| Re: IDL Virtual Machine--Forget It [message #63226 is a reply to message #63072] |
Thu, 30 October 2008 10:25   |
liamgumley
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On Oct 30, 11:11 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> liamgum...@gmail.com writes:
>> I have not tried MAKE_RT before; it sounds useful. The documentation
>> for MAKE_RT in IDL 6.4.1 does state the following:
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>> "The make_rt script is a UNIX command-line tool for creating an IDL
>> distribution."
>
>> and
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>> "The make_rt script copies IDL binaries only for the platform on which
>> the make_rt script is executed. If you wish to create a distribution
>> that supports multiple UNIX platforms, you must run the make_rt script
>> on each platform you wish to support."
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>> Given this information, how did you use MAKE_RT to create an
>> application for Windows?
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> I guess I was using the IDL 7 version. :-)
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> I just checked. Yes, I was using the IDL 7 version,
> and it appears to be different from the IDL 6.4 version,
> according to the documentation. I'm surprised I found
> the right documentation, frankly, because I almost always
> use the IDL 6.4 help, rather than the IDL 7.0 just for its
> speed. A miracle! :-)
Okay, it looks like MAKE_RT does support UNIX and Windows platforms in
IDL 7.0. However, it appears that you do need to have a licensed copy
of IDL on each platform you wish to support in your distributed
application. So if you want to create an application which runs on
Windows, Mac, and Linux, you must be able to run MAKE_RT on Windows,
Mac, and Linux within a licensed version of IDL.
Cheers,
Liam.
Practical IDL Programming
http://www.gumley.com/
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