Dialog Editor

[blwiland]

I just installed the newest version of the IVF compiler (11.0.074)along with the MSVisualStudio 2005 that came with it. I was previously using IVF 10.1 with MSVisualStudio .NET 2003. In the old version, I could click on the file resources.rc in Solution Explorer and a dropdown ofmy various dialogswould occur. If I clicked on the one of the dialogs, it would come up in the Dialog Editor. I can't seem to figure out how to obtain this behavior in VisualSudio 2005. When I click on rsources.rc, all that come up is the text contained in resource.rc (not very visual). How do I get the various dialogs to come up in the visual Dialog Editor?

Bruce

[Steven_L_Intel1]

The release notes say:

Intel Visual Fortran development environment based on Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Premier Partner Edition is included with Academic and Commercial licenses for Intel Visual Fortran Compiler Professional Edition. It is not included with Evaluation or Student licenses, nor with Compiler Suite products that also include the Intel C++ Compiler. This development environment provides everything necessary to edit, build and debug Fortran applications. Some features of the full Visual Studio product are not included, such as:
- Resource Editor (see ResEdit*, a third-party tool, for a substitute)
- Automated conversion of Compaq* Visual Fortran projects

If you want an integrated resource editor, you will need to purchase Visual Studio Standard Edition or higher. The ResEdit tool operates outside VS but works with it and is a nice solution. It's free, too.

[blwiland]

Steve,

I already have Visual Studio C++.NET 2003 which I needed for the previous IVF versions. Will this work or would I need to getthe current (2008?) version of Visual Studio Standard if I want an integrated resource editor? If VS C++ .NET will work, is there anything important I am missing out on by not upgrading to the current version. I am not sure what the difference is between VS C++ .NET and VS Standard.

Thanks.

Bruce

[Steven_L_Intel1]

You can use Visual C++ .NET 2003. However, if you opened any of your Fortran projects in VS2005, they will have been converted to the VS2005 format, so you'll either have to recover from the saved "old" solution file or recreate the solution and project.

There really isn't much advantage, from the Fortran perspective, of using the newer VS. If you wanted to run on Windows Vista or Windows 7, though, you'd want VS2008.

[blwiland]

I decided I needed an integrated Dialog Editor (ResEditcould not locatesome files that I guess are on my computer somewhere or come with the full version of VS). So,I uninstalled IVF 11.0as well asthe Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Partner Edition that came with IVF 11.0 using the Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. I then installed Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and reinstalled IVF 11.0. Unfortunately, although VS.NET2003 is now installed, I have just discovered that VS2005 is also still installed.If I click on a file with a.f90 extension, it comes up in VS2005 instead of VS.NET2003. I don't know why VS2005 did not uninstall. There is no longer an uninstall option for VS2005 in the Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. Is there any way to uninstall VS2005? Although VS.NET2003 seems to work ok, willVS2005 interfere with VS.NET2003 in any way?

[Steven_L_Intel1]

There is no interference, but I have heard of some users with similar uninstall issues.

Download and install the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility. Uninstall IVF normally. Run the cleanup utility and if it shows VS2005, remove it. Then reinstall IVF.