Re: help with resource files

Hi Marjolaine,

You pose a good question. For starters, when you use a resource file,
you want to name it such that the ".res" is at the end of the file,
like "sst.res".

Unfortunately, after looking at the code for gsn_open_wks, it looks
like the names of the PS file and the resource file have to have
the same prefix. I will try to fix this, but meanwhile, if you
are okay with giving them both the same prefix, try this:

   type = "ps"
   name = ouputPath + ouputPlot
   wks = gsn_open_wks(type,name)

You will need to call the resource file ouputPlot.res, where
"ouputPlot" is whatever you've set this variable to. It will need to
be in the ouputPath directory.

--Mary

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Marjolaine Rouault wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to use resources but I am struggling with a few things. Let us say
> that I want to use a resource file called res.sst, for all my sst plots. My
> ncl script is called for example, plotSST.ncl and my output ps file which is
> called ouputPlot.ps must be located in a directory called ouputPath.
>
> Using the lines in plotSST.ncl:
> type= "ps"
> type_at_wkPSFileName = ouputPlot
> wks = gsn_open_wks(type,"sst")
>
> I am able to ouput the plot to the correct name but I am not sure how to place
> it in directory outputPath. If I call outputPlot = outputPath+outputPlot,
> then I get an error message that ncl can not write to the ps file.
>
> How can I direct my ps output to my outputPath ?
>
> Also, the following in my resource file sst.res do not work:
> *wkColorMap: BlAqGrYeOrRe
> *gsnLeftString: !(for no string output)
> *gsnRightString: Deg.C
>
> Eventually, I am not managing to give the right statements in my sst.res file
> to get a labelbar just for the colour contours of my SST plot.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks, Marjolaine.
>
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