Running IDL or ENVI on Windows

To run IDL under Windows, select Start → All Programs → IDL x.x → IDL.

To run ENVI under Windows, select Start → All Programs → ENVI x.x → ENVI.

Note
If you have 64-bit IDL or ENVI installed, you can select either 32-bit or 64-bit IDL or ENVI from the Windows Start menu. The commands above start 64-bit IDL or ENVI if you are on a 64-bit platform. You can start 32-bit IDL or ENVI by selecting Start → All Programs → IDL x.x → IDL (32-bit) → IDL or Start → All Programs → ENVI x.x → ENVI (32-bit) → ENVI.

To run ENVI + IDL under Windows, select Start → All Programs → ENVI x.x → ENVI + IDL.

Running ENVI Zoom on Windows

Select one of the following options. The ENVI Zoom interface appears when the program is loaded and started.

Select Start → All Programs → ENVI x.x → ENVI Zoom.

If you have 64-bit ENVI installed, you can select either 32-bit or 64-bit ENVI Zoom from the Windows Start menu. The command above starts 64-bit ENVI Zoom if you are on a 64-bit platform. You can start 32-bit ENVI Zoom by selecting Start → All Programs → ENVI x.x → ENVI (32-bit) → ENVI Zoom.

From the ENVI main menu bar, select File → Launch ENVI Zoom. You can open both ENVI and ENVI Zoom from the same IDL session.

If you are running IDL or ENVI + IDL, type envizoom at the IDL command line.

Running the IDL Virtual Machine on Windows

To run a *.sav file in the IDL Virtual Machine, you can launch the IDL Virtual Machine and open the *.sav file, or launch the*.sav file in the IDL Virtual Machine from the command line.

To open a *.sav file from the IDL Virtual Machine:

Select Start → All Programs → IDL x.x → IDL Virtual Machine or Start → All Programs → ENVI x.x → IDL Virtual Machine to launch the IDL Virtual Machine and to display the IDL Virtual Machine window.

Click anywhere in the window to dismiss the IDL Virtual Machine splash screen and to display the file selection menu.

Locate and select the *.sav file, and double-click or click Open to run it.

Note
If you select a data save file, the IDL Workbench will be launched and the data restored.

To run a *.sav file from the command-line prompt:

Open a command-line prompt. Select Start → Run, and enter cmd.

Change directory (cd) to the ITT_DIR\IDLxx\bin\bin.<platform> directory where <platform> is bin.x86 (32-bit machines) or bin.x86_64 (64-bit machines).

Enter the following at the command-line prompt:

idlrt -vm=<path><filename>

where <path> is the path to the *.sav file, and <filename> is the name of the *.sav file.

Note
If a license is available on the machine running the *.sav file, double-clicking the *.sav file will run it in the licensed runtime version of IDL. To force the *.sav file to run in the Virtual Machine, run it from the command line with the -vm argument.

Running IDL Save Files on Windows

To run a *.sav file in the runtime version of IDL, do either of the following:

Double-click the *.sav file to launch the application. If an IDL license is not available, the application will run in the IDL Virtual Machine.

Note
If the file is an application save file, it will run in runtime. If the file is a data save file, the IDL Workbench will be launched and the data restored.

Open a command-line prompt. Select Start → Run, and enter cmd. Change directory (cd) to the ITT_DIR\bin\bin.<platform> directory, where <platform> is bin.x86 (32-bit machines) or bin.x86_64 (64-bit machines). Enter the following at the command line prompt:

idlrt <path><filename> 
 where <path> is the path to the *.sav file, and <filename> is the name of the *.sav file.