anything?

   Arlindo


On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Mark Sponsler <msponsler at comcast.net>wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm using Grads 2.0.a7.oga.3 on an Win XP box.  All works fine except when
> used in conjuction with ImageMagick.
>
> I run my script, then make 2 calls to ImageMagick to combine some of the
> output images, then try to do a few simple GRADs cleanup tasks  (increment
> a
> counter, then an endhwhile statement).
>
> The issue is GRADS hangs after the ImageMagick commands and does not
> return to run the remainder of the script.
>
> Funny thing is when I run the exact same script under GRADS version 1.9,
> all
> works fine.
>
> Suspect there is some little bugaboo in the compile that prevents the
> return
> call to GRADS after executing the extrenal program.
>
> Here the segment of the code that fails:
>
>
>      'draw string 10.55 7.45 Precip'
>      'draw string 10.55 7.25 (in)'
>    endif
>
> *******************************
> 'printim c:/grib/dods_output/'reg'_'tx'hr.png png -b
> c:/grib/dods_output/test.png -t 0 x700 y541 black'
>
> ********************************
> '!composite.exe -quality 100
> c:/grib/output/foreground_ETA_precip_wind/back/'reg'_trans.png
> c:/grib/output/'reg'_'tx'hr.png c:/grib/dods_output/test1.png'
> '!convert.exe c:/grib/dods_output/test1.png -depth 8 +dither -colors 256
> c:/grib/dods_output/'reg'_'tx'hr.png'
>
> tx = (tx+1)
>  if tx = 30 ; break ; endif
>
> 'clear'
> endwhile
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>



-- 
Arlindo da Silva
dasilva at alum.mit.edu
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