<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks for the update--I look forward
to the build. Stephen</font><br><br><br><table width=100%><tr valign=top><td width=40%><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>Arlindo da Silva <dasilva@ALUM.MIT.EDU></b></font><br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT</font><p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">07/24/2008 11:30 PM</font><table border><tr valign=top><td bgcolor=white><div align=center><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Please respond to<br>GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT</font></div></table><br><td width=59%><table width=100%><tr valign=top><td><div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">To</font></div><td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT</font><tr valign=top><td><div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">cc</font></div><td><tr valign=top><td><div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Subject</font></div><td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: Using Shape Files in GrADS</font></table><br><table><tr valign=top><td><td></table><br></table><br><br><tt><font size=2>On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Stephen R McMillan<br><smcmillan@planalytics.com> wrote:<br>><br>> Arlindo,<br>> I'm not yet familiar with how to build from sources, but I appreciate
your<br>> mentioning that option.<br>><br>> Regarding the usage syntax, did you mean shp_polyf instead of shp_polyg?<br></font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>Yes, sorry for the typo.<br></font></tt><br><br><tt><font size=2>> Otherwise, what is "polyg" supposed
to do? Also, in their present state (on<br>> current version I'm using), both shp_polyf and shp_lines require either
1 or<br>> 3 arguments.<br></font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>That was the bug. It should require 1 or 2.<br></font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>If I try two args as in your example, I get the GrADS
error<br>> "invalid number of arguments; need 1 or 3 but got 2". If
this error is<br>> valid, then the user will need to know the following for proper use:<br>><br>> Arg1 Shapefile name such as "admin98"<br>> Arg2 Presumably some object identifier,
such as the "8" you<br>> mentioned. Also, how to determine the range of acceptable object<br>> identifiers.<br></font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>When you plot the whole things it prints this out.
It would be good to<br>add an option to query for this.<br></font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>I'll see if I can get a build this weekend.<br></font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>Arlindo<br></font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>--<br>Arlindo da Silva<br>dasilva@alum.mit.edu</font></tt><br><br><BR>
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