| Re: IDL app launched from an icon [message #13005 is a reply to message #12993] |
Sat, 26 September 1998 00:00   |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Charlie Solomon (crsolomon@west.raytheon.com) writes:
> do you know of a way to allow a user to simply double click on an icon on
> the desktop, which compiles and runs an idl procedure automatically without
> any further effort by the user? in other words, i'd like to make an idl
> procedure act as a separate application. i searched through the help pages,
> but didn't find what i was looking for. thanks in advance for any advice!
I presume this is one a Windows machine. Here is how I do
this on my WindowsNT machine.
1. I write a "main" program that calls my application
program. Suppose I want to run my XSurface program on
my web page. The Main program is written like this:
PRO Main
XSurface
END
2. Open a *new* IDL session and type these commands:
IDL> .Compile Main
IDL> Resolve_All
Since this is a program that uses objects, I must also
explicitly compile all of my 'object'__define.pro files,
since Resolve_All doesn't think about these files:
IDL> .Compile Trackball__Define
3. Save all the compiled modules in a "save" file:
IDL> Save, /Routines, Filename='main.sav'
4. Exit IDL.
5. If I just want to run the XSurface application, I can
now just double-click the main.sav program name with
my mouse. If you have difficulty with this step it may
be because the *.sav file extension is not associated
with the run-time version of IDL in the registry. If it
is not, open the NT Explorer application, find the
View|Options menu, go to the File Types tab, and make
sure the association is set up correctly. (I believe,
although I am not sure, that in Windows 95 the File
Types association may be accessed from a Control Panel
program rather from the File Manager. See your Windows
95 documentation.)
6. If I want to make this file have a different icon (I.e.,
an "application" icon), I make a shortcut to the main.sav
file. Then I right-click on the shortcut, select the
Properties menu item, select the Shortcut tab, and click
the Change Icon button to select an icon more indicative
of my application. I probably also give the shortcut a
really nifty name, like "PowerVis" or something. :-)
7. When I run the application, I just see my widget program
running. There is no evidence of IDL at all.
Cheers,
David
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Fanning Software Consulting
E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
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