Installation problem Visual Studio 2003 plus IVF 8.1

[h-faber]

Hi,
since I already installed Visual Studio 2003 plus Intel Visual Fortran Compiler 8.1 successfully twice, I am a bit confused why this time on a newer PC it does not work.
I install the VS 2003 (prof) as usually with the required components etc., afterwards install the IVF 8.1 by providing the Visual Studio SDK-path for Itanium support. When I start Visual Studio then, the Fortran project possibilities are missing when I try to start a "New->Project". Reboot does not change anything.

What am I missing?

Environmental info: Windows XP, AMD A64 3500+, 2GB RAM, Visual Studio installed on a 160GB-NTFS-partition, user account with admin rights.

Any help appreciated, I will try to install now for a third time. :-(

[Steven_L_Intel1]

What is the exact version of 8.1 you installed?

[h-faber]

Hi Steve,
it is:

Intel Fortran Compiler for 32-bit applications, Version 8.1 Build 20040802Z Package ID: w_fc_p_8.1.018

It might be of interest that the 4th (!) installation attempt finally works. :-o
What made it work finally:
I changed the installation partition for Visual Studio from E: (160 GB) to C: (35 GB).
So my guess is that there seems to be some trouble when integrating IVF into Visual Studio when Visual Studio is installed on a (NTFS-?) partition which is larger than 128 GB. IIRC there also has been a chess program version of Shredder which also had trouble when installed on > 128 GB partition.
If this is a Visual Studio or Intel issue - I don't know.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Yes, there was a bug in 8.1.018 in that regard, fixed in later versions. Why are you using such an old version?

[h-faber]

Hi Steve,
because until now this version worked almost perfectly. ;)
And I never looked for updates for the 8.x compiler. In agreement with the customer we decided to freeze the whole development environment to not risk any other problems when updating e.g. to IVF 9.0 and to not spend money unnecessarily.
Are there any bugfixes or updates for the 8.x available? Would be interesting because we still have NaN occurances now and then which we can't explain - maybe they disappear with the bugfixes? IIRC I once installed a test version of the 9.0 compiler but the NaN kept existing.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Yes, updates to 8.1 are available through Intel Premier Support File Downloads. This problem was fixed in 8.1.021 or thereabouts.

[TimP]

There's a common misconception that licensing is tied to specific releases of ifort. This is not so; renewing your license gives you continued access to download updates for all versions which continue to be maintained. You could install and use both 8.1 and 9.0 with your renewal, and 9.1, assuming it comes out during the term of the renewal.