Intel Fortran Composer XE 2013 SP1 is not compiling using Customize Aspen Plus

[Albuquerque__Allan]

Hi, I have tried to run intel fortran to compile a file from an example from Aspen Plus v8.8. I have installed Intel Fortran Composer XE 2013 SP1 and Visual Studio 2010. I have checked in Set compiler to Aspen Plus that option 33 has been set as Ok. I have chosen option 33 for user and machine option as reccomended by Aspen suporter.

41 compiler sections in C:\Program Files (x86)\AspenTech\APrSystem V8.8\Engine\xeq\Compilers.cfg

## Section      State Description

-- ------------ ----- --------------------------------------------------

 1 Intel_VS71   ERROR Intel Fortran 9.x and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003

 2 Intel_VS8    ERROR Intel Fortran 9.x and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

 3 Intel_VS9    ERROR Intel Fortran 9.x and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

 4 Intel_VCX8   ERROR Intel Fortran 9.x and Microsoft VC++ 2005 Express

 5 Intel_VCX9   ERROR Intel Fortran 9.x and Microsoft VC++ 2008 Express

 6 IVF10_VS71   ERROR Intel Fortran 10.x and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003

 7 IVF10_VS8    ERROR Intel Fortran 10.x and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

 8 IVF10_VS9    ERROR Intel Fortran 10.x and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

 9 IVF10_VCX8   ERROR Intel Fortran 10.x and Microsoft VC++ 2005 Express

10 IVF10_VCX9   ERROR Intel Fortran 10.x and Microsoft VC++ 2008 Express

11 IVF11_VS71   ERROR Intel Fortran 11.0 and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003

12 IVF11_VS8    ERROR Intel Fortran 11.0 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

13 IVF11_VS9    ERROR Intel Fortran 11.0 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

14 IVF11_VCX8   ERROR Intel Fortran 11.0 and Microsoft VC++ 2005 Express

15 IVF11_VCX9   ERROR Intel Fortran 11.0 and Microsoft VC++ 2008 Express

16 IVF11x_VS71  ERROR Intel Fortran 11.x and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003

17 IVF11x_VS8   ERROR Intel Fortran 11.x and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

18 IVF11x_VS9   ERROR Intel Fortran 11.x and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

19 IVF11x_VSB   ERROR Intel Fortran 11.x and Bundled VS 2008 Shell ONLY

20 IVF11x_VCX8  ERROR Intel Fortran 11.x and Microsoft VC++ 2005 Express

21 IVF11x_VCX9  ERROR Intel Fortran 11.x and Microsoft VC++ 2008 Express

22 IVF12x_VS9   ERROR Intel Fortran 12.x/2011 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

23 IVF12x_VS10  ERROR Intel Fortran 12.x/2011 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

24 IVF12x_VSB   ERROR Intel Fortran 12.x/2011 and Bundled VS 2008 Shell ONLY

25 IVF12x_VSB2  ERROR Intel Fortran 12.x/2011 and Bundled VS 2010 Shell ONLY

26 IVF12x_VCX10 ERROR Intel Fortran 12.x/2011 and Microsoft VC++ 2010 Express

27 IVF13_VSB    ERROR Intel Fortran 13/2013 and Bundled VS 2010 Shell ONLY

28 IVF13_VS10   ERROR Intel Fortran 13/2013 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

29 IVF13_VCX10  ERROR Intel Fortran 13/2013 and Microsoft VC++ 2010 Express

30 IVF13_VCX11  ERROR Intel Fortran 13/2013 and VS Express 2012 for Win Desktop

31 IVF13_VS11   ERROR Intel Fortran 13/2013 and Microsoft Visual Studio 11/2012

32 IVF13_VS12   ERROR Intel Fortran 13/2013 and Microsoft Visual Studio 12/2013

33 IVF14_VSB    OK    Intel Fortran 2013SP1 and Bundled VS 2010 Shell ONLY

34 IVF14_VCX11  ERROR Intel Fortran 2013SP1 and VS Express 2012 for Win Desktop

35 IVF14_VCX12  ERROR Intel Fortran 2013SP1 and VS Express 2013 for Win Desktop

36 IVF14_VS11   ERROR Intel Fortran 2013SP1 and Microsoft Visual Studio 11/2012

37 IVF14_VS12   ERROR Intel Fortran 2013SP1 and Microsoft Visual Studio 12/2013

38 IVF15_VCX12  ERROR Intel Fortran 15/2015 and VS Express 2013 for Win Desktop

39 IVF15_VS10   ERROR Intel Fortran 15/2015 and Microsoft Visual Studio 10/2010

40 IVF15_VS11   ERROR Intel Fortran 15/2015 and Microsoft Visual Studio 11/2012

41 IVF15_VS12   ERROR Intel Fortran 15/2015 and Microsoft Visual Studio 12/2013

The current compiler option settings in order of searching

   Not set for current user in HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry

   IVF14_VSB for current machine in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry

   IVF14_VS12 in file C:\Program Files (x86)\AspenTech\APrSystem V8.8\Engine\xeq\Compilers.cfg

After I tried to compile using Customize Aspen Plus (Prompt command screen from Aspen Plus) but I have otained the following error message:

Welcome to Aspen Plus V8.8 Simulation Window.

C:\ProgramData\AspenTech\Aspen Plus V8.8>cd reactdist

C:\ProgramData\AspenTech\Aspen Plus V8.8\reactdist>ASPCOMP actkin.f
ASPCOMP: Warning! Intel Fortran compiler ifort.exe not found in %PATH%
ASPCOMP: Warning!  Intel Fortran runtime library libifcoremd.lib not found in %LIB%
ASPCOMP: Warning!  Intel Fortran runtime library is needed for Dynamic Linking.
'ifort.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

  Error in compiling preprocessed file: Check compile.log

I have seen that a similar issue was discussed in the forum before as below but I did not find if it was solved and how it was solved. Can anyone help me? Aspen suporter has not found yet how to solve this issue. 

https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-software-development-products-download-registration-licensing/topic/537472

Thank you

[Steve_Lionel]

How about you invoke the Aspen script from a Fortran build command prompt - that should help.

[mecej4]

Here is a bit of detail behind Steve's excellent suggestion.

When a package such as Aspen, Ansys, etc., attempts to compile a user's Fortran code into a DLL and call that DLL, two sets of requirements have to hold:

• the environment should be configured for the specific package (Aspen) to work
• the environment should be configured for the compiler (Intel Fortran) to work

Unless you had Intel Fortran installed prior to installing Aspen, and the Aspen installation process detected Intel Fortran's presence and adjusted its own configuration accordingly, you will not have satisfied the second set of requirements.

It is quite simple to test whether the Aspen-Fortran integration has been accomplished: open an Aspen command prompt, as you did, and attempt to compile and run a simple Fortran program (e.g., one that prints a message such as "Hello World!"). If the test fails, you will probably have to ask Aspen support for help with the configuration of their product.