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Application Programming: Distributing Callable IDL Applications |
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You must provide your end users with instructions describing how to start your application. You may choose to provide users with the name and location of your application executable along with a launch command to execute, or (if you are using an installer for your application) with shell scripts, shortcuts, or Start menu items.
Give your users instructions describing how to start your application based on the following. The specifics depend on your end user's platform.
To start a Callable IDL application if you have exported an IDL distribution using the IDL Project interface, change directories to the application\bin\bin.platform directory (where application is the name of the directory that contains your exported distribution and platform is the name of the platform for which you created the application) and double-click on the executable file.
| Note The executable file must reside in the bin\bin.platform subdirectory of your exported application distribution. For your users' convenience, you may want to create a Windows shortcut to the executable file in another location. |
To start a Callable IDL application if you have exported an IDL distribution using the IDL Project interface or the make_rt script, change directories to the application directory (where application is the name of the directory that contains your exported distribution) and execute the startup script file. The startup script file has the name specified in the Run Command field of the Project Options dialog or via the startcommand parameter to the make_rt script.
IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)