Visual Studio 2008 Compiler Integrations

[mwpowel]

Hello,

We have Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 running side-by-side, and trying to install the Visual Fortran Compiler 10.1.024, which I understand has compiler integration for Visual Studio 2008 as well as 2005.

Installing on my workstation, this is fine. 2005 and 2008 both indicate that the compiler integration takes correctly in the IDE help about dialog. Pending whether compilation produces any funny results.

However, on my development laptop, integration takes for 2005, but fails to take for 2008. Any thoughts on what might be going on? Should I uninstall 2008 and reinstall, then reinstall the Fortran Compiler?

Other than that, I'm at a loss as to why it might be different from one machine to the next (other than the obvious, by now, Windows questions).

Regards,

-Michael

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Just uninstall and reinstall the "Intel Visual Fortran Integrations into Microsoft Visual Studio". Open the folder C:Program FilesIntelDownloadIntelFortranCompiler10.1installs and run w_ide_p_10.1.024_IA32.exe You can run this once to do the uninstall and then again to reinstall it. No need to reinstall VS08.

If this doesn't help I can post a "fixup" program that may help.

[mwpowel]

I just tried this as you had indicated, uninstall the integrations and reinstall the given exe. No go. The install works for VS2005, but not for VS2008. Note this seems to be (somewhat) platform specific. I'm not sure what's different between the workstation here (where the integrations did take) and the laptop (where they did not).

-Michael

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Run the program in the attached ZIP and post the output. Please exit VS first.

(Deleted this version - see later post.)

[mwpowel]

Yessir, no problem.

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Visual Studio 2008 installed at C:DevMicrosoft Visual Studio 9.0
Successfully unregistered VFHieEditor.dll
Successfully unregistered VFAVwin.dll
Successfully unregistered VFFortSvc.dll
Error while unregistering VFProjConvert.dll:
Error accessing the OLE registry.

Press any key to exit program

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Yep - thought so. Let me tweak the program and I'll upload a new one tomorrow. This is a bug I have already reported to the developers. For some people, it prevents the integration from installing if something went wrong on a previous attempt.

[g_f_thomas]

This worked for me without a problem. The only thing different is that in vs 2005 the splash window displays the Intel integration whereas on vs 2008 it doesn't but in both cases it shows in the about window, IVF Helpand the compiler are available. YMMV.

Gerry

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Use this one instead and let me know how it works.

Gerry, the logo should be on the splash screen.

[mwpowel]

Thanks Gerry. And THANK YOU, Steve. This patch appears to have worked.

Results from the patch you uploaded were,

Visual Studio 2008 installed at C:DevMicrosoft Visual Studio 9.0
Successfully unregistered VFHieEditor.dll
Successfully unregistered VFAVwin.dll
Successfully unregistered VFFortSvc.dll
Error while unregistering VFProjConvert.dll:
Error accessing the OLE registry.

Successfully unregistered VFProj.dll
Successfully unregistered VFToolOpt.dll
Successfully registered VFToolOpt.dll
Successfully registered VFProj.dll
Successfully registered VFProjConvert.dll
Successfully registered VFFortSvc.dll
Successfully registered VFAVwin.dll
Successfully registered VFHieEditor.dll
Running devenv setup - please wait...
All DLLs successfully registered
Press any key to exit program

No Fortran on the splash screen when VS08 starts running, per se, but I do see it in the Help > About Microsoft Visual Studio dialog, Intel Fortran Compiler Integration for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, 10.1.4159.2008, Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Intel Corporation.

Thanks again.

-Michael

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Michael,

I'm glad to hear that it works, though puzzled at the lack of the icon. Oh well...

[g_f_thomas]

Michael's post appeared while I was un/reinstalling 10.1.021 & 10.1.024 on VS 2005 & 2008. Same story, no splash in vs 2008 but that's OK.

BTW, kudos to the unsung hero(es) who put together the IS Install for VF, I've always found it to be a very stable and reliable package over the years. The uninstall is ..., wellWindows is somewhat like the Hotel California, 'you can check out anytime you want but you can never leave.'

Gerry

[creepa1982]

Hey Steve,

I am having the same problem with MS Visual Studio 2005. When the program starts it does not show the Intel Fortran integration. Unfortunately the fix for 2008 doesn't work. Is it possible to make the fix also work for 2005?

Best wishes,

Benjamin

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Yes, I will post this on Monday.

[creepa1982]

Thanks a lot! Enjoy the rest of the week end.

Benjamin

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Here you go...

[creepa1982]

Works like a breeze. Thanks a lot!

Benjamin

[Brian_Howe]

Hello Steve

I have a related problem, but I wonder if it's something to do with the fact that I have IVF version 10.0?

Even after I ran the 2008 fix routine you supplied (and the earlier things), I still can't see any reference to Fortran in my VS 2008 (Help / About). Is it that the version I have won't allow integration into VS2008?

The other question I have (and this is the main reason I embarked on this upgrading train) is about the Resource Editor. I'm used to Borland Builder C++ and its ease of creating Tabbed Input GUIs for my program. I tried "ResEdit" but that wouldn't let me select individual tabs on the Tab Tool. My friend showed me how he easily does multi-page tabsheet (in C# and C++)(in VS 2005).

So the big question: Will the later versions of Visual Fortran & VS 2008 let me create a multi-page Tabsheet GUI? (if not, is there a way to create one without having to do it in VisC++ and use linked language modules?)

Thanks in anticipation,

Brian

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Brian,

Version 10.0 does not support VS2008 - support for VS2008 was added at 10.1.019.

Someone else will have to answer the question about the tabbed input GUI - I am unfamiliar with it. I do know that a tab control can be done in Fortran. We can't provide the MS Resource Editor with the bundled VS environment, but of course if you have purchased Visual Studio separately you can use the resource editor - there's no requirement to actually write any C++ code. If this multi-page Tabsheet GUI requires routines provided only as C++ classes, then you may have little choice.

[Brian_Howe]

Thanks Steve

It was as I feared (10.0 is a bit old ;-) . So, I went off and got the Fortran update (w_cprof_p_11.1.060_ia32.exe ) and ran it. I went well until "Item 5 of 7", then it seemed to go into an infinite loop - plenty of CPU activity on one MSIEXE process, but none on the other MSIEXE process (and a devenv apparently sitting there doing nothing). As I'd had some success in killing the "inactive" msiexe during the VS 2008 installation, after about an hour I tried it again, but it didn't like it. I got a message something like "Cannot install Fortran when VS 2008 is running". The devenv process was still running and that may have been what caused the latter to happen. The installer then did a "rollback" of all it had installed for Fortran 11.1. How long is the installation supposed to take? I'm going to try it (the Fortran) again with the "Full" mode instead of "Custom" and let it run longer (it's 0840 hrs here).

Would I be better off uninstalling the Fortran 10.0 and doing a clean install? How can I check that the installation of the VS 2008 all went (fully, totally) correctly. VS2008 seems to work alright with C++, but having effectively stopped it before it had run its full course (some modules of the whole list, e.g. Crystal Reports, were not installed) I'm a wondering if the VS 2008 part is all there.

On the other question, about the Tab Control, please can you tell me where I can find out how to program it? I have Norman Lawrence's book (CVF: Guide... Windows Applications; Pub 2002) and it shows "Microsoft Developer Studio" with all the Dialog Properties floating panels. It shows a multi-tab control (on page 269, just for the record;-) ), but probably just assumes that the resource editor will be used and do the trick. It does say "The pages of a tab control are normal dialog boxes with the the style set to pop-up" ... but I can't find "pop-up" in the properties when I drop a Tab Control onto my dialog page. I need to create one with about 8 tabs and lots of Text controls on each, and I've heard horror stories of having to put all the text controls on the top sheet and sort them out in the coding that uses them!!! That's not my idea of fun!

Thanks again,

Brian

[Brian_Howe]

Hi again Steve

Further to the previous posting: I did a "Remove" of the Fortran when it presented me with the three options (even though the 1st installation failed it must have left some stuff in the registry). That worked well. It also left all the files unpacked in my temporary "extracting" directory! I saw the "Setup.exe" file and thought "This could be the answer to a prayer" - no top-level MSIEXEC.exe to mess things up ...? So I ran the setup.exe. The whole installation was finished in less than 20 minutes!

BUT

I tried making a project: the "Dialog" template supplied. When I tried to build it, the error message was "rc.exe not found". I hunted around and discovered a "rc.exe" in the VS2005 tree (in VC\bin). This also happened last week with "rcdll.dll". Please could you explain what has happened?

Thanks again,

Brian

[TimP]

Steve has posted on the rc.exe question several times. Repair options are mentioned, which do involve the extracted ifort download setup.exe. For VS2005, perhaps I've been lucky (although the necessary web advice is widely scattered). However, the title of this thread is VS2008, and my experience with rc.exe in 2008 on Windows 7 hasn't been so favorable. I'm a little confused if the thread is jumping among VS versions and not specifying Windows version.