IDCLEAR - Clears an image display and purges its database entries

Description:

This application software resets an image-display device. In effect the device is cleared. It purges the graphics-database entries for the device. Optionally, only the current picture is cleared and the database unchanged. (Note that the clearing of the current picture may not work on some image-display devices.)

Usage:

idclear [device] [current]

Parameters:

CURRENT = _LOGICAL (Read)

If true then only the current picture is cleared. [FALSE]

DEVICE = DEVICE (Read)

The graphics device to be cleared. [Current image-display device]

Examples:

idclear

Clears the current image display and purges its graphics database entries.

idclear current

Clears the current picture on the current image display.

idclear xwindows

Clears the xwindows device and purges its graphics-database entries.

Related Applications

KAPPA: GDCLEAR, IDSTATE, OVCLEAR.