You have a number of options
1. visual studio 6
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A number of compilers can be used here.
compaq visual fortran
get hold of a copy of norman lawrences book - A guide to creating
windows applications.
lahey - comes with wisk
salford fortran - comes with clearwin
Another option is to use visual basic 6 to
visually develop the front end and call
fortran dlls at the back end.
i've done this using compaq visual fortran and vb 6.
not too painful:-)
2. Visual Studio .net
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salford fortran - clearwin+
You can download a version for personal use.
This would at least show you some of what it is capable of.
lahey enterprise - from the information at the
lahey site this appears to offer a visual
development route, similar to visual basic.
they offer a trial download. whether it is the full enterprise
edition i couldn't tell from the details they provide.
hope this helps.
Cheers
Ian Chivers
-----Original Message-----
From: Fortran 90 List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Michael E. Burke
Sent: 14 October 2005 09:32
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Subject: Help mastering LF95
I haven't used FORTRAN since the late 80's and I'm LOST! I'm looking for
code snippets, examples and/or clear instructions on some simple tasks.
I'm using LF95 and here's a list of the things I can't seem to get right:
I can't seem to read a data file. The file is time-sequenced data for
Fourier analysis, but right now I'd be happy to be able to read any data
file, assign it to an array, and print it to the screen or console.
I'd like to be able to plot the data.
I'd like to be able to build a Windows input form with command buttons, and
generate a plot of the data, before and after transform. (I admit it: I've
been spoiled by all the cool tools in Python and Visual Studio.)
Basically, I'd like to see how to actually develop a cool program or two in
FORTRAN95. I'm embarrassed that I can't do this stuff. I did the same tasks
in Visual Basic, Java, and Visual C++ in less than half an hour each, but
the customer needs this in FORTRAN95. (Engineering company with a lot of
legacy software for me to convert.)
Any suggestions on books or tutorials would be very helpful. I'm working
through the Liverpool tutorial at this time, but it's slow slogging and I'd
really like to see some examples like I see on the Fortran Programmer's Club
site (although it looks like that site is getting commercial and less
active, and it uses Compaq Visual FORTRAN, I believe).
Thanks for any suggestions,
Mike Burke
"There are 10 kinds of people; those who understand binary and those who
don't."
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