Newest Features:

Compiler

• Integrated OpenMP compiler and runtime support
• Support for latest multi-core AMD (Istanbul) and Xeon (Nehalem) processors, including SSE 4.1/4.2 support for maximum application performance
• New scheduler improves application performance, on multi-core and 32-bit processors
• Full TR15581 support which includes:
• Allocatable array components
• Allocatable arrays dummy arguments
• Allocatable arrays function result

Fx3 Debugger

• Multiple thread support for debugging OpenMP sessions
• Improved IDE

IDE

• Last cursor navigation – Front and Back buttons navigates code visited
• Elements browser – navigate a customizable sorted list of all elements in a project
• Syntax check for individual files in project
• Runtime environment variables
• OpenMP support (compile and runtime variables)
• MPI application support
• Project-wide code completion Math Libraries

Math Libraries

• Prebuilt Reference LAPACK and BLAS libraries
• Prebuilt Scalapack and BLACS library for enhanced MPI support

Developing Parallel Code - New Documentation Section

• Using v11.0 auto-parallelization feature on multi-core machines
• Using OpenMP directives to improve performance
  

More Features:

• Most complete and easiest to use Fortran solution for Windows - Nothing else to buy
• Installs and runs on either Win32 or Win64 environments
• Highly optimized ANSI/ISO F95 compilers generate best-of-class performance for 32-bit and 64-bit AMD and Intel processors
• Absoft Fortran 95 compiler operates in F95, F90 and F77 modes and supports all popular workstation extensions
• Includes a C/C++ preprocessor
• Debug and link compatible with the Microsoft C compiler included with the Microsoft platform SDK
• Complete Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with color programmer's editor, debugger, and ability to execute select third party programs as plug-ins. All Pro Fortran compilers can be executed equally well from the IDE or command line
• Pre-configured libraries for linear algebra (BLAS, LAPACK95, HDF), VAX/Unix-compatibility and 2D/3D graphics are all included on the distribution CD at no additional charge
• Optional tools are available for automatically converting serial code to code designed for dual processors
• Numerical libraries with special functions for mathematics and statistics; and Visualization libraries with special numerical and visualization functions are available
• Source compatible versions available for Macintosh, Windows and Linux - Multi-platform discounts available
  
  

Absoft's MRWE solves the problem of how to automatically create a graphical interface for your Fortran application on Windows or MacOS.

No need to learn the system APIs! Usually, when you want to create applications with windows and menus, you need to know how to use the system APIs and interface guidelines. However, MRWE, a library included FREE with Pro Fortran for Windows and MacOS can automatically give your program a native Windows or Mac style interface with menus, a text window, and a graphics window. MRWE allows you to create applications with windows and menus, without knowledge of the system API and user interface guidelines.

Learn more about Absoft's MRWE Application Framework

Absoft Pro Fortran uses all available processors by default. Multi-threading, vectorization, a high performance parallel optimizer, data perfecting, profile guided optimization, IPO, and advanced optimizations can be performed automatically. Combined with the included math libraries, Absoft provides the best solution for creating maximum application performance on single and multi-core systems.

View Full Polyhedron Ltd. 2007 Benchmark Results
for Your Platform:

• Linux Benchmarks
• Windows Benchmarks
• MacOS Intel Benchmarks
  

Results are reproduced with permission
from Polyhedron Ltd. in the United Kingdom.

Absoft Fortran fully supports automatic multi-threading of applications but VAST-F/Parallel is required for OpenMP support.

VAST-F/Parallel when used in conjunction with Absoft Fortran provides further optimizations and auto-parallelization opportunities, which may result in improved application performance.

Easy to Use:

• Compatible with Win2K and later implementations, the compiler can be run either from the command line or the GUI in the Integrated Development Environment.
  
• Includes a complete User Guide with clear examples of editing, compiling, debugging and running programs.
  
• Linking with C is simple and straightforward.
  
• The Absoft Fx3 Debugging Solution, included at no charge, is one of the few debugging tools which can properly debug both Fortran and C code.
• To ensure maximum performance, suggested options for compatibility and optimizations are clearly defined. Pre-built mathematical libraries and graphics are also included further performance and development efficiencies.
  
  

Provides full support of the Windows API directly from Fortran. A detailed chapter on Windows programming is included in the documentation.

MRWE, the Absoft application framework, is a native Windows Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program written completely in Fortran. Complete documented source is provided as a tutorial on Windows programming in Fortran. The source may be easily modified and recompiled if additional features or modifications are desired.

The process of combining Fortran and C routines into a single application has been a major frustration to many Windows programmers. Microsoft requires use of non-standard Fortran syntax to accomplish this feat.

Absoft provides a better solution: While Absoft Pro Fortran 10.1 does not include a C compiler, the Absoft Tools development environment does support integration
with the Microsoft C/C++ compiler.

After one of the supported Microsoft C/C++ development environments has been installed, the Absoft Tools IDE will automatically invoke the Microsoft C/C++ compiler to compile any C or C++ files added to a project.

The Microsoft C/C++ compiler is available at no cost as part of these two packages:

Microsft ® Visual Studio Express 2005
Microsoft ® Windows Server® 2003 R2 Platform SDK.

Both of the above packages can be downloaded from the Microsoft web site.

Absoft Pro Fortran 10.1 also supports the same level integration with the retail version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

Automatically build Fortran-based DLLs compatible with Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Visual BASIC, Microsoft Excel, Delphi, and Borland C++. Example code is contained in the documentation. Absoft's alias feature allows you to create DLLs compatible with any other configuration.

• Help guide for Visual Basic 6.0 and earlier
• Help guide for Visual Basic .NET
• Information on calling unmanaged DLL's from
  Visual C++ .NET
  

Includes a flexible graphics library called PLplot. PLplot can be called from Fortran as well as C/C++ and can create standard x-y plots, semilog plots, log-log plots, contour plots, 3D plots, mesh plots, bar charts and pie charts.

Multiple graphs (of the same or different sizes) may be placed on a single page with multiple lines in each graph. Output can be to your monitor, a file, a printer or in postscript format.

There are almost 2000 characters in the extended character set including four different fonts, the Greek alphabet and a host of mathematical, musical and other symbols. PLplot is included on all versions of Pro Fortran and is source compatible across Linux, Windows and Mac platforms. HDF precompiled libraries are included with every copy of Pro Fortran.

Absoft manufactures high performance Fortran compiler suites for Windows, Macintosh(Intel & PPC), Intel/AMD Linux and PPC/Linux based systems.

Absoft compiler suites are source compatible across the different platforms which means that in most cases, only a recompile is needed to port code from one environment to another.

You'll Get:

• F95 compilers for 32-bit & 64-bit Windows
• Absoft Editor, Full Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with F90 modules, Fx3 Debugger, Linker, Profiler and Application Framework(MRWE)
• PLplot Graphics
• Numerous programming examples
• VAX/Unix compatibility libraries
• User Guide, F90/95 & F77 Reference Manuals in indexed PDF format
• HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) release 4.2r0 precompiled libraries for earth sciences with Fortran entry points
• BLAS - pre-compiled linear algebra routines
• LAPACK95 - release 3.0 pre-compiled linear algebra library
• ftnchek · release 3.2 pre-compiled static analyzer for Fortran 77+ programs
• PLplot · release 5.3.1 library of functions that are useful for making scientific plots
• F90SQL · structured query language (SQL) wrapper for Fortran 90
• OpenGL · open graphics library originally from SGI
• IMSL Fortran 5.1 Numerical Libraries in both 32-bit or 64-bit are available as options
• VAST-F/Parallel available as an option for Pro Fortran OpenMP Users
  

Full technical support from professional support engineers, will help resolve any problems is included at no additional charge with each new product from Absoft.

To ensure your software continues running at maximum efficiency, all registered Absoft customers can download service packs and quick fixes at no charge. Customers can subscribe to Absoft's free electronic newsletter to receive bulletins and update notices advising of new updates, changes in product releases, new product announcements and other useful information.

Absoft branded products include Premier Technical Support and Initial Software Maintenance at no additional charge from the time of purchase for as long as the purchased version remains the current release version.

Initial Software Maintenance (ISM) includes free electronic downloads of all interim Service Packs and Quick Fixes from Absoft. Version upgrades require separate purchase but at discounted prices.

At the conclusion of the Initial Software Maintenance term (i.e. when a new version of the purchased product is released) customers may either purchase a Product Upgrade or within 30 days of the new product release, purchase Continuing Software Maintenance for an additional 12-month maintenance term.

Continuing Software Maintenance (CSM) includes all elements of Premier Technical support plus all Product Upgrades issued during the 12-month Continuing Software Maintenance term. Annual renewals of Software Maintenance will be made available at low-cost to customers who renew within their unexpired Maintenance term.

For users electing not to renew Continuing Software Maintenance and having expired maintenance terms but later wishing to rejoin CSM, Reinstatement Software Maintenance (RSM) terms may be purchased.

Third party products distributed by Absoft are subject to license terms and policies of their respective manufacturers.

Recommended Minimum:

• Pentium III
• 256MB RAM
• 128MB free HD space
• Windows 2000 through Windows Vista
• Supported on (but not required) Windows CCS 2003 & Windows HPC Server 2008
  

Flexible Licensing:

• Single User / Single Machine
• Floating Network on Single Platform
• Floating Network for Mixed Platforms
  (Linux, Windows, Mac)
  
• Academic Programs
  

Absoft uses an extended version of the Cray CF90 front end and adheres to the latest ISO and ANSI Fortran 95 standards. Extensions from all major workstations have been added to make sure your code ports from any environment with minimal effort.

Absoft Fortran compilers conform to all DoD MIL-STD 1753, FIPS 69-1, and POSIX standards, support most popular VAX/VMS extensions including RECORD, STRUCTURE, POINTER, and UNION, (per V5.4 of VMS FORTRAN), QUAD (REAL*16) data types as well as others from IBM/VS, Cray, Sun FORTRAN as well as FORTRAN 66 conventions.

Automatic byte-swapping and full integration with many third party tools means porting code from virtually any environment requires little more than a recompilation without rewriting code. The F95 compiler can operate in F95, F90 or F77 modes.

• IMSL Fortran Numerical Library available for 32-bit and/or 64-bit Windows
• MATFOR Numerical and Visualization Libraries
  available for 32-bit Windows
• VAST-F/Parallel Pre-processor that automatically parallelizes source code on Pro Fortran for OpenMP
  
• STAR-CD - currently requires Absoft Pro Fortran v8.2 for STAR-CD v3.26 - v4.0