examples don't work

[YertleTheTurtle]

This is my first attempt witha new installation ofa newfortran compiler (version 6.5) on a new machine (I7).

On page 1 of the "Getting started" manual it says:
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1. Expand the ZIP file to a writable directory of your choice.

2. Locate and double-click the .sln file or open the solution file from the Microsoft Visual Studio* development environment.
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I chose the example file "NQueens" and double clicked.

I gotan informationmessages saying that this was an old project format, and it would be converted.
There appears to be one solution file and three project files.

The solution file was converted; the project files weren't.

What does one do when the examples don't work?

Yert

PS. If anyone from Intel is listening:
The webpage http://www.intel.com doesn't work with internet explorer 8 as installed on Windows 7

error message is

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Webpage error details

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0)

Timestamp: Wed, 19 May 2010 03:55:47 UTC

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URI: http://www.intel.com/homepage/js/globalgateway.js

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[mecej4]

You wrote:

This is my first attempt witha new installation ofa newfortran compiler (version 6.5) on a new machine (I7).

Version 6.5 is almost ten years old. It was "new" then, but certainly not now! The current version is 11.1.

The operating system, meanwhile, has changed from Windows 2000 to XP, Vista and Windows 7. While using the old compiler in command-line mode may be acceptable even now, the support for grahpics, network, sound, etc. will probably be spotty. As you have already noticed, project files need conversion. Conversion is not always successful, mostly because of changes made by Microsoft to Visual Studio.

If updating the compiler is out of question, I'd suggest getting started in command line mode. Then, try a few GUI features, taking whatever part works as a bonus.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Yert,

I don't think you meant version 6.5 - that was a CVF version that certainly did not include NQueens.

Are you trying to use Intel Fortran with VS2010 by any chance? Can you create new Fortran projects?

[YertleTheTurtle]

Sorry I wasn't clear.

I am using the absolutely latest version of the Intel Compiler (at least I think it is the latest version), downloaded about two weeks ago, version 11.1. The full file name is w_cprof_p_11.1.065.exe

A few months ago when I tried the evaluation copy (version 11.1, revison(?) 6.0) before buying,Nqueens worked fine.

So I am guessing that there was a format change between revison(?) 6.0 and 6.5 and the migration doesn't work properly.

Yert

[Steven_L_Intel1]

That's build 65. I will try this myself. Thanks.