| Re: Problems with IDL 8.1: the Development Enviroment is not starting [message #79991 is a reply to message #79853] |
Thu, 19 April 2012 09:21   |
Helder Marchetto
Messages: 520
Registered: November 2011
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On Thursday, April 19, 2012 6:11:28 PM UTC+2, David Fanning wrote:
> Helder writes:
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>> it was worth a try. I did set this preference in the command line. There was no visible improvement. I also checked afterwards with pref_get that I did indeed set this variable to 1.
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> I know you don't want to hear this, but I would
> do a complete fresh install after clearing
> out ALL my IDL directories (including the
> invisible ones!). Did you install the 64-bit
> version of IDL? That's what I am using. I note
> that I had a similar problem, and that it was caused
> by a function that I had left over in a directory from
> a previous beta version of the software.
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> Don't know what to tell you. This is just one of
> many frustrations I've had with IDL 8 in general. :-)
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> Are you updating your JAVA version on a regular basis.
> Eclipse problems could be related to JAVA. I update
> my machines regularly.
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> I feel for you. Python, by the way, has its own problems.
> Maybe there is no really good solution anymore.
Thanks David for your answers/comprehension. I just noticed that I can start DE of IDL 32-bit, but not IDL 64-bit... Strange... I would have thought that the crash was caused by the DE... I don't see how this relates to the 32 or 64 version.
I'll contact Exelis once again.
Cheers,
Helder
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