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Running IDL or ENVI under Windows

To run IDL under Windows, select Start  Programs  IDL x.x  IDL.


Note
If you have 64-bit IDL installed, you can select either 32-bit or 64-bit IDL from the Windows Start menu. The command above starts 64-bit IDL if you are on a 64-bit platform. You can start 32-bit IDL by selecting Start  Programs  IDL x.x  IDL (32-bit)  IDL.

To run ENVI under Windows, select Start Programs ENVI x.x ENVI.

To run ENVI + IDL under Windows, select Start Programs ENVI x.x ENVI + IDL.

Running ENVI Zoom under Windows

Select one of the following options. The ENVI Zoom interface appears when the program is loaded and started.

Running the IDL Virtual Machine under Windows

To run a *.sav file in the IDL Virtual Machine, you can launch the IDL Virtual Machine and open the *.sav file, or launch the*.sav file in the IDL Virtual Machine from the command line.

To open a *.sav file from the IDL Virtual Machine:

  1. Select Start Programs IDL x.x IDL Virtual Machine or Start Programs ENVI x.x IDL Virtual Machine to launch the IDL Virtual Machine and to display the IDL Virtual Machine window.

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  2. Click anywhere in the window to dismiss the IDL Virtual Machine splash screen and to display the file selection menu.

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  3. Locate and select the *.sav file, and double-click or click Open to run it.

To run a *.sav file from the command-line prompt:

  1. Open a command-line prompt. Select Run from the Start menu, and enter cmd.

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  2. Change directory (cd) to the ITT_DIR\IDLxx\bin\bin.<platform> directory where <platform> is bin.x86 (32-bit machines) or bin.x86_64 (64-bit machines).

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  3. Enter the following at the command-line prompt:
    4. idlrt -vm=<path><filename>

     

    where <path> is the path to the *.sav file, and <filename> is the name of the *.sav file.

     


    Note
    If a license is available on the machine running the *.sav file, double-clicking the *.sav file will run it in the licensed runtime version of IDL. To force the *.sav file to run in the Virtual Machine, run it from the command line with the -vm argument.

Running IDL Runtime Programs under Windows

To run a *.sav file in the runtime version of IDL, do either of the following:

  IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)