To view the PDF files, use either Adobe® Acrobat® or its free viewer, Acrobat Reader, Version 4.0 or later. You can either use the version of Acrobat Reader provided on the Compaq Visual Fortran Version 6.6 CD-ROM (in the x86\Tools\Acroread directory, double-click file Rs40eng.exe) or you can download and install a later version of Acrobat Reader from the following Internet URL:

  http://www.adobe.com

If you want to install a newer version of Acrobat Reader, remove the older version (use Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs) before you install the newer version.

The Compaq Visual Fortran (Visual Fortran) CD-ROM contains the following Visual Fortran Version 6.6 PDF files:

• The root directory contains the Compaq Visual Fortran Installing and Getting Started guide, which is also provided in printed form with your kit. The file name is Cvf_gs.pdf.
• This directory, Info\Df\Doc\CVF_PDF, contains the Visual Fortran and Array Visualizer online HTML Help documentation in PDF form. These files are provided for those with limited Internet access who prefer not to use HTML Help viewer.

Other PDF files are provided on the Visual Fortran CD-ROM, including files for the CXML math library routines and the IMSL numerical library routines in directories x86\Df\CXML\Doc and x86\Df\IMSL\Help (see Compaq Visual Fortran Installing and Getting Started, Section 8.4).

Visual Fortran online documentation is primarily provided in HTML Help format, as described in Chapters 8 and 9 of the Compaq Visual Fortran Installing and Getting Started included with your kit (also provided as an online PDF file).

To view the Visual Fortran PDF files in Acrobat Reader (after you install Acrobat Reader):

1. Insert the Compaq Visual Fortran CD-ROM
2. Start Acrobat Reader (Start-> Programs-> Acrobat Reader)
3. In the File menu, click Open
4. Navigate to the appropriate directory, either the CD-ROM's root directory or the Info\Df\Doc\CVF_PDF directory
5. Double-click the file you want to view. The PDF files in the root directory are:
   

   Compaq Visual Fortran Installing and Getting Started

   Cvf_gs.pdf

   
   

   The PDF files in the Info\Df\Doc\CVF_PDF directory include the following:

   Visual Fortran Language Reference	Cvf_lref.pdf
   Visual Fortran Programmer's Guide	Cvf_pg.pdf
   Visual Fortran Error Messages	Cvf_rter.pdf
   Compaq Array Visualizer	Cvf_avis.pdf

   
   
6. Use Acrobat Reader's navigation features to locate and view the desired information, perhaps using Acrobat Reader's toolbar. When done viewing that file, click Close in the File menu.

The Visual Fortran CD-ROM also contains the HTML form of the HTML Help titles and the printed Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual (provided with your Visual Fortran kit):

• To view the HTML form of the printed Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual, start your Web browser and open the file Dflrm.htm in directory Info\Df\Doc\LRM on the Visual Fortran CD-ROM.
• To view the HTML form of the online Visual Fortran Language Reference, Programmer's Guide, Error Messages, and Array Visualizer, open the file readme.htm in the directory Info\Df\Doc\Cvf_html.

The Visual Fortran and Array Visualizer PDF files contained in the on the Visual Fortran CD-ROM are also available for downloading from the Compaq Fortran Web page, http://www.compaq.com/fortran (click Online Documentation). This Online Documentation page also contains links to other Visual Fortran and Compaq Fortran documentation in HTML form.

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