problem getting IVF compiler running

[intel_ip]

I purchased the latest version of IVF compiler for Windows 8 last week, having already checked out the trial version a couple of months ago.  I believe I managed to download the code OK and even the installation seemed to go well, except at the very end when it asks me to hit ‘finish’, it says that I would be sent to the ‘start page’, but wasn’t.  I am having problems running the IVF compiler – I’m stuck on the page which is included in the attachment.  I have also attached some correspondence showing proof o f purchase and product serial #.  I find I cannot go any further as I do not know my license code even though a file containing that info was attached.  The start page also mentions about my license having already expired.   I am assuming that the product I have just purchased will allow me to do exactly what I had been doing before when operating on Windows 7 – correct?

I would appreciate if you could let me know what I am missing in getting IVF compiler running – thanks.

[FortranFan]

You may know Visual Studio 2013 and Intel Fortran are two separate products even though they integrate with each other.  The former is licensed from Microsoft and the latter from Intel.

It looks like your trial license for Visual Studio has expired.  If you plan to use Visual Studio, you need to get a license for it too.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I removed your attachment as it included your Intel serial number.

Please uninstall Intel Fortran and the VS2013 Trial. Then reinstall Fortran, selecting the download that says it "includes Microsoft Visual Studio Shell".

[intel_ip]

Hi Steve:  I tried what you suggested, i.e. uninstalling Fortran and VS2013, then reinstalling the Fortran again, selecting "includes Microsoft Visual Studio Shell", but I got the message listed in the attachment.  I do not feel comfortable with the two items listed, (1) that there already is a Fortran package present as I believe I uninstalled it and (2) the debugger is not installed, so I didn't go further with the installation process.

Purchasing this package I believe the code would provide me with exactly the same features (or more) on Windows OS 8 as I had before with Windows OS Vista/7 - am I correct in that assumption?

What is the next step as I would like to get this package up and running as soon as possible - thanks for your help.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

You can ignore the messages in that screenshot. They aren't important to you (unless you intended to develop programs for Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors.) The first message is simply saying that you had previously installed an older version and that the VS integration from that older version would be replaced. Installing on Windows 8 should give you the same capabilities as on Windows 7.

[intel_ip]

Thanks Steve. I believe the IVF is now installed OK, but where do I find the actual executable code? In which directory is it located? Thanks

[Steven_L_Intel1]

If you're building in Visual Studio, it will be in the subdirectory of the project for the project configuration. By default these are named Debug and Release.

If you meant where is the Intel Visual Fortran installation, it is under C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Composer XE 2013 SP1

[intel_ip]

I would like to know what file name the IVF is called and where it is located. I had already looked into the directory (attached) which you mentioned above and I don't see the IVF application in this or any of the sub-directories.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

There are various executables that are part of the product. The compiler itself is ifort.exe in the Bin subfolder there. Visual Studio is in its own folder under Program Files (x86).

[intel_ip]

I found ifort.exe in the bin/ sub-folders intel64 and bin/a32, but when I clicked on either of them a dos-like screen came up and then immediately disappeared.  Is this what is meant to happen?  Also what is the difference between these two applications?

When I run IVF on windows vista or 7, I run the application program devenv.exe located in c:\program files\Microsoft visual studio 9.0\common7\ide.  I go to the equivalent directory, c:\program files (x86) \Microsoft visual studio 12.0\common7\ide on my, laptop running windows 8 and there are no exe files there.  How do I run IVF on windows 8 exactly the same as I did with windows 7 on the MVS platform?

[Steven_L_Intel1]

ifort.exe is not meant to be double-clicked - it is run from a command prompt.

You want to start Visual Studio. You do this exactly the way you would on Windows 7. Best is to use the shortcut for Visual Studio installed in the Start menu,  I suspect however, that on your Windows 8 system you have left the default of hiding file types for "known extensions". When you bring up the folder in WIndows Explorer, click on the View tab and check the box for File Name Extensions.

Please read the documentation on using Visual Studio. You can find it under Intel Parallel Studio XE 2013 in the Start menu or here,

[intel_ip]

I am now trying to run Intel Parallel Studio XE 2013 and everything appears to work OK in the compilation process except it will not compile my resource file *.rc.  It gives me the following error message " Error 1  fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file 'windows.h'. C:\opticsoft\i1311\opticsoft.rc 5", the same one if I remember correctly when I was running my previous version of IVF on this operating system.  This is the reason for going to this latest version, which I was informed would run my program as before.  I need to be able to incorporate he resource file in my program otherwise this latest version of IVF is absolutely of no use.  What is needed to get around this problem?
 

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Try replacing windows.h with winres.h in the .rc file.

[intel_ip]

That appeared to work as it did not object to 'winres.h', but now it objects to #include <commctrl.h>.  I suspect it will also object to #include <richedit.h> as well.  Could you provide me with the substitutes for those as well - thanks.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I suggest at this point that you install the Windows SDK which provides these files (they come along with MSVC but not the VS Shell.) I think that just restarting VS will be enough to pick this up, but if not you'll need to add the SDK's Include folder to Tools > Options > Intel Composer XE > Visual Fortran > Compiler > Includes.
 

[intel_ip]

I downloaded and installed Windows SDK and it appears to be included in the include folder OK.  However, when I try to compile my resource file, I get the following message; c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Intel Fortran\Microsoft Files\VC\PlatformSDK\include\commctrl.h(94) : fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file 'prsht.h'.

What next?  Thanks.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Add the path to the new Include folder to the Includes list I mentioned above. You might even remove the line with $(WindowsSDKDir).
 

[intel_ip]

Not sure what you mean.

The following lists the contents within the include folder.

$(IFortInstallDir)compiler\include
$(IFortInstallDir)compiler\include\ia32
$(IFortInstallDir)mkl\include
$(VCInstallDir)atlmfc\include
$(VCInstallDir)include
$(WindowsSdkDir)include
$(FrameworkSDKDir)include

Where do I add the path and what exactly should the path contain?

Thanks.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Click on the ... to the right of Include files. Replace the line:

$(WindowsSdkDir)include

with the full path to where the SDK installed the .h files. For example:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Include

[intel_ip]

I checked in the directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows and there were 3 subfolders, v7.0A, v8.0A and v8.1A. v7.0A had a further subfolder 'bin' and the other two had 'bin' and 'bootstrapper'.  I searched in the Microsoft SDKs for any *.h files and while there. were ~20, there wasn't a 'prsht.h' file.  There were also none in the subfolders mentioned above.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

On my system I have the 7.1A SDK and it is in there.  It comes from VS2012. Try http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/hh852363.aspx