On Apr 23, 3:35 am, Allan Whiteford
<allan.rem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Robbie wrote:
> > I've found that putting DLMs in the IDL path or current working
> > directory to occasionally work depending on the IDL version, OS, shell
> > and environment variables. For example, I can't get a DLM to load from
> > the IDL Workbench on OS X, yet it works fine using the idl command
> > line.
>
> > The only guaranteed way is to put the DLM and shared object in the
> > same place as the idl executable binary.
>
> > For example:
> > C:\Program Files\ITT\IDL70\bin\bin.x86
> > /Applications/itt/idl70/bin/bin.darwin.i386
> > /usr/local/itt/idl70/bin/bin.linux.x86
>
> > If you compiled it as 64 bit then you need to place them in the 64 bit
> > directory and run 64 bit idl. For example:
> > /usr/local/itt/idl70/bin/bin.linux.x86_64
>
> > You must compile your module separately for each platform and
> > architecture.
>
> > If you are planning on distributing for windows then I would recommend
> > writing a batch file or Windows Installer (WIX) to copy the DLM to the
> > required location.
>
> > I hope this helps. Please let me know if there is an easier way,
> > because I'm going to be distributing a cross platform DLM soon as
> > well.
>
> > Robbie
>
> Maybe it's not helpful but I use the IDL_DLM_PATH environment
> variable/preference.
>
> I've never done anything cross-platform with it though.
>
> Copying files into a users IDL installation directory seems a but rude
> and won't usually work on UNIX unless the person has root privileges.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Allan
This is all very interesting - I haven't tried it yet, but it seems
that I need to copy the .dlm file as well (have I told you I really
don't know what I'm doing). I found this:
http://www.ittvis.com/services/techtip.asp?l=English&ttid=4142
which
is pretty nice. Also, I think I need to RTFM.
Thanks everyone.
Vince
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