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Re: How do I execute an IDL program from a shortcut in Windows 98?
| Re: How do I execute an IDL program from a shortcut in Windows 98? [message #18395] |
Tue, 28 December 1999 00:00 |
Kelly Dean
Messages: 92
Registered: March 1997
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Add an "@" to the to the ".pro".
More details can be found at:
http://www.cira.colostate.edu/special/csuidl/IDLLaunch.htm
Kelly Dean
CSU/CIRA
Roy Stone wrote:
> I would just like to place IDL programs I use a lot on my desktop and run
> them with a single click. Like a real application.
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> In win 98 I can place a shortcut on the desk top to my IDL program. Of
> course when I click the shortcut it invokes IDL and loads up the ".pro" to
> which the shortcut points. I can arrange in the icon on the desktop that the
> IDL window is minimized. How do I arrange that the ".pro" is also executed
> (run)? Any suggestions would be helpful.
>
> Regards
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| Re: How do I execute an IDL program from a shortcut in Windows 98? [message #18401 is a reply to message #18395] |
Fri, 24 December 1999 00:00  |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Roy Stone (stone_roy@hotmail.com) writes:
> I would just like to place IDL programs I use a lot on my desktop and run
> them with a single click. Like a real application.
>
> In win 98 I can place a shortcut on the desk top to my IDL program. Of
> course when I click the shortcut it invokes IDL and loads up the ".pro" to
> which the shortcut points. I can arrange in the icon on the desktop that the
> IDL window is minimized. How do I arrange that the ".pro" is also executed
> (run)? Any suggestions would be helpful.
The steps to do this are all spelled out in this
article:
http://www.dfanning.com/tips/idl_icon.html
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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