Switchiing from Compaq Visual Fortran - I'm lost!

[Massimo]

Greetings,

I have recently installed Intel Visual Fortran for Windows with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and I wanted to get my projects, developed with Compaq Visual Fortran, running. Importing a whole project gives error. I tried than to create a project from the scratch, copies a source file (.for) a build it. Apparently, everything went smoothly, 'cause I got a message "Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped". But - and sorry if this is a dumb question - where it the executable? With Compaq V.F. I had an .exe file in the debug or release folder. Now I see a debug folder containing the html file with the log of the build results, and nothing else. I guess I am doing something wrong but I do not get the "phylosophy" of the compiler (I'm probably biased by my old habits with the Compaq compiler).

Can somebody give me a hint to find the light? Also, is there any manual (not language reference, a user manual of the compiler) one can get and print out, instead of browsing the help?

Thank you in advance.

Massimo

Edit The source file was not associated with the project. Sorry, stupid errors sometimes occur when you shift to a new environment.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I'm glad to hear you figured out the immediate problem. Have you read our Migrating from CVF article?

[Massimo]

Quoting - Steve Lionel (Intel)

I'm glad to hear you figured out the immediate problem. Have you read our Migrating from CVF article?

Yes, sort of, but when I try to open a .dsw file with Visual Studio 2005 I invariably get an error dialog saying "The project file 'name.dsp' has been corrupted and cannot be open". That's why I have to create a new solution / project, copy the source files, insert them in the project and then finally compile the project.

The articile you have linked is however useful to understand the differences between CVF and IVF. Thanks for the link.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I've heard of that error before and even seen it a couple of times myself, but the cause is unknown. If you get that the best course is to just create a new project as you did.

Let us know if you have further questions, and welcome to the forum!