Migrating from CVF6.6 to IVF/VS2005 ?

[reidar]

After dealing with Microsoft Fortran, later Digital, later on CVF, this compiler is retired is well.

I got the message to migrate to IVF. Due to a favourable discount, I purchased the IVF compiler at the end of 2005.

Due to lack of proper research, I discovered that this was not a "stand alone" product as no Visual Studio were present, strange enough. After waiting for VS2005 half a year, now one year I'm disappointed to hear that VS2005+IVF do not work together. The most recent information is that VA will disappear.

From the cost side IVF+VS will be more than two times CVF.

Is there really good reasons for not throwing my IVF disk into the bin and look for something else?

[Steven_L_Intel1]

IVF and VS2005 do work together, but you are using an older version that does not support VS2005. The current version 9.1 does support VS2005. You can download the latest version from the Intel Registration Center assuming your support term (initially 12 months) has not expired.

The cost of IVF+VS is in no way twice that of CVF. CVF sold for $599. IVF is $499 and Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition lists for $250, but you can probably find it for less. When we first introduced IVF, the required MS product was only $100.

I don't know what "VA" is.

For information on migrating from CVF, please see this white paper. Feel free to ask here if you have further questions.

[Jugoslav_Dujic]

VA is AV (Array Visualizer), I suppose.

[drgfthomas]

"IVF and VS2005 do work together, but you are using an older version
that does not support VS2005. The current version 9.1 does support
VS2005."

When did this happen? Last I heard about IVF fully integrating into
VS2005 was over a year ago. Now, whether to download from the Intel
Registration Center or go to the Post Office. Hmm, the latter is
likely less stressful.

I agree with Jugoslav as to the probable meaning of AV.

[reidar]

Thank you for your respons.

The prices I got from my dealer in Norway are as shown below (6NOK=1USD):

Uppgrade to IVF 9.1:

45716 Visual Fortran Compiler Professional Intel Software 9.1 INT CD W32 BOX UP 6 881,00 eks mva

(approx 1000 USD)

Visual Studio Pro:

64990 Visual Studio Professional Microsoft 2005 INT CD W32 BOX 6 699,00 eks mva

(approx 1000 USD)

VA was my abbreviation for array visualizer.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Ok, the Professional Edition of IVF does cost a lot more, but that's due to a price change for the IMSL component. Are you using IMSL? In CVF, you had to have the Professional Edition in order to get Array Visualizer, but it was provided in the Standard Edition for Intel Fortran. You can download it for free now.

You do not need the Professional Edition of VS2005 unless you want some of its extra features. The Standard Edition will do just fine and costs less.

[reidar]

Steve, I try to find out more about Intels licence policy. My questions are:

1)Is the licence for IVF limited to a time period ?

2)Is it legal to install the software both on my portable and my stationary PC. ( I only use one at a time.)

3)IMSL library. Do I pay licence for a period of time?

[Steven_L_Intel1]

1) Our licenses do not expire - you may continue to use the version you purchased forever without further license fees. When you buy the compiler, you get a year of free support, including the right to download and install any new updates or versions released during that period. Once your support term expires (assuming you do not renew it, renewals are discounted), you may continue using the version you have but can't install new versions and no longer get full technical support.

2) If you buy our normal "single-user" license, yes. In fact, you may install the software on as many different computers as you like, as long as you are the only one who uses the software on those computers. If you buy floating or node-locked licenses, this does not apply.

3) IMSL is licensed the same way the compiler is regarding expiration (that is, no expiration). Note that when you buy from Intel, there is no run-time license fee for IMSL, which there is if you bought it from Visual Numerics. The only limit is that you cannot install or use the IMSL library on a system with more than four processors (counting sockets.) Right now, the IMSL installer gets confused by multi-core and Hyper-Threading, but this can be worked around.