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iTool Developer’s Guide 379
Appendix A
Controlling iTools from
the IDL Command Line
This appendix describes mechanisms that allow you to control an existing iTool from the IDL
command line.
Overview of iTool Programmatic Control . 380
Retrieving an iTool Object Reference . . . . 381
Retrieving Component Identifiers . . . . . . . 382
Retrieving Property Information . . . . . . . . 385
Changing Property Values . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Running Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Selecting Items in the iTool . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Replacing Data in an iTool . . . . . . . . . . . . 394