| Re: IDL 6.1 (Windows) Help file problem [message #40887 is a reply to message #40877] |
Sun, 12 September 2004 09:21  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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James writes:
> I have a little problem with the help file for IDL 6.1 (windows version).
> When I try to get help (CTRL+F1 or F1) the help window pops up but I can
> see the first page only. When I try to access INDEX - there is nothing
> there. It's colpetely empty. The most interesting, when I close the help
> session, IDL crashes. I reinstaled IDL but the problem remains ..
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> Any ideas ? I'm running IDL6.1 on Windows XP Pro
I had a similar problem. I installed IDL 6.1, then
tried to uninstall IDL 5.6. The uninstall seemed to
be a bit flaky, or at least it took a LOT less time
than I was expected. But after that, I couldn't access
IDL Help any longer, and when I tried to, it was complaining
about "IDL 5.6 something or other". (I have IDL 6.0
installed on this computer, too. I just didn't think
I probably needed three installations on a laptop.)
I happened to be on the road at the time, but when
I got home I ran IDL help with the IDL 5.6 CD in
the computer. Whatever it thought it was needing
got re-installed from the CD and I'm good for IDL
6.1 help now.
For what it is worth...
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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