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Re: How do I distribute a dll with my vm sav file? [message #60014 is a reply to message #59921]

Wed, 23 April 2008 01:35

Allan Whiteford
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Registered: June 2006

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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

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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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