intel fortran with visual studio 2008 express?

[fredrikaustin]

Hi,

I have a license for the visual fortran pro for windows; i've been using it with the .net 2003 microsoft visual studio. But that's the only reason I keep .net 2003 around. Actually 95% of time I just build from command line, and don't even use the IDE, but I suppose the make tools from the ms software is needed.

I use visual studio 2008 express for other projects. Is it possible for me to reintall the fortran and have it use the 2008 vstudio instead? I think I have the license for the "2005 premier partner..." but I prefer to have as few various incarnations of these dev environments as possible just for simplicity

thanks,

thomas blom, austin texas

[TimP]

Quoting - fredrikaustin

I use visual studio 2008 express for other projects. Is it possible for me to reintall the fortran and have it use the 2008 vstudio instead?

There have been several posts on the subject of VS Express. It should work for 32-bit command line compilation only. I wouldn't count on re-installation of ifort setting up the ifortvars.bat and ifort.cfg automatically; you may have to edit those files, even if you remove and re-install.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

You cannot use Visual C++ 2008 Express (there really isn't such a thing as Visual Studio 2008 Express) to develop Fortran programs in the Visual Studio IDE. All that will enable is use of the compiler from the command line.

I suggest using the included Visual Studio Premier Partner Edition if you want to use a later version, especially if you want to develop 64-bit applications.

[fredrikaustin]

Quoting - Steve Lionel (Intel)

You cannot use Visual C++ 2008 Express (there really isn't such a thing as Visual Studio 2008 Express) to develop Fortran programs in the Visual Studio IDE. All that will enable is use of the compiler from the command line.

I suggest using the included Visual Studio Premier Partner Edition if you want to use a later version, especially if you want to develop 64-bit applications.

Thanks for the replies.

If I purchase the VS2008 c++ package, will that integrate with the latest intel visual fortran?

[TimP]

Quoting - fredrikaustin

Thanks for the replies.

If I purchase the VS2008 c++ package, will that integrate with the latest intel visual fortran?

ifort 11.0, and updates of ifort 10.1, integrate with VS2008, if one is able to install VS2008. I have not consistently been able to install VS2008 on Windows XP 64-bit, but VS2008 appears to be quite reliable for Server 64-bit installations. 32-bit installations are no problem.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I've installed VS2008 on Windows Vista 64-bit without problems. Yes, Intel Visual Fortran 11 will work fine with Visual Studio 2008. Please read the Fortran Release Notes for details on how to configure Visual Studio for 64-bit development - it isn't obvious.

[fredrikaustin]

Quoting - Steve Lionel (Intel)

I've installed VS2008 on Windows Vista 64-bit without problems. Yes, Intel Visual Fortran 11 will work fine with Visual Studio 2008. Please read the Fortran Release Notes for details on how to configure Visual Studio for 64-bit development - it isn't obvious.

Thanks again tim18 and Steve for your prompt and helpful replies.

--thomas blom in austin, tx