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IDL Product Documentation

All IDL product documentation is included in the IDL online help system, which is accessible within IDL via the IDL Development Environment’s Help menu or by entering ' ? ' at the IDL prompt.

In addition, the IDL documentation set is provided in Adobe Acrobat PDF format in the info directory of the IDL installation CD-ROM, or for download via this page. If you choose to download the PDF version of a manual from the IDL documentation set here, note the following:

The IDL documentation contains hypertext links between the various manuals in the documentation set. If you download only a subset of the complete documentation set, you may find hypertext links that attempt to open files you chose not to download. Acrobat will display a “File not found” error when you click on a link to a file that does not exist on your local system.
No full text search index is provided with the files available on the ITT web site. If you need the full text search feature, request an IDL CD-ROM and either use the IDL online help system or the PDF files included on that disk.

IDL product documentation is provided in Adobe Acrobat .PDF format. For more information, see the Adobe website.

> What’s New in IDL7.0 Describes the new features added in IDL 7.0	> Installation and Licensing Describes how to install and license IDL on a Windows, Macintosh, or UNIX platform.
> IDL 7.0 Release notes

User's Guides

> iTool User’s Guide Describes how to use the IDL Intelligent Tools.		> Using IDL Describes how to use IDL to do data analysis and create visualizations.

> Image Processing in IDL Introduces you to the full image processing power of IDL, describing how to display, manipulate, and extract information from images.

Programmer's Guides

> Application Programming Describes how to use the IDL language to write IDL programs, including sections on the structure of the IDL language and programming techniques.		> Object Programming Describes how to write object-oriented programs in IDL, and includes discussion of IDL’s object graphics system.

>IDL Connectivity Bridges Describes how to use IDL’s import and export bridges, which allow you to: use Java and COM objects within IDL export IDL objects as Java or COM objects for use outside IDL		> iTool Developer’s Guide Describes how to create new iTools using the IDL Intelligent Tools component framework. >User Interface Programming Describes how to create graphical user interfaces using IDL’s widget toolkit.

> External Development Guide Describes how to use IDL to develop applications that interact with programs written in other programming languages.

Reference Guides

> IDL Quick Reference Provides quick access to API information for IDL procedures and functions (categorized functionally and alphabetically), objects, executive commands, and statements.		> IDL Reference Guide Describes in detail all of IDL’s procedures, functions, objects, statements, commands, system variables, and operators.

> IDL Workbench Quick Reference Guide The IDL Workbench is IDL’s graphical user interface and integrated development environment. The IDL Workbench is based on the Eclipse framework; if you are already familiar with Eclipse, the appearance and behavior of the IDL Workbench will feel familiar. This quick reference card will help you get started using the workbench.		> Scientific Data Formats Describes IDL’s support for scientific data formats including the Common Data Format (CDF), Hierarchical Data Formats (HDF, HDF5, and HDF-EOS), and Network Common Data Format (NetCDF).

> Obsolete IDL Features Describes features that have become obsolete due to enhancements to the IDL language.

Guides for Add-On Products

> IDL Analyst Reference Guide Describes IDL's implementation of the IMSL Numerical Library's mathematics and statistics routines.		> Medical Imaging in IDL Describes IDL’s extended support for the DICOM medical imaging file format.

> IDL DataMiner Guide Describes how to access external databases in IDL using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) interface.		> IDL Wavelet Toolkit User’s Guide Describes how to use the IDL Wavelet Toolkit for wavelet analysis of multi-dimensional data.