Changes in IDL 5.1

Features Added in IDL 5.1

The following API features (functions, procedures, object classes or methods, etc.) were introduced in this release of IDL.

Table I-71: Features Introduced in IDL 5.1
Feature	Description
ASSOC	Added the following keywords: PACKED
BLAS_AXPY	Introduced
BREAKPOINT	Added the following keywords: CONDITION
BYTEORDER	Added the following keywords: DTOGFLOAT, DTOVAX, FTOVAX, GFLOATTOD, VAXTOD, VAXTOF, SWAP_IF_BIG_ENDIAN (Note: The VMS-only keywords DTOGFLOAT and GFLOATTOD were made obsolete in IDL 5.6.)
CALL_EXTERNAL	Added the following keywords: VAX_FLOAT (Note: This VMS-only keyword was made obsolete in IDL 5.6)
CALL_METHOD	Introduced
COMPUTE_MESH_NORMALS	Introduced
CONSTRAINED_MIN	Introduced
CONTOUR	Added the following keywords: C_CHARTHICK
DEVICE	Added the following keywords: SET_FONT, GLYPH_CACHE, TTFONT The FONT and USER_FONT keywords were made obsolete, replaced by SET_FONT.
DIALOG_PICKFILE	Added the following keywords: DIRECTORY
EFONT	Added the following keywords: BLOCK
FORMAT_AXIS_VALUES	Introduced
GET_SCREEN_SIZE	Added the following keywords: RESOLUTION
HEAP_FREE	Introduced
HDF_READ	Introduced
HELP	Added the following keywords: DLM, LAST_MESSAGE, MESSAGES
KURTOSIS	Introduced
LIVE_CONTOUR	Introduced (See Features Obsoleted in IDL 6.0)
LIVE_DESTROY	Introduced (See Features Obsoleted in IDL 6.0)
LIVE_EXPORT	Introduced (See Features Obsoleted in IDL 6.0)
LIVE_INFO	Introduced (See Features Obsoleted in IDL 6.0)
LIVE_LINE	Introduced (See Features Obsoleted in IDL 6.0)
LIVE_OPLOT	Introduced (See Features Obsoleted in IDL 6.0)
LIVE_PRINT	Introduced (See Features Obsoleted in IDL 6.0)
LIVE_RECT	Introduced (See Features Obsoleted in IDL 6.0)
LIVE_STYLE	Introduced (See Features Obsoleted in IDL 6.0)
LIVE_TEXT	Introduced (See Features Obsoleted in IDL 6.0)
LMGR	Introduced
LSODE	Introduced
MEAN	Introduced
MEANABSDEV	Introduced
MESSAGE	Added the following keywords: RESET
MPEG_CLOSE	Introduced
MPEG_OPEN	Introduced
MPEG_PUT	Introduced
MPEG_SAVE	Introduced
OPENR/OPENU/OPENW	Added the following keywords: SWAP_ENDIAN, SWAP_IF_BIG_ENDIAN, SWAP_IF_LITTLE_ENDIAN, VAX_FLOAT
PROFILER	Introduced
REPLICATE_INPLACE	Introduced
RESTORE	Added the following keywords: RELAXED_STRUCTURE_ASSIGNMENT, RESTORED_OBJECTS
SIZE	Added the following keywords: DIMENSIONS, FILE_LUN, N_DIMENSIONS, N_ELEMENTS, STRUCTURE, TNAME, TYPE
SKEWNESS	Introduced
SLICER3	Introduced
SLIDE_IMAGE	Added the following keywords: BLOCK
STDDEV	Introduced
STRMESSAGE	Added the following keywords: BLOCK, CODE, NAME
STRUCT_ASSIGN	Introduced
TVSCL	Added the following keywords: NAN
VARIANCE	Introduced
VAX_FLOAT	Introduced (See Features Obsoleted in IDL 5.6)
WIDGET_CONTROL	Added the following keywords: SET_LIST_SE:ECT. UPDATE
WIDGET_INFO	Added the following keywords: LIST_MULTIPLE, LIST_SELECT, UPDATE
WIDGET_LIST	Added the following keywords: MULTIPLE
XBM_EDIT, XDISPLAYFILE, XLOADCT, XMNG_TMPL, XMTOOL, XPALETTE, XSURFACE	Added the following keywords: BLOCK
XINTERANIMATE	Added the following keywords: MPEG_CLOSE, MPEG_FILENAME, MPEG_OPEN

Features Obsoleted in IDL 5.1

The following features were present in IDL Version 5.0 but became obsolete in IDL Version 5.1.

Table I-72: Routines Obsoleted in IDL 5.1
Routine	Replaced by	.pro File?
SLICER	SLICER3	`slicer3.pro`