Running the ION Script Examples

ION Script User's Guide: Overview of ION Script

Running the ION Script Examples

Several example applications are installed with ION Script. These examples are located in the ITT_DIR\idl64\products\ion64\ion_script\examples (Windows) or /ITT_DIR/ion64/ion_script/examples (UNIX), where ITT_DIR is the directory in which you installed ION Script. The page index.ion contains links to three different examples pages:

Basic Examples — These examples illustrate simple ION Script concepts. Examples include how to create a simple ION Script page, how to define variables and events, how to use form elements such as buttons, checkboxes, and radio buttons, and how to use HTML frames.

Advanced Examples —These more complex examples demonstrate some of the advanced programming concepts in ION Script, such as image processing, form validation using JavaScript, and using IDL to dynamically create HTML tables and droplists.

Demos — This link takes you to the ITT Visual Information Solutions ION site, www.ittvis.com/ion, where you can view interactive Web applications built on ION Script.

Assuming the path to your cgi-bin directory is /cgi-bin, you can load the ION Script examples page using the following URL, where servername is the name of your server:

http://servername/cgi-bin/ion-p?page=index.ion

You can also find a link to index.ion by requesting the page called about as follows:

http://servername/cgi-bin/ion-p?page=about

This page lists the current version of ION Script, and contains a link to the examples page index.ion.

Note
If you are using Microsoft IIS, the .exe extension must be included in URLs that point to executables. If you get an error informing you that the file or script you requested cannot be found, you may need to use ion-p.exe instead of ion-p in any URLs in your HTML and ION Script pages, or in the location field of your browser when requesting a URL. All examples in the examples directory were modified during your ION 6.4 installation for Windows.

IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)