| Re: System Variables & .sav files [message #40201] |
Tue, 27 July 2004 20:35  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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HyperJiver writes:
> Thanks for the input. Let me write what I understand of the program
> I am trying to work with.
>
> I have a seperate program, setup.pro that does not require any input
> from the user & there are no widgets. The program is usually run using
> a macro that runs a batch file
>
> @bathfilename.pro --
>
> ON_ERROR,1
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> ;run setup - Uses DEFSYS to define system variables
> [DEFSYSV,"!MY_dir",basedir + libdir (basedir & libdir are defined)]
>
> SETUP
>
> ;run xmanager
>
> XMANAGER
>
> ;run main - uses the system variables that have be defined in
> setup.pro
>
> MAIN
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> - When I try to run the macro- it works fine
> - When I run all these in the command prompt, it works fine
> - To do a standalone application, I executed all these commands in the
> command prompt as follows
>
> on_error,1
> .run setup
> setup
> .run xmanager
> .run main
> resolve_all
> save,/routines, filename = "filename.sav"
>
> When I run the .sav file, I get an error - '!MY_dir is not a legal
> system variable'
Oh, dear. :-(
I have to admit there are days when after 16+ years
of working with IDL I think I have seen it all. But
this setup completely and utterly baffles me. I've never
seen the like. :-)
As far as I can see the issue is not why this DOESN'T
run as a stand-alone application, but why it DOES
run in any other configuration!
I really don't know what to tell you. Sorry.
I guess I'd have to see what that MAIN routine
really does.
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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