You can alter some IDL behaviors by supplying command line switches along with the IDL command. Different switches are available on different platforms. IDL can also be started in non-interactive "batch" mode by specifying the name of a batch file at startup time. See Executing Batch Jobs in IDL for details.
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Switch
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Description
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-vm=file |
Start the IDL Virtual Machine. The file argument should be an IDL
.sav file. If no file is specified, IDL displays a file selection dialog. See Distributing IDL Applications for details on creating applications that run in the IDL Virtual Machine.
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-rt=file |
Start IDL with a runtime license. The file argument should be an IDL
.sav file. If no file is specified, IDL attempts to run a file named runtime.sav. See Distributing IDL Applications for details on creating runtime applications.
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-em=file |
Start IDL with an embedded license. The file argument should be an IDL
.sav file that contains an embedded ("unlimited right to distribute") IDL license.See Distributing IDL Applications for details on creating applications with an embedded IDL license.
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-queue |
For users of counted floating licenses, setting this command switch causes IDL to wait for an available license before beginning an IDL task such as batch processing.
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-w |
Start IDL with the graphical user interface. This is the same as entering
idlde at the command prompt.
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-autow |
Start IDL with the graphical user interface if possible, otherwise start IDL in command-line mode.
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-32 |
Start IDL in 32-bit mode, otherwise IDL starts in 64-bit mode by default for those platforms that support 64-bit. If you have not installed the 64-bit version, the 32-bit version will automatically be started. If you have not installed the 32-bit version, this flag will not work.
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-nw |
Run IDL in command-line mode no matter what. Note that specifying
idlde -nw at the shell prompt will start IDL in command line mode.
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The following switches are used with the idlde.exe executable. For example, use the command:
C:\RSI-Directory\bin\bin.x86\idlde.exe -queue
where RSI-Directory is the directory where you have installed IDL.
The following switches are used with the idlrt.exe executable.For example, use the command:
C:\RSI-Directory\bin\bin.x86\idlrt.exe -vm=file.sav
where RSI-Directory is the directory where you have installed IDL.
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Switch
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Description
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-vm=file |
Start the IDL Virtual Machine. The file argument should be an IDL
.sav file. If no file is specified, IDL displays a file selection dialog. See Distributing IDL Applications for details on creating applications that run in the IDL Virtual Machine.
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-em=file |
Start IDL with an embedded license. The file argument should be an IDL
.sav file that contains an embedded ("unlimited right to distribute") IDL license.See Distributing IDL Applications for details on creating applications with an embedded IDL license.
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