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Application Programming: Distributing Runtime Mode Applications |
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If your end users are willing to install an unlicensed copy of IDL from an IDL installation CD-ROM or Web download, you can avoid the need to include a full IDL distribution with your application. Instead, you provide your application's SAVE file or files along with instructions describing how to install and launch the application.
| Note Distributing an application in this way is similar to distributing a Virtual Machine application, except that you either provide an embedded license in your application's SAVE file or a separate license file. |
If you select this distribution method, you will not be creating an executable file for your application. Instead, you will launch IDL in runtime mode using either the idlrt.exe application (on Windows platforms) or the idl application with the -rt or -em command-line option (on UNIX platforms). See Using an Existing IDL Distribution for details.
If you choose to provide only SAVE files for your application and rely on an existing IDL installation, and if you have purchased an IDL Developer's Kit license that allows you to create applications with embedded licenses, you can create your SAVE file in one of the following ways:
IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)