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Features Obsoleted in IDL 5.5

The following features were present in IDL Version 5.4 but became obsolete in IDL Version 5.5.

Table J-54: Routines Obsoleted in IDL 5.5 

Table J-54: Routines Obsoleted in IDL 5.5 
Routine
Replaced by
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ERF
 
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The following arguments and keywords are obsolete and should not be used in new IDL code.

Table J-55: Arguments and Keywords Obsoleted in IDL 5.5 

Table J-55: Arguments and Keywords Obsoleted in IDL 5.5 
Routine
Argument or Keyword
Description
CREATOR_TYPE keyword
This keyword was ignored on non-Macintosh OS 9 (and earlier) platforms.
SETUP keyword
This keyword was ignored on non-Macintosh OS 9 (and earlier) platforms.
MACCREATOR keyword
This keyword was ignored on non-Macintosh OS 9 (and earlier) platforms.
MACTYPE keyword
This keyword was ignored on non-Macintosh OS 9 (and earlier) platforms.
ORDER keyword
This keyword was replaced by the ORIENTATION keyword
MACCREATOR keyword
This keyword was ignored on non-Macintosh OS 9 (and earlier) platforms.
APP_MBAR keyword
This keyword was ignored on non-Macintosh OS 9 (and earlier) platforms.
Order argument
The Order argument has been replaced by the ORIENTATION keyword. Code that uses the Order argument will continue to work as before, but new code should use the ORIENTATION keyword instead.

  IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)