compatibility

[Deleted_U_Intel]

I have a new laptop with window vista. My visual fortran, version 6.0, does not work on it. The actual error message is: "This problem was caused by compatibility issues between windows vista and this version of visual c++ 6.0. What can I do about this?

Thank you!!

John

[Steven_L_Intel1]

You have Digital Visual Fortran 6.0 which was released in 1998, long before Vista was even a twinkle in Bill Gates' eye. You might be able to get it to work by right clicking on the shortcut for Developer Studio and selecting "Run as Administrator", but no guarantees.

[TimP]

The top level install shortcut would notwork on Vista64, as it is a 16-bit application. You would have to browse down to the actual 32-bit installer, and run it as administrator. Use of Developer Studio after installationalso would likely require run as administrator.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Intel Visual Fortran 9.1 is the currentversion. It requires that you separately purchase and install Microsoft Visual Studio (2005 Standard Edition is an inexpensive choice.) Your DVF applications should need only a rebuild. See this whitepaper for more information on porting from DVF/CVF

[Steven_L_Intel1]

The Professional Edition, which is the "quite expensive" one, adds the IMSL Mathematics and Statistics Library from Visual Numerics. If you are not using CVF Professional, which has an older version of that library, then the Standard Edition should do just fine.

The VS2005 environment is similar to the VS98 environment used by CVF, but some details differ. The migration whitepaper I referenced explains the major differences.

[jimdempseyatthecove]

John,

I have no relationship with Intel other than being a satisfied customer. My application has no requirement for the additional software that comes with the high-end product. I am very satisfied with the $500 version excepting for Intel's decision to drop the Array Visualizer from support (still available from their website though for free).

I opted to obtain Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition as I have a mix of machines here and the various operating systems comes with VS 2005 Pro made it more cost effective to go that route. As you must be aware, there is an "explosion" occurring inprocessor development. If you are not on a multi-core x64 platform now, you will be shortly. View your O/S requirements carefully with regards to if it will be more cost effective to upgrade the O/S by way of VS.

Jim Dempsey