Steps to Distribute Your Application

To create and distribute an IDL Virtual Machine application, do the following:

  1. Create your application using an IDL development license, observing the limits described in Limitations of Virtual Machine Applications. Test the application in the IDL Virtual Machine.
  2. Create one or more SAVE files containing your application. See Creating Application SAVE Files for details.
  3. Provide your users with instructions for installing an unlicensed copy of IDL, or create an application distribution as described in Creating a Virtual Machine Distribution.
  4. Provide your users with instructions for installing your IDL application.
  5. Provide your users with instructions for running your IDL application in the IDL Virtual Machine. See Starting a Virtual Machine Application.