LOADCT Procedure

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LOADCT Procedure

Standard Library procedure that loads a predefined color table.

Usage

LOADCT[, table_number]

Input Parameters

table_number—(optional) A number between 0 and 18; each number is associated with a predefined color table.

Keywords

Ctfile—Specifies a string containing the name of a color table file to load.

Silent—If present and nonzero, suppresses the message indicating that the color table is being loaded.

Discussion

Predefined color tables are stored in the file colors.tbl. There are 19 predefined color tables, with indices ranging from 0 to 18, as shown in Table 10-6: Predefined Color Tablese.

For a menu listing of the color tables, call LOADCT without parameters.

Predefined Color Tables
Number	Name
0	Black and White Linear
1	Blue/White
2	Green/Red/Blue/White
3	Red Temperature
4	Blue/Green/Red/Yellow
5	Standard Gamma-II
6	Prism
7	Red/Purple
8	Green/White Linear
9	Green/White Exponential
10	Green/Pink
11	Blue/Red
12	16 Level
13	16 Level II
14	Steps
15	PV-WAVE Special
16	W-B LINEAR
17	HEAT 1
18	HEAT 2

Examples

; Loads the Red Temperature color table.

LOADCT, 3

; Loads the Blue/Red color table without displaying a message.

LOADCT, 11, /Silent