Managing Path Order

You can control the order in which directories are searched by manually reordering the directories in the IDL Paths preferences page.

See Paths for a complete description of this dialog.

The order you define in the Paths preference is preserved between sessions, unless the initial value of the preference comes from the IDL_PATH environment variable or from a command-line argument.

Tip
Beginning with the IDL Workbench 7.0.3 update, directories associated with managed projects are no longer added to the IDL_PATH preference; they are instead added to the end of the !PATH system variable. If you need to control the exact location of a managed project's directory in IDL's path, add the directory to the IDL_PATH preference manually.