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LF Fortran Express User's Guide - Lahey Computer Systems, Inc.

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Chapter 1 Getting Started<br />

Uninstalling <strong>LF</strong> <strong>Fortran</strong><br />

To completely remove the <strong>Lahey</strong>/Fujitsu <strong>Fortran</strong> product installation, open the Add/Remove<br />

Programs applet in the system Control Panel. Select <strong>Lahey</strong>/Fujitsu <strong>Fortran</strong> v7.3 and press the<br />

Remove button. You will be prompted to confirm the removal, then the uninstall program<br />

will continue.<br />

Building Your First <strong>LF</strong> <strong>Fortran</strong> Program<br />

Building and running a <strong>Fortran</strong> program with <strong>LF</strong> <strong>Fortran</strong> involves three basic steps:<br />

1. Creating a source file using a suitable non formatting text editor.<br />

2. Generating an executable program using <strong>LF</strong> <strong>Fortran</strong>. The <strong>LF</strong> <strong>Fortran</strong> driver automatically<br />

compiles the source file(s) and links the resulting object file(s) with the runtime<br />

library and other libraries you specify.<br />

3. Running the program.<br />

The following paragraphs take you through steps two and three using the DEMO.F90 source<br />

file included with <strong>LF</strong> <strong>Fortran</strong>. For the sake of illustration, we will use the command line<br />

interface to invoke <strong>LF</strong> <strong>Fortran</strong>, even though it is a windows application.<br />

Generating the Executable Program<br />

Compiling a source file into an object file and linking that object file with routines from the<br />

runtime library is accomplished using the <strong>LF</strong>95.EXE driver program.<br />

Open a system command prompt by selecting Start|Programs|<strong>Lahey</strong>-Fujitsu <strong>Fortran</strong> v7.3|<strong>LF</strong><br />

Console Prompt. From the command prompt, build the demo program by changing to <strong>LF</strong><br />

<strong>Fortran</strong>’s EXAMPLES directory (where DEMO.F90 is installed), and entering<br />

<strong>LF</strong>95 demo<br />

This causes the compiler to read the source file DEMO.F90 (the extension.F90 is assumed by<br />

default) and compile it into the object file DEMO.OBJ. Once DEMO.OBJ is created, <strong>LF</strong> <strong>Fortran</strong><br />

invokes the linker to combine necessary routines from the runtime library and produce<br />

the executable program, DEMO.EXE.<br />

18 <strong>LF</strong> <strong>Fortran</strong> <strong>Express</strong> User’s <strong>Guide</strong>

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