Intel Fortran 2004

[dave_frank]

Steve, a couple questions about 2004 development

1. Does your developmentschedule currently show a major release

of IVF for 2004?

2. Will next release have a output NET code option?

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I would expect to see a new version sometime in 2004. I can't comment on specific features that might be in it.

Note that 8.0 has a ".NET Wizard" to let you access .NET assemblies and you can call Intel Fortran DLLs from managed code. We're not seeing a significant demand for MSIL code generation.

[dlemmon1]

Steve,

I can't find a ".NET Wizard" -- are you referring to the "Intel Fortran Module Wizard"? This is just like the previous "Fortran Module Wizard" which allows you to access COM components, only now you can also access .NET assemblies. However, as far as I can see, it does not let you call Fortran DLLs from managed code. This capability was previously provided very nicely by the COM Server Wizard in CVF. I developed a number of Fortran COM servers and accessed the objectsfrom VB.NET and VC# (via .NET's built-in COM interop). I certainly hope that the COM server wizard will appear again soon, since CVF 6.6 Professional now seems to be doomed. Please let me know if you have insight, direction, scraps of information, anythingregarding the COM server wizard, since planning for my future work relies on this technology.

Thanks,

David

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I was referring to the Module Wizard, which is extended under Intel to cover .NET assemblies.

Most .NET languages can call unmanaged DLLs using syntax provided in those languages. There is no specific Fortran support for this, nor is any needed.

The COM Server Wizard is not currently available.