; Create IDL structure for a Flare event event = struct4event('fl') ; Populate the structure with required values event.required.OBS_Observatory = 'TRACE' event.required.OBS_Instrument = 'TRACE' event.required.OBS_ChannelID = 'TRACE 171' event.required.OBS_MeanWavel = '171' event.required.OBS_WavelUnit = 'Angstroms' event.required.FRM_Name = 'Karel Schrijver' event.required.FRM_Identifier = 'Karel Schrijver' event.required.FRM_Institute ='LMSAL' event.required.FRM_HumanFlag = 'yes' event.required.FRM_ParamSet = 'n/a' event.required.FRM_DateRun = '2007/01/03 12:00:00' event.required.FRM_Contact = 'schryver at lmsal dot com' event.required.FRM_URL = 'n/a' event.required.Event_StartTime = '2006/10/10 23:45:13' event.required.Event_PeakTime = '2006/10/10 23:47:54' event.required.Event_EndTime = '2006/10/10 23:55:20' event.required.Event_CoordSys = 'UTC-HPC-TOPO' event.required.Event_CoordUnit = 'arcsec' event.required.Event_Coord1 = '-400' event.required.Event_Coord2 = '300' event.required.Event_C1Error = '4' event.required.Event_C2Error = '4' event.required.BoundBox_C1LL = '-440' ;Coordinates of lower-left event.required.BoundBox_C2LL = '260' ;Corner of bounding box event.required.BoundBox_C1UR = '-360' ;Coordinates of upper-right event.required.BoundBox_C2UR = '340' ;Corner of bounding box ;If you want, add a description event.description="My first flare" ;If you want, add up to ten references ;You must provide a name, link and type for each reference ;Must choose between "html", "image" and "movie" for reference_types. event.reference_names[0] = "Publication" event.reference_links[0] = "http://adswww.harvard.edu/" event.reference_types[0] = "html" ;Now export the IDL structure to an XML file. export_event, event, /write, outfil="Flare_example.xml" end