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Creating a Project

To create a Project, complete the following steps:

  1. Select File New Project. The New Project dialog is displayed.

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  2. Select the path and name of the project file. Click Open to create your project. A .prj extension will automatically be appended to the name you enter. You will see that your project appears in the Project Window

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  3. Save your new project. Select File Save Project.


Note
You can only have one project open at a time. Before creating a new project, you must close any open projects.

After you have created your project, you'll see your project displayed in the Project Window. You will see that 5 groups have been automatically created when you created your project.

Figure 22-4: IDL Project Window

Figure 22-4: IDL Project Window

The following table describes the purpose for each group:

Table 22-1: Project Group Descriptions 

Table 22-1: Project Group Descriptions 
Group
Description
Source
Stores IDL source code files (.pro).
GUI
Stores GUI files (.prc) created using the IDL GUIBuilder.
Data
Stores any data files.
Images
Stores image files.
Other
Stores any other files that do not apply to the other groups.

  IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)