Auto generation of workspace?

[j-ahn]

I'm a light user of FORTRAN.
I want to buy a newcopy of Visual Fortran pretty soon. Actually I have tried
Compaq Fortran 6.1 and Intel Fortran 8.0.
In CVF 6.1, I could just double click on the Fortran code in the file
manager, then CVF pops up and I could run it without making workspace and so on by myself. Everything needed to compile the code was generated
automatically by CVF 6.1.
But in IVF 8.0. I should generate workspace and insert the code in the
workspace manually to run the code. I really need automatic generation of workspace since I am supposed to take care of several small codes.
So, my question is,

1. In the latest version of CVF, does this version of CVF generate workspace
automatically as CVF 6.1 does? Can I just double click on Fortran code in
the file manager and compile it WITHOUT generating the workspace?

2. Can I do the same thing in the latest version of IVF? Does this version
of IVF generate workspace automatically as CVF 6.1 does?

Thank you for reading.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

In both CVF and IVF you have to have a project (in a workspace or solution) to compile within the Microsoft IDE.

In Intel Visual Fortran, you can't ask to compile a source that isn't in a project. It is true that CVF, including the last version, will offer to create a default workspace and project for you.

Are you aware that you can build from the command line too? No workspace needed.