Chapter 8 Documentation Road Map: Where to Find What You Need

For information about reading the Release Notes, see Section 2.2, Release Notes.

8.1 Printed (Hardcopy) Documentation

The two manuals available in printed form are the following:

This manual describes the Compaq Fortran language for all Compaq Fortran platforms, including Visual Fortran.

It contains information on language syntax and semantics and on Fortran standards and extensions to the standards.

Compaq extensions to the Fortran 95 standard are identified by blue-green color in the manual.

The Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual is provided in HTML form on the Visual Fortran CD-ROM in the following directory: \Info\Df\Doc\LRM. Open the file Dflrm.htm.

The Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual is also available online, with slightly different information, in HTML Help Viewer format. See Section 8.2.2, Language Reference.

Note:

The Compaq Visual Fortran Installing and Getting Started and Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual are also available in HTML form on the Visual Fortran home page. To view them:

To order additional copies of the printed Compaq Visual Fortran Installing and Getting Started and Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual included with each single-user kit, contact a local Compaq sales office or reseller and request Compaq part number QA-5LBAA-GZ.6.6.

8.1.1 Compaq Fortran Online Bookstore

You might want to purchase additional books about the Fortran language, Visual Fortran, or programming for the Windows platform that are not provided in your kit. Visual Fortran provides an online bookstore that lists suggested titles.

To bring up the Compaq Fortran Online Bookstore:

8.2 Documentation Available in HTML Help Viewer Format

Note:

Visual Fortran and related online documentation appears under the Compaq Visual Fortran title.

The primary online reference materials for Visual Fortran are:

These documentation resources are available online after you install Visual Fortran.

The Programmer's Guide, Language Reference, and Error Messages manuals are also available as .HTM files that you can view using your favorite browser, not the HTML Help Viewer.

8.2.1 Programmer's Guide

The Programmer's Guide covers the following aspects of Visual Fortran programming on Windows 2000, Windows NT 4, Windows Me, Windows 98, and Windows 95 systems:

Compaq extensions to the Fortran 95 standard are identified by a blue-green color.

8.2.2 Language Reference

The Language Reference describes the Compaq Visual Fortran programming language. It contains all of the material in the printed Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual described in Section 8.1, Printed (Hardcopy) Documentation that is relevant to Visual Fortran. It also contains information not found in the printed manual about routines available only on Windows platforms.

Information found in the Language Reference includes:

Topics include program structure, constants and variables, various types of statements, execution control, data transfer and I/O, scope and association, compilation control and directives, and other topics.

Organizes the functions, subroutines, and statements available in Visual Fortran by the operations they perform. Also has descriptions of all Visual Fortran statements, intrinsics, and library routines (arranged in alphabetical order).

Contains abbreviated definitions of some commonly used terms in the Visual Fortran documentation.

Compaq extensions to the Fortran 95 standard are identified by a blue-green color.

8.2.3 Error Messages

Error Messages is a list of error messages with explanations, including Visual Fortran run-time messages, linker messages, and tools messages.

8.2.4 Visual C++ User's Guide (for Visual Fortran)

The Visual C++ User's Guide (for Visual Fortran) provides information on navigating the menus and windows of the visual development environment. It describes how to set up projects, how to work with the editor, debugger, and browser, and how to set linker options.

8.2.5 Compaq Array Visualizer Documentation

The Compaq Array Visualizer online documentation provides information about the Array Visualizer, including how to get started with the Array Visualizer, Fortran (fagl and fav) routines reference information, C (agl and CAViewer Class) routines reference information, and Avis2D and AvisGrid ActiveX controls information (including properties and methods reference).

8.2.6 Platform SDK and SDK Documentation

The Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) online documentation is included to give you reference information about library routines (such as OpenGL) provided by your operating system. This documentation is shown under the online titles Platform SDK and SDK Documentation.

8.2.7 Additional HTML Help for the Enterprise Edition

The Enterprise Toolkit part of the Enterprise Edition includes additional documentation in HTML Help form, including Compaq Tru64 UNIX operating system documentation and related product documentation.

With the Enterprise Edition, the additional HTML Help (such as the Compaq Tru64 UNIX documentation) is added to its own collection. During installation of the Enterprise Toolkit, you can select existing collections (such as MSDN or Visual Fortran) to be added to the Compaq Enterprise Toolkit collection. The Visual Fortran collection remains as a separate collection that you can select. See Section 9.11, Other HTML Help Viewer Features.

You can use the subset capabilities of HTML Help to limit the information displayed or searched with the Search tab or F1 key. For example, you can define and use a subset that only contains the Compaq Tru64 UNIX documentation. See Section 9.9, Changing the Current Collection.

8.3 Documentation Available in HTML Format

The documentation described in Section 8.2, Documentation Available in HTML Help Viewer Format, is also provided in HTML format, to be read using your favorite browser. The HTML files are located on the Visual Fortran CD-ROM at:

The HTML files for the Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual described in Section 8.1, Printed (Hardcopy) Documentation is located on the Visual Fortran
CD-ROM at:

8.4 Documentation Available in PDF Format

This documentation is provided in PDF format, to be read using the Adobe Acrobat Reader:

8.4.1 Viewing PDF Files

To view the PDF files, you must use the Adobe Acrobat Reader, Version 4.0 or later. To get the latest version of Acrobat Reader, do one of the following:

It is recommended that you remove any previous versions of Acrobat Reader before you install a newer version.

8.4.2 Location of Installing and Getting Started PDF File

The Compaq Visual Fortran Installing and Getting Started PDF file Cvf_gs.pdf is located in the root directory of the Visual Fortran CD-ROM.

After installation, the PDF file is in:

8.4.3 Location of CXML PDF File

The Compaq Extended Math Library Reference Guide PDF file Cxmlref.pdf is located on the Visual Fortran CD-ROM in the following directory:

After installation (if requested), the PDF file is in:

8.4.4 Location of IMSL PDF Files

The following PDF files are available for IMSL:

The PDF files are located on the Visual Fortran CD-ROM in the following directory:

After installation (if requested), the PDF files are in:

8.4.5 Location of FLEXlm PDF File

If you use the default installation directory when you install the FLEXlm software license manager, the FLEXlm End Users Manual PDF file, enduser.pdf, is installed in:

8.5 Documentation Available in WinHelp Format

The following documentation is available in WinHelp format when you click on Help when using the products:

8.6 Information About New Features

For information about new features for Visual Fortran, bring up the HTML Help Viewer. See Section 9.2, Displaying the HTML Help Viewer.

In the Contents pane, do the following:

For information about new features for Array Visualizer, bring up the HTML Help Viewer. In the Contents pane:

8.7 Where to Find Information About Particular Topics

Table 8-1 lists various topics and where to find information about them in the document set.

Note that you can search through the online books for keywords. See Section 9.7, Using the Search Tab to Locate Topics by Searching.

Table 8-1 Where to Find Information About Particular Topics
Topic	Where to Find It
Using the Microsoft visual development environment	Chapter 6, Using Visual Fortran Programmer's Guide: Building Programs and Libraries Visual C++ User's Guide (for Visual Fortran): Visual C++ Environment, Working with Projects, Text Editor, Debugger, other sections
Compatibility with versions of Microsoft Fortran and Microsoft extensions	Programmer's Guide: Compatibility Information, Compiler and Linker Options
Defining procedures for an application	Language Reference: Program Structure, Characters, and Source Forms, Program Units and Procedures Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual: Program Structure, Characters, and Source Forms, Program Units and Procedures
Compiling and linking	Programmer's Guide: Building Programs and Libraries, Using the Compiler and Linker from the Command Line, Compiler and Linker Options, Using Tools from the Command Line in the topic Using Visual Fortran Tools
Starting a new program	Programmer's Guide: Portability and Design Considerations
Handling run-time errors	Programmer's Guide: Handling Run-Time Errors, Locating Run-Time Errors in the Debugger in the topic Debugging Fortran Programs Visual C++ User's Guide (for Visual Fortran): Debugger
Improving performance	Programmer's Guide: Performance: Making Programs Run Faster
Adding windows to your application	Programmer's Guide: Using QuickWin, Using Dialogs
Getting user input with dialog boxes	Programmer's Guide: Using Dialogs
Adding mouse functions to your application	Programmer's Guide: Using QuickWin
Adding graphic elements	Programmer's Guide: Drawing Graphic Elements, Using Fonts from the Graphics Library
Multitasking	Programmer's Guide: Creating Multithread Applications
Interacting with other applications	Programmer's Guide: Programming with Mixed Languages, Creating Fortran DLLs
Working with other platforms	Programmer's Guide: Portability and Design Considerations, Portability Library, Compatibility Information, The Floating-Point Library
Handling foreign character sets	Programmer's Guide: Using National Language Support Routines
CXML routines	Section 7.4, Using Compaq Extended Math Library (CXML) Programmer's Guide: Using the Compaq Extended Math Library (CXML)
IMSL routines	Section 7.8, Using the IMSL Libraries (Professional and Enterprise Editions) Programmer's Guide: Using the IMSL Mathematical and Statistical Libraries
Using COM and Automation objects from Fortran applications	Programmer's Guide: Using COM and Automation Objects
Creating a Fortran COM server	Programmer's Guide: Creating a COM Server
Compaq Array Viewer and Array Visualizer description	Section 7.7, Using the Array Visualizer Getting Started in the Compaq Array Visualizer title
Using the Array Viewer	Help menu in the Array Viewer Getting Started in the Compaq Array Visualizer title
Calling the Array Visualizer routines from Fortran applications	API Calls for Fortran Programmers in the Compaq Array Visualizer title
Calling the Array Visualizer routines from C or C++ applications	API Calls for C Programmers and API Calls for C++ Programmers in the Compaq Array Visualizer title
Using the Array Visualizer Avis2D and AvisGrid ActiveX controls	Array Visualizer Controls in the Compaq Array Visualizer title
Differences between Fortran 95 and Fortran 90	Language Reference: Fortran 95 Features, Fortran 90 Features Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual: Overview
Differences between Fortran 90 and FORTRAN 77	Language Reference: Fortran 95 Features, Fortran 90 Features Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual: Overview
Glossary of terms	Language Reference: Glossary Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual: Glossary