Slooow output and directory issue

[grg99]

Two things I've noticed:

(1) If you accidentally forget to specify a library,I get about 666 linker errors. No problem.

*But* with VS8 and IVF 9.1, the linker messages appear at about 10 lines per second. On a 3.3. GHZ PC. With VS6 and CVF they appeared at least ten times faster.

It's kinda annoying to have the PC slow to a crawl for a minute every time I forget to specify the right library. Any ideas?

(2) I'd like to put all the compiler generated .mod and .obj files in a static place. No Problem, the IDE and command line have a place for the /module:C:Mod option.

There's also the /object: option. *but* even thought he IDE help and the manual say you can specify a directory name here, it doesnt seem to work that way. For example if you specify: "/object:C:Bin", all the object files end up in a "C:Bin.Obj" file!

Please advise.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

You might want to check the length of the "Libraries" directory list in Tools..Options..Intel Fortran. Unfortunately, what you're seeing is the MS linker which we have no control over.

[grg99]

Thanks Steve, I'm an idiot again-- while driving home my subconcious said "that's a linker and VS8 thing.... nothing to do with IVF !"

So how about this to prevent 98% of library problems:: Can you have a Browse... button so one can actually browse and find the library? Having a little teensy box into which you must type the exact correct path to Q:NetLibsFortranIVFOurLibsLatestCrash.Lib ... that's very 1979.

Same for all the other places one can mistype a path or file name.

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And there was q #2, about the /object:path thingy that doesnt seem to work as expected or documented... Pls advise.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

The /object switch specifies a file, not s directory. I think you want to set the Output Directory property (General page).

[grg99]

>The /object switch specifies a file, nota directory.

Yes, that's the way it works in real life.

But both the IDE help and the thick manual, they both clearly say you can specify a file or a directory. :(

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Ah, I see. You need to specify the trailing backslash if you want it to be a directory, otherwise it looks like a filename.

[grg99]

> You need to specify the trailing backslash if you want it to be a directory, otherwise it looks like a filename.

Is this an inspired guess, or did you actually try it?

I tried that yesterday, and still got the ridiculous C:Bin.Obj file. Maybe because somebody keeps stripping off the trailing backslash when it builds the command line.

Even so, it's inconsistent with the way the /Module: option works, as /Module doesnt need the disappearing trailing backslash in ordert to work as expected.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Yes, I tried it, and it worked. /module is different because you cannot specify the name of the output .mod file.