Intel Fortran and MS Visual Studio

[Michael7]

I just purchased "Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2015 Composer Edition for Fortran, Windows with Rogue Wave IMSL for Windows". Before I begin the installation I would like to ask the community if I also need to purchase Microsoft Visual Studio 2015. and if Yes how do I proceed with the installation. DO I first install Visual Studio and the Intel Fortran or vice-versa.

Thank you very much in advance

[Steven_L_Intel1]

You don't have to purchase Visual Studio separately if you will be doing only Fortran development. If no supported VS is seen, the installer will install a VS2013-based Fortran environment.

If you do want to use VS2015, install that first and be sure to "Customize" the install to add the Programming Languages > C++ support.

[Michael7]

Thanks Steve,

Did you by any chance mean Programming Languages > C++ support or Programming Languages > Fortran support. I just want to make sure.

Best

Michael

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I meant C++. Visual Studio itself doesn't know Fortran. But Intel Fortran requires the C++ part of Visual Studio to be installed, and VS2015 leaves it out if you choose the default installation.