### 1.1 System Requirements

IMD is written in the IDL language, and will run on any platform supported by IDL. Little or no IDL expertise is required to use IMD.

You will need a valid, licensed copy of IDL to run IMD. IDL version 5.0, 5.1 or 5.2 is required; Version 5.1/5.2 is strongly recommended, especially for Windows and Macintosh platforms. IDL is available from Research Systems, Inc, <http://www.rsinc.com>

Note: IMD will not run with the Student Version of IDL.

Note: It is possible to run IMD as an 'extension' to the XOP program, which is available for Unix and Windows platforms, free of charge to research institutes and non-profit organizations. Information on XOP can be found at <http://www.esrf.fr/computing/expg/subgroups/theory/idl/xop/xop.html>. Please consult the instructions in Section 7 of the IMD README file for further details on using IMD as a XOP extension.

Back | Contents | Next