Visual Studio integration quirks

[IanH]

(I think I'm using the integration that came with the 2015 beta under VS2010.)

Is there some way that module dependencies can be tracked across projects when a multiple project build is done?  If not, could an option to allow that be added?  The context is where you have module MA in project PA being used by module MB in project PB.  Changes to module MA will result in a relink of project PB, but not a recompile of the source of MB.  If a change in MA makes a change in the external characteristics of the module then much merriment currently results.

Under Tools > Options, Text Editor > Fortran > Advanced, what's Enable Database Saving/Loading do?

Previously mentioned here has been the propensity for the block indent (perhaps smart indent too) to advance to column three when there are no non-comment characters prior to the current position in a source file.  In addition to that is it possible to get the indenting logic to pay attention to the first column of previous comment lines?

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Interesting - I wonder if one can do the module dependency thing with custom build steps. Let me discuss this with the IDE developers.

The option you mention enables use of a database for storing define/use references across builds. Generally you'd want this enabled, but the developers allowed it to be turned off in case something went wrong.

I'll pass on the suggestion on indenting if it's not already on the list.

[dboggs]

"get the indenting logic to pay attention to the first column of previous comment lines?"

By your last paragraph do you mean that if you enter a comment line beginning in column 1 (for example) and press <enter>, that the cursor should advance to column 1 on the next (new) line and not to column 3? I'm sure it used to work that way but somewhere along the line (in the last year or two) it changed. Absolutely drives me nuts since I frequently use multiline comment blocks. Count this another sincere request for fixing this. 

[IanH]

dboggs wrote:

By your last paragraph do you mean that if you enter a comment line beginning in column 1 (for example) and press <enter>, that the cursor should advance to column 1 on the next (new) line and not to column 3?

Yes - the same things as what you mentioned a month or two ago.