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IDLitTool::DisableUpdates

Syntax | Arguments | Keywords | Version History

The IDLitTool::DisableUpdates procedure method disables all drawing updates to the current window and UI updates (menu sensitivity) being passed to the user interface. After this method is called, updates are re-enabled by calling the EnableUpdates method.

Syntax

Obj->[IDLitTool::]DisableUpdates ([, PREVIOUSLY_DISABLED=variable])

Arguments

None

Keywords

PREVIOUSLY_DISABLED

Set this keyword to a named variable that upon return will be 1 if the tool had previously been disabled, or 0 otherwise.

Version History

6.0
Introduced
6.1
Added PREVIOUSLY_DISABLED keyword

  IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)