Never ending frustration

[sid_smith]

I have been converting a large pre-fortran 77 simulation code to ftn95/2003 compliant code using a proprietary compiler (Silverfrost). I need to demonstrate that the code is portable andwill compile on any95/2003 compliant compiler.To do this I also need to compile and debug the original code which was originally developedin Vax Vms fortran and subsequently compiled/debugged in Compaq V6 fortran. This compiler isno longer available to me. However, I havethe company Intel Visual Fortran Version 9but I find that I need to installMicrosoft Visual Studio 2005 with C++ etc which I do not have. Considering the months of frustration I have endured on this project it seems unreasonable that I should have to purchase further products to support a purportedly standalone piece of software. I have downloaded V/S 2008 and 2010 but these do not provide a fortran development environment, at least not as prescribed by theCompiler installation. Can anyone tell me where I can get a suitable free Visual Studio 2005 version before I give up in total frustration and abandon the project !!!

[Les_Neilson]

The download center(search for Fortran for Windows) there is a 30 day trial of the latest Intel V11Fortran compiler you can download, anda link to a free 90 day download of the necessary VS 2008

Les

[Martyn_C_Intel]

We understand that some Fortran-only customers prefer not to purchase the full Microsoft Visual Studio in addition.Since version 10, certain editions of the Intel Visual FortranCompiler ship with a version of the Microsoft IDE that allows it to be used standalone without a separate purchase of Microsoft Visual Studio. (For the version 10 compiler, this was the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Premier Partner Edition; for the current 11.1 compiler, it is Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Shell). For licensing reasons, this isn't in the evaluation version, though.

It was possible to use the version 9 compiler, from the command line only, if you had Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition in conjunction withthe Windows Server 2003 SP1Platform SDK. However, I don't think these Microsoft products are available anymore.