What it does
The fonctionalities of the IDL interface are:
-Display THEMIS files
-Conversion of THEMIS files to MSDP standard files
-Set and modification of parameters for FORTRAN computation
-Run fortran computation

How to get it
IDL interface procedures are available by FTP anonymous on mesola.obspm.fr at
        pub/idlsoft/thm
If you have SOLAR SOFT in your computer
-ftp optidl.tar.Z
-Uncompress and tar
-Define the IDL path for optidl. Example:
        setenv    PATH_IDL /"optidl adress"/optidl
        source $PATH_IDL/path_idl
-Run sswidl

If you do not have SOLAR SOFT (and you do not desire to load it, only « gen » part) you have to
-ftp sswpro.tar.Z  and optidl.tar.Z
-Uncompress and tar sswpro and optidl
-Define the IDL path for sswpro and optidl. Example
        setenv PATH_IDL /"optidl adress"/optidl:+/"sswpro adress"/sswpro
        source /"adress optidl/optidl/path_idl
- Run idl

How to use it
Under IDL enter the command MSDP. Then you get a widget interface that allow you to access all the fonctionalities
At differents levels a HELP button gives informations
    The user description gives description of the interface