hasimagemagick.pro 4.51 KB
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; NAME:
;   HasImageMagick
;
; PURPOSE:
;   Searches for the ImageMagick "convert" command to see if ImageMagick is available 
;   on the system.
;
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; :Description:
;   Searches for the ImageMagick "convert" command to see if ImageMagick is available 
;   on the system.
;
; :Categories:
;    Utilities
;    
; :Keywords:
;     version: out, optional, type=string
;        Returns the version number of the ImageMagick convert command, if found.
;          
; :Examples:
;    Used to determine if the ImageMagick convert command is available::
;       IDL> available = HasImageMagick(Version=version)
;       IDL> IF available THEN Print, version
;       
; :Author:
;    FANNING SOFTWARE CONSULTING::
;       David W. Fanning 
;       1645 Sheely Drive
;       Fort Collins, CO 80526 USA
;       Phone: 970-221-0438
;       E-mail: david@idlcoyote.com
;       Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com
;
; :History:
;     Change History::
;        Written, 17 January 2011. DWF.
;
; :Copyright:
;     Copyright (c) 2011, Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
;-
FUNCTION HasImageMagick, VERSION=version

    ; Silent error handler. If anything goes wrong, we definitely
    ; can't use ImageMagick.
    Catch, theError
    IF theError NE 0 THEN BEGIN
        Return, 0
    ENDIF
    
    ; Assume failure.
    retval = 0
    
    ; To search for ImageMagick, I am going to spawn a call to convert.
    ; If the error_result is a null string, I assume this command worked.
    ; Otherwise, it didn't find ImageMagick.
    Spawn, 'convert -version', result, error_result
    
    ; If nothing is put in the error result, then we are good to go.
    IF error_result[0] EQ "" THEN retval = 1 
    
    ; For some reason Macs can't deal with the version number.
    IF retval EQ 1 && Arg_Present(version) THEN BEGIN
       parts = StrSplit(result[0], /EXTRACT)
       IF StrUpCase(!Version.OS) NE "DARWIN" THEN version = parts[2]
    ENDIF
    
    RETURN, retval
    
END