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Features Obsoleted in IDL 6.2

The following features were present in IDL Version 6.1 but became obsolete in IDL Version 6.2.

Table J-46: Routines Obsoleted in IDL 6.2

Table J-46: Routines Obsoleted in IDL 6.2
Routine
Replaced by
.pro File?
Nothing: the IDL-Acrobat plugin is no longer supported
 
Nothing; no longer needed
 

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

Table J-47: Arguments and Keywords Obsoleted in IDL 6.2 

Table J-47: Arguments and Keywords Obsoleted in IDL 6.2 
Routine
Argument or Keyword
Description
ALL_KEYS keyword
This keyword was replaced by the combination of the KEYS and FULL keywords.
CALLS keyword
This keyword was replaced by (is now equivalent to) the use of the REVERSE and SCOPE_TRACEBACK routines together.
DISABLE keyword
This keyword has been replaced by the IDLitOperation::QueryAvailability method.
HTML_HELP keyword
This keyword is no longer necessary; ONLINE_HELP parses the value of the BOOK keyword to determine file type.
FOLD_CASE keyword
This keyword is no longer necessary; ONLINE_HELP tries to use both the specified case and upper-case versions of the Value string.
PAGE keyword
This keyword is used by the obsolete IDL-Acrobat plugin.
SUPPRESS_PLUGIN_ERRORS keyword
This keyword is used by the obsolete IDL-Acrobat plugin.
TOPICS keyword
This keyword does not work with Microsoft HTML Help (*.chm) files.
CANCEL_BUTTON keyword
Cross-platform UI-toolkit support for this keyword is not available.
DEFAULT_BUTTON keyword
Cross-platform UI-toolkit support for this keyword is not available.

  IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)