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Re: How do I execute an IDL program from a shortcut in Windows 98? [message #18401 is a reply to message #18395]

Fri, 24 December 1999 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Roy Stone (stone_roy@hotmail.com) writes:

> I would just like to place IDL programs I use a lot on my desktop and run
> them with a single click. Like a real application.
>
> In win 98 I can place a shortcut on the desk top to my IDL program. Of
> course when I click the shortcut it invokes IDL and loads up the ".pro" to
> which the shortcut points. I can arrange in the icon on the desktop that the
> IDL window is minimized. How do I arrange that the ".pro" is also executed
> (run)? Any suggestions would be helpful.

The steps to do this are all spelled out in this
article:

http://www.dfanning.com/tips/idl_icon.html

Cheers,

David

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