Portability and Design Considerations

Before you can start to write new programs or port existing ones to Visual Fortran, you must decide what to build and how to build it. This section covers the following topics:

• Portability considerations
• Choosing Your Development Environment with Visual Fortran
• Selecting a Program Type that you can build
• Structuring Your Program
• Special Design Considerations
• Using the Special Features of Microsoft Windows with your programs