Digital Equipment Corporation Maynard, Massachusetts, 1998.Digital Visual Fortran is the latest version of a major programming language tool used by scientists and engineers. Written by key technical writers from the Digital Visual Fortran product team, Digital Visual Fortran Programmer's Guide presents in printed form the critical portions of the official programmer's guide, previously only available online. The result is the authoritative book on Digital Visual Fortran's features and how to use them to create effective applications. Digital VisualFortran is the language of choice for computation-intensive scientific and engineering applications, financial applications, and other programs. Digital recently acquired Fortran technology and rights from Microsoft that allows them to use the Microsoft Developer Studio Integrated Development Environment, which is featured in Microsoft's Visual C++ and Visual Basic. The result is that Digital Visual Fortran is much easier to use and looks and works much like Microsoft's.
Contents
How to build and debug efficient applications:
Building Programs and Libraries
Using the Compiler and Linker from the Command Line
Compiler and Linker Options
Debugging Fortran Programs
Performance: Making Programs Run Faster
Special coding and related considerations for certain Visual Fortran project types:
Using OuickWin
Creating Fortran DLLs
Creating Windows Applications
Topics about programming with Visual Fortran on Windows® NT®, Windows 98, and
Windows 95 systems:
Portability and Design Considerations
Using Dialogs
Drawing Graphics Elements
Using Fonts from the Graphics Library
Using National Language Support Routines
Portability Library
Files. Devices, and I/O Hardware
Using COM and Automation Objects
Programming with Mixed Languages
Creating Multithread ApplicationsWindows 95 systems:
Portability and Design Considerations
Using Dialogs
Drawing Graphics Elements
Using Fonts from the Graphics Library
Using National Language Support Routines
Portability Library
Files. Devices, and I/O Hardware
Using COM and Automation Objects
Programming with Mixed Languages
Creating Multithread Applications
Topics related to data types and handling run-time errors:
Data Representation
Handling Run-Time Errors
The Floating-Point Environment
Converting Unformatted Numeric Data
Hexadecimal-Binary-Octal-Decimal Conversions
Topics discussing how to use IMSL™ library routines
