McIDAS Programmer's Manual
Version 2003

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Chapter 3

Getting Started in McIDAS-X

This chapter provides the information you need to develop applications programs under McIDAS-X. You'll learn how to:

• Set up your user account, including directories and libraries
• Compile and link your McIDAS-X code
• Make program helps and help files

This chapter is organized into these sections:

• Setting up a user account
  
  Creating your user account
  Directories
  Libraries
• Compiling and linking your code
  
  Compiling source files
  Linking object files
  Storing object files in a library
  Building Dynamic Link Libraries
• Making program helps

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