How to start

Proper starting of PDFgetX2 will first display some message to screen and then show the logo window as in Fig. A.3

Figure A.2: The welcome interface when starting PDFgetX2

Linux/UNIX system

Run pdfgetx2 to invoke the program from terminals. Also make sure the executable directory is included in your PATH variable. You can also give one PDFgetX2 history file as an argument from the command line, and the history file will be automatically loaded. The directory where you start the program will become the Working Directory.

Windows

If you installed the PDFgetX2 with the self-installer, a shortcut will be created on your desktop, and the extension .xhst is associated with program PDFgetX2. Double click on the desktop shortcut or on any *.xhst file will invoke the program. The double clicked history file will be automatically loaded, and its directory will become the Working Directory.

Others

If none of the above works for you, you may have to go to the installation directory, and click on pdfgetx2.sav to fire it up. If you want to run it from command-line, you may try this: idl -vm=[the full path]pdfgetx2.sav.