| Re: embedding resources in runtime application [message #49650] |
Wed, 09 August 2006 09:32  |
JeremyFaden
Messages: 8
Registered: March 2005
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Thanks, Ben, that's helpful. I was thinking about this earlier, too.
Rarely do you get an executable file by itsself, so it seems reasonable
that I'd have to install the resources separate from the .sav file as
well.
Jeremy
Ben Panter wrote:
> JeremyFaden@gmail.com wrote:
>> Is it possible to embed resources (arbitrary data) into an IDL runtime
>> application? We're in the process of adapting an existing application
>> to run on the IDL virtual machine, and we make use of ascii files to
>> store tables configuration information for third-party plug-in modules.
>> I realize we could go through and convert these into IDL routines, but
>> this is a large code base and we'd like to minimize changes for us and
>> third parties. Also I notice in the IDLDE projects, there is a "Data"
>> folder which might fit my intent, but I can find no reference to how
>> this is used.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Jeremy Faden
>>
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> Hi Jeremy,
>
> I'm a VM novice myself, I'm not sure if I have the wrong end of the
> stick but I use it to read in (and write) ASCII, fits and sav files with
> no problems - just as long as you distribute the ASCII with the program
> and the path is unchanged you should have no problems. You might want to
> think about putting a subdirectory called 'DATA' under the one that the
> VM .sav file sits in, and referring to it with relative paths?
>
> cheers,
>
> Ben
>
> --
> Ben Panter, Garching, Germany.
> Email false, http://www.benpanter.co.uk
> or you could try ben at ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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| Re: embedding resources in runtime application [message #49652 is a reply to message #49650] |
Wed, 09 August 2006 08:16  |
Ben Panter
Messages: 102
Registered: July 2003
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JeremyFaden@gmail.com wrote:
> Is it possible to embed resources (arbitrary data) into an IDL runtime
> application? We're in the process of adapting an existing application
> to run on the IDL virtual machine, and we make use of ascii files to
> store tables configuration information for third-party plug-in modules.
> I realize we could go through and convert these into IDL routines, but
> this is a large code base and we'd like to minimize changes for us and
> third parties. Also I notice in the IDLDE projects, there is a "Data"
> folder which might fit my intent, but I can find no reference to how
> this is used.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Jeremy Faden
>
Hi Jeremy,
I'm a VM novice myself, I'm not sure if I have the wrong end of the
stick but I use it to read in (and write) ASCII, fits and sav files with
no problems - just as long as you distribute the ASCII with the program
and the path is unchanged you should have no problems. You might want to
think about putting a subdirectory called 'DATA' under the one that the
VM .sav file sits in, and referring to it with relative paths?
cheers,
Ben
--
Ben Panter, Garching, Germany.
Email false, http://www.benpanter.co.uk
or you could try ben at ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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