Previously there were major problems with this version when it was run on Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems. These problems are now very largely solved. Hopefully FIT2D will now work on all Windows systems (95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP).
The only major differences I know about is that the Windows version does not have file name completion and command recall from the keyboard command interface.
If you run this and find problems, please send me a full bug report, complete with a log of the instructions used, and be prepared to send me data files (see the reference manual for details on creating log files and bug reporting).
If FIT2D is run on the command-line options may be specified in the normal
manner, although normally options should be specified with a slash (/).
On my NT system the normal Unix style seems to work.
If FIT2D is run from an icon (as described above) command line options
may be specified as follows:
e.g. If the executable is "C:\FIT2D\WIN32\fit2d.exe and you want FIT2D to
start-up with arrays of 1024 elements square, edit to:
The routines I'm using on Windows always seem to use "static" colour
schemes. This has the advantage that there is no "colour flash", but
means that there are a fixed range of colours available. In 8-bit mode
this is too limited to allow smooth false colour or grey scales to be
drawn. When FIT2D tries to set
a colour table, I guess that the desired colours get mapped onto the
"nearest" available colour. In 16 and 24-bit modes this is fine, but in
8-bits it's just too limited.
Advice: Always use 16 or 24-bit display modes.
This page has been produced by
Andy Hammersley
(E-mail: hammersley@esrf.fr).
It is subject to further modification. If you have helpful suggestions,
please send them to me.
CREATING A ICON
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
FIT2D can be run from a DOS window (which is best for testing),
or by clicking on an icon.
C:\FIT2D\WIN32\fit2d.exe /dim1024x1024
LIMITATIONS
FIT2D gives unacceptably poor image display if 8-bit display mode is being
used. The results are fine in 16-bit and 24-bit mode.