Windows SDK Support for Microsoft FORTRAN Compilers

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.0 and 3.1

SUMMARY

Using the Microsoft FORTRAN Optimizing Compiler versions 5.0 and earlier to compile Windows programs is not supported. The Windows SDK support is limited to support of the Microsoft C Compiler and Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM).

To compile Windows programs, use the Microsoft FORTRAN Optimizing Compiler version 5.1 or later. This version includes the necessary libraries to compile code to run under Windows version 3.0 in standard and enhanced mode.

MORE INFORMATION

The FORTRAN 5.1 compiler includes support for Mixed Language application and stand-alone QuickWin FORTRAN applications. The FORTRAN PowerStation 32- bit compiler for MS-DOS does not include support to do mixed language programming with any Microsoft C/C++ Windows compiler. The FORTRAN PowerStation compiler for Windows NT does support mixed language programming for Windows NT. Mixing support is available to mixed projects using the Visual C++ for Windows NT compiler.

The most important reason why FORTRAN version 5.0 routines will not work under Windows is that the FORTRAN version 5.0 run-time libraries are not designed to communicate with Windows; they are designed for either MS-DOS or OS/2 programming. The Windows SDK includes specially modified versions of the standard C run-time libraries that are designed for Windows programming. A standard FORTRAN version 5.0 library, such as MLIBFORE.LIB, makes no allowances for Windows programming.