Changes in IDL 6.3

Features Added in IDL 6.3

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

Table I-43: Features Introduced in IDL 6.3
Feature	Description
BUTTERWORTH	Introduced
CANNY	Introduced
CDF_ATTGET	Enhanced to support the EPOCH16 variable type
CDF_CREATE	Modified to create single-file CDF files by default
CDF_ENCODE_EPOCH16	Introduced
CDF_EPOCH16	Introduced
CDF_PARSE_EPOCH16	Introduced
CDF_SET_CDF27_BACKWARD_COMPATIBLE	Introduced
CDF_VARCREATE	Enhanced to support the EPOCH16 variable type
H5A_READ	Added optional argument: Datatype_ID
H5D_READ	Added optional argument: Datatype_ID
H5T_COMPOUND_CREATE	Introduced
H5T_ENUM_CREATE	Introduced
H5T_ENUM_GET_DATA	Introduced
H5T_ENUM_INSERT	Introduced
H5T_ENUM_NAMEOF	Introduced
H5T_ENUM_SET_DATA	Introduced
H5T_ENUM_VALUEOF	Introduced
H5T_ENUM_VALUES_TO_NAMES	Introduced
H5T_GET_MEMBER_INDEX	Introduced
H5T_GET_MEMBER_NAME	Enhanced to support enumeration datatypes
H5T_GET_MEMBER_VALUE	Introduced
H5T_GET_TAG	Introduced
H5T_IDL_CREATE	Added the following keywords: OPAQUE
H5T_SET_TAG	Introduced
H5T_STR_TO_VLEN	Introduced
H5T_VLEN_CREATE	Introduced
H5T_VLEN_TO_STR	Introduced
IDL_IDLBridge	Introduced
IDLffDicomExCfg	Introduced
IDLffDicomExQuery	Introduced
IDLffDicomExStorScu	Introduced
IDLffMJPEG2000	Introduced
IDLgrWindow::OnEnter	Introduced
IDLgrWindow::OnExit	Introduced
IDLgrWindow::OnExpose	Introduced
IDLgrWindow::OnKeyboard	Introduced
IDLgrWindow::OnMouseDown	Introduced
IDLgrWindow::OnMouseMotion	Introduced
IDLgrWindow::OnMouseUp	Introduced
IDLgrWindow::OnResize	Introduced
IDLitComponent::NotifyBridge	Introduced
IDLitDirectWindow	Introduced
IDLitWindow::OnEnter	Introduced
IDLitWindow::OnExit	Introduced
IDLitWindow::OnExpose	Introduced
IDLitWindow::OnResize	Introduced
IDLsysMonitorInfo	Introduced
IR_FILTER	Introduced
IVECTOR	Introduced
PRIMES	Introduced
SEM_CREATE	Introduced
SEM_DELETE	Introduced
SEM_LOCK	Introduced
SEM_RELEASE	Introduced
WIDGET_CONTROL	Added the following keywords: SET_DRAG_NOTIFY, SET_DRAGGABLE, SET_DROP_EVENTS, SET_MASK, SET_TREE_INDEX
WIDGET_DRAW	Added the following keywords: DRAG_NOTIFY, DROP_EVENTS
WIDGET_TREE_MOVE	Introduced

Features Obsoleted in IDL 6.3

The following arguments and keywords are obsolete and should not be used in new IDL code.

Table I-44: Arguments and Keywords Obsoleted in IDL 6.3
Routine	Argument or Keyword	Description
WIDGET_TREE	TOP keyword	This keyword has been replaced by the INDEX keyword.