VS2005/IVF9.1 Newbie Question

[keefer]

Hi,

I have a "solution" comprised of two "projects", both standalone programs. One project takes hours to run, but only does disk I/O and runs at low priority. The other project generates output files from the result of the first. They share many source files and data files, hence my desire to keep both projects in the same solution. But when I select Debug->Start debugging ,I can only get the first program to run. Is there some way to select which of two "main" program projects I wish to run (e.g. maybe the command line) or is there some other way to achieve my goal of keeping both projects closely interrelated, without them being in the same solution folder?

Regards,

Keith Keefer

P.S. This combination of an MS IDE (which doesn't recognize Fortran) and for which Intel cannot provide technical support for legal reasons and an Intel compilier is a pain. Is there any hope that Intel might provide its own IDE for use with its own products?

[jimdempseyatthecove]

Keith,

In the solution explorer (tree-like pane showing projects and files) right-click on the project you wish to debug. Then select "Set as Startup Project".

Jim Dempsey

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Why do you say "Intel cannot provide technical support"? I've never seen anyone from Intel make such a claim and we absolutely do provide support for questions such as the one you just asked.

[keefer]

Dear Steve,

Please don't take offense. Iam frustrated with VS2005 (it's very buggy, even with all updates installed)and wished for the old CVF IDE or something similar. Intel tech support, both Premier and this Forum, are excellent.

Perhaps I should have been more explicit in my posting. I had a big problem re-installing VS2003 and NET Framework 1, one that was well known to Microsoft. I contacted Intel Premier Support for advice. They had none to offer offhand. Concurrently, I was researching the problem in MSDN. I contacted Intel again with my findings and was told that any problem reports and solutions in MSDN were Microsoft's IP and since I was paying Intel for support, Intel could not divulge MS's IP.I assumed that the issue was that MS wanted to be paid for support of their product and not Intel.If my problem report is still on file,maybe I can find the exchange of messages. Perhaps my current situation is different frommy previous one.

Kindest Regards,

Keith

[keefer]

Jim,

Where did you learn of this? I have re-read the MS VS2005 manual, searched this Forum, searched Help files and could find nothing. Since it seemed that the entire "Solution/Project" approach was designed for situations like mine, I couldn't believe there wasn't a simple answer. But, on the other hand, it IS a Microsoft product.

Keith

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Keith,

I can understand Intel support not wanting to get into a problem that doesn't involve our software at all - reinstalling VS and the .NET Framework - but a "how to use" question is certainly something we'd be glad to help with.

I'll agree that this particular item is well buried in the Visual Studio documentation. It can be found under the section Using the Debugger, Ececution Control, Starting Execution.

I'll suggest that we add some help about this to our own documentation.