The LF
Fortran VS2005/VS2008 Integration provides Fortran 95 integration
to VS2005 and VS2008.
This new product enhancement includes:
Features
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System
Requirements
- LF
v7.1 - Fortran 95 (Enterprise, Professional,
Express) or LF95 v5.7
- Visual
Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008 Standard or higher,
or Visual Studio 2008 Extensible
shell
- VS2005:
Windows 2000 SP4, XP, Server 2003,
or Vista (except Starter
Edition)
- VS2008:
Windows XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1,
Windows Server 2003 R2 or
Vista (except Starter Edition)
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Project
system
The project is a basic building block that Visual Studio uses
to create applications. A project will normally take a set
of one or more source files and produce a compiled executable,
but a project can also produce things like DLLs or static
libraries, or do other sorts of processing. All the source
files within a project are usually written in one programming
language, and are compiled with one compiler. The LF95 integration
package provides several type of projects, and allows users
of VS2003 to automatically upgrade their native Fortran projects
to VS2005 or VS2008. The LF95 project facility automatically
scans all source files at build time and ensures all files
are built in the proper order to satisfy module dependencies.
Win32
project and project item templates
On-line
integrated help
The VS2005/VS2008 integration package provides documentation
that is integrated into Visual Studio help system. The comprehensive
documentation covers the Fortran language, LF95 compiler usage,
and Fortran-smart Visual Studio editing features:
Syntax
coloring
Syntax coloring provides the ability to differentiate code
elements based on color. For example, a keyword may appear
in blue, comments may appear in green, while character strings
might be maroon. The Fortran language allows variables and
procedures to have the same names as keywords, and this can
pose a problem for colorizers that do not have a strong parsing
ability. Since the parser used in the Lahey colorizer is derived
from a Fortran compiler, it is unlikely that is would be confused
by an identifier with the same name as a keyword. The integration
package allows the user to customize the colorizing scheme.
Expandable
code
Expandable code can make the chore of navigating through sections
of code easier by allowing you to collapse a region of code
into a single line. This feature works at the module and procedure
levels by default, but the user has the ability to add new
outlining regions, or to remove existing outlining regions.
A portion of the collapsed code can be viewed by hovering
the mouse over the box containing the "...":
Method
tips for intrinsic functions
Parameter Info is a feature that helps the user write code
by displaying information about intrinsic procedures as the
user is typing. Parameter Info is currently implemented for
all Fortran 95 intrinsic procedures, and Lahey extensions
supported by LF95.
As a procedure invocation is typed, the open parenthesis character
triggers the Parameter Info tooltip for the first argument:
As typing continues, each succeeding comma character that
is typed will trigger a tooltip for the next parameter:
When a close parenthesis character is typed, the tooltip window
is dismissed. The tooltip window is also dismissed whenever
the cursor is moved outside of the area of the argument list.
Quick
info for local and global variables
Quick Info provides the user with information about variables
and intrinsic procedures by displaying an informational tooltip
window when the mouse is hovered over a name. Quick Info is
currently implemented for all Fortran 95 intrinsic procedures,
Lahey extensions supported by LF95, and variables that are
defined within the same file.
Block
commenting and indenting
Block commenting is a feature that allows the user to quickly
comment or uncomment selected blocks of code. Block indenting
allows the user to change the indentation of a selected block
of code. Both of these features work for code that is highlighted.
If any portion of a line is highlighted, the feature works
on the entire line. If there is no highlighted code, commenting
or indenting will work on the single line where the cursor
resides.
Brace
matching
Parenthesis matching is a feature that locates a matching
parenthesis and highlights the parenthesis pair. This feature
can be quite useful when examining a complex statement. The
following diagram shows a single multiline code statement
with the matching braces highlighted with a light gray box:
Automation
support
Automation is the ability to control Visual Studio, solutions
and projects with software. It allows the user to programmatically
control project creation and modification, to set project
and file compilation options, and to build and execute projects.
MSBuild
support
MSBuild is Microsoft's XML-based build system. It is integrated
with Visual Studio, but it can also be used on the command
line. The LF95 Project facility uses MSbuild when building
projects. For a comprehensive description of MSBuild, see
the MSDN documentation for msbuild.exe.
Visual
SourceSafe support
The Fortran integration package supports the Visual SourceSafe
VCS. From Visual Studio 2005 or 2008, the user with Visual
SourceSafe installed will be able to easily place entire Fortran
solutions under version control. The user can check Fortran
files and projects in and out with Visual Studio. Note that
because the Fortran project system modifies the project file
in order to update dependency information, it is necessary
to check out the project file before building the project.
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