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Re: How do I distribute a dll with my vm sav file? [message #60007 is a reply to message #59921]

Wed, 23 April 2008 07:32

Vince Hradil
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On Apr 23, 3:35 am, Allan Whiteford
<allan.rem...@phys.remove.strath.ac.remove.uk> wrote:
> Robbie wrote:
>> I've found that putting DLMs in the IDL path or current working
>> directory to occasionally work depending on the IDL version, OS, shell
>> and environment variables. For example, I can't get a DLM to load from
>> the IDL Workbench on OS X, yet it works fine using the idl command
>> line.
>
>> The only guaranteed way is to put the DLM and shared object in the
>> same place as the idl executable binary.
>
>> For example:
>> C:\Program Files\ITT\IDL70\bin\bin.x86
>> /Applications/itt/idl70/bin/bin.darwin.i386
>> /usr/local/itt/idl70/bin/bin.linux.x86
>
>> If you compiled it as 64 bit then you need to place them in the 64 bit
>> directory and run 64 bit idl. For example:
>> /usr/local/itt/idl70/bin/bin.linux.x86_64
>
>> You must compile your module separately for each platform and
>> architecture.
>
>> If you are planning on distributing for windows then I would recommend
>> writing a batch file or Windows Installer (WIX) to copy the DLM to the
>> required location.
>
>> I hope this helps. Please let me know if there is an easier way,
>> because I'm going to be distributing a cross platform DLM soon as
>> well.
>
>> Robbie
>
> Maybe it's not helpful but I use the IDL_DLM_PATH environment
> variable/preference.
>
> I've never done anything cross-platform with it though.
>
> Copying files into a users IDL installation directory seems a but rude
> and won't usually work on UNIX unless the person has root privileges.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Allan

This is all very interesting - I haven't tried it yet, but it seems
that I need to copy the .dlm file as well (have I told you I really
don't know what I'm doing). I found this:
http://www.ittvis.com/services/techtip.asp?l=English&tti d=4142 which
is pretty nice. Also, I think I need to RTFM.

Thanks everyone.
Vince

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		How do I distribute a dll with my vm sav file? By: Vince Hradil on Tue, 22 April 2008 15:39
		Re: How do I distribute a dll with my vm sav file? By: Michael Galloy on Wed, 23 April 2008 10:25
		Re: How do I distribute a dll with my vm sav file? By: Michael Galloy on Wed, 23 April 2008 07:41
		Re: How do I distribute a dll with my vm sav file? By: Vince Hradil on Wed, 23 April 2008 07:32
		Re: How do I distribute a dll with my vm sav file? By: Allan Whiteford on Wed, 23 April 2008 01:35
		Re: How do I distribute a dll with my vm sav file? By: Robbie on Wed, 23 April 2008 00:10
		Re: How do I distribute a dll with my vm sav file? By: David Fanning on Tue, 22 April 2008 19:13

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