Intel Fortran Newbie Questions

[chstoyer]

I have been using CVF for around 10 years. I purchased the Intel compiler and the Visual Studio.Net near the end of December 2005. I have never even opened them.

1) I understand the Visual Studio.Net I bought does not support IVF and there is an update I can get for free to fix that? Is that true? Where do I get the update?

2) I have a new notebook running Win XP Home and I plan to install on there as a test bench until I become stable with the new software. Any suggestions on finding a FAQ to help me get started?

Thanks,

Charles

[hermannl]

Hi Charles,

we have been using CVF in the past and switched to the Intel compiler and VS .NET already some years ago. During at least 2 years we have been using these compilers in parallel (of course within different projects). IVF integrates fine into VS.NET - you can also use your old projects, even in case that these are mixed language projects (FORTRAN and C/C++). We usually made a copy of the old project and open the copy with IVF, which converts the old CVF project to a new one. In the case of mixed language projects, the project is split into (at least) 2 projects one consisting of the FORTRAN part, the other of C++ part. One of these must be switched to a library, we usually take the C++ project and leave the Fortran project as the main project.

I don't know about any FAQ (besides IVF documentation). I would suggest to proceede in the way indicated above: take an old project, make a copy of it, and open it with IVF. Should give you a good starting point. And, another point, you should considerhaving both installations (IVF/VS.Net and CVF) on the same machine in parallel. We did not experience any conflicts.

Best,

Hermann

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Charles,

If the Visual Studio you bought is Visual Studio 2005 (it will not have ".NET" in its name), you need version 9.1 of IVF. You can download this for free from Intel Premier Support File Downloads using the support login info you created when you registered the product. (If you haven't registered yet, do it now.) The current version is 9.1.025 (search for that under File Downloads.) No charge if you purchased within a year.

There is a "Getting Started" manual installed as part of the on-disk documentation, and you should read the Installation Guide and Release Notes, links to which are presented when you start the installer. (They are also installed along with other files.)

As you are a CVF user, you should also read my whitepaper on migrating from CVF.

If you have any questions, you can ask Intel Premier Support (or here if you want advice from other users.)

[chstoyer]

Thanks, Steve. I will install next week and register, then download the 9.1 and go from there.

QUESTION: which do I install first? Visual Studio 2005 Professional edition or Intel Visual Fortran Compiler Professional Edition, for Windows version 9?

Looks like I need to install the old CVF and install the Intel on top as this is an upgrade. I hope there are not problems with that as I have had in the past! If so, I will be in touch!

I plan to keep my existing projects on the old CVF platform on my desktop for now and start a new project on the laptop with the new IVF and use that as a learning bench.

Hopefully there will not be too many questions.

Eventually I will be moving to IVF once "we" become stable!

Charles

[Steven_L_Intel1]

You do not have to install CVF. It is not an "upgrade" in the sense that it looks for CVF being on your system. You CAN install CVF if you want to use it as well, otherwise don't.

You must install Visual Studio first. Please read the compiler Installation Guide (on the CD or provided as a link when you start the install shell) for more information.