; $Id: dave_makedaveptr.pro,v 1.11 2005/02/03 18:04:12 azuah Exp $
;###############################################################################
;
; LICENSE:
;  The software in this file is written by an employee of 
;  National Institute of Standards and Technology 
;  as part of the DAVE software project.
;
;  The DAVE software package is not subject to copyright protection
;  and is in the public domain. It should be considered as an
;  experimental neutron scattering data reduction, visualization, and
;  analysis system. As such, the authors assume no responsibility
;  whatsoever for its use, and make no guarantees, expressed or
;  implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other
;  characteristic. The use of certain trade names or commercial
;  products does not imply any endorsement of a particular product,
;  nor does it imply that the named product is necessarily the best
;  product for the stated purpose. We would appreciate acknowledgment
;  if the DAVE software is used of if the code in this file is
;  included in another product.
;
;###############################################################################
;
; Written by J.R.D. Copley.
;************************************************************************************************
pro dave_makeDavePtr,davePtr=davePtr
;************************************************************************************************
;
compile_opt strictarr
;
;
if (dave_valid(davePtr)) then return
;
commonStr = {instrument:'',$
             histPtr:ptr_new(/allocate_heap),$
             xlabel:'',$
             ylabel:'',$
             xtype:'',$
             ytype:'',$
             xunits: '',$
             yunits: '',$
             histLabel:'',$
             histUnits:'',$
             treatmentPtr:ptr_new(/allocate_heap),$
             commonStrPtr:ptr_new()}
;
dataStr = {commonStr:commonStr,$
                specificPtr:ptr_new(/allocate_heap)}
;
dataStrPtr = ptr_new(dataStr,/no_copy)

;
;
; These lines copied from dave.pro
daveStr =    {davePtrStr, $     ; RTA - make davePtr structure a named structure
              dataStrPtr:dataStrPtr, $
              descriPtr:ptr_new()} ; remove /allocate_heap flag
;
davePtr = ptr_new(daveStr,/no_copy)
;
end
