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 Predefined Color Tables.

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

See Also

TVLCT,  MODIFYCT,  STRETCH,   TEK_COLORWgCtTool

For more information, including a comparison of LOADCT and TVLCT, see the PV‑WAVE User Guide.