| Re: IDL Virtual Machine--Forget It [message #63230 is a reply to message #63072] |
Thu, 30 October 2008 09:05   |
liamgumley
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Registered: June 2005
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On Oct 30, 1:38 am, "M. Katz" <MKatz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'd like to add a clear statement here regarding the distribution of
> runtime programs. I have now installed my VM application on several
> different Windows and Mac machines that are not licensed for IDL and
> do not have IDL installed. In NO CASES was it necessary to download
> the 260 MB IDL installation from ITT. It is simply not required.
>
> As David correctly mentions, the make_rt output is about 50ish MB and
> includes so much more than is actually necessary, that I agree that
> you can probably go into the subfolders and probably remove hundreds
> of unused routines and files, if you're picky. (Note that The distro
> can be much larger if you use the 64bit keyword because it seems to
> create 2 distributions at once.)
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> Furthermore, once you have installed your program on someone's
> machine, if you create an update, you can simply replace the (usually
> small) .sav file (maybe less than 2-3 MB). I think the .sav is also
> platform independent (saving you future effort), while the rest of the
> distribution, which remains the same every time, may be very platform
> specific.
I have not tried MAKE_RT before; it sounds useful. The documentation
for MAKE_RT in IDL 6.4.1 does state the following:
"The make_rt script is a UNIX command-line tool for creating an IDL
distribution."
and
"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."
Given this information, how did you use MAKE_RT to create an
application for Windows?
Cheers,
Liam.
Practical IDL Programming
http://www.gumley.com/
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