B.2.1 BasicImageDisplay

Functions for display of graphics-format images in a no-frills viewing window (an ImageWindow). Supported image formats include GIF, JPEG, PNG and FITS, which may be compressed.

displayBasicImage( label, loc )

Displays the file at a given location as an image in a graphical viewer. label may be any string which identifies the window for display, so that multiple images may be displayed in different windows without getting in each others' way. loc should be a filename or URL, pointing to an image in a format that this viewer understands.

• Parameters:
  • label (String): identifies the window in which the image will be displayed
  • loc (String): image location
• Return value
  • (String): short log message