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In article <davidw.727655487@auck.irl.cri.nz> davidw@auck.irl.cri.nz writes:

>I recently upgraded to MS-Fortran 5.1, which can generate Windows
>programs. 
>
>I wish to associate the input files for my Fortran simulation with 
>the Windows .EXE file, AND get the input filename into the 
>simulation for character manipulation to generate corresponding 
>output filenames. 
>
>Eg, associate *.INP with SIMULATE.EXE. Now I want to be able to
>double-click on XYZ.INP (in FileManager) to run SIMULATE, opening
>XYZ.INP as input and generating XYZ.OUT for output. 
>
>My local Microsoft support provided information about accessing
>the PSP or PDB at the start of the app, and a Windows call:
>GetCurrentPDB(). Before looking into something that seems rather
>complex to me, has anyone solved this one already?
>
>david white                           davidw@auck.irl.cri.nz
>
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> Internet davidw@auck.irl.cri.nz  Fax +64 9 443-4737
>

I've converted quite a number of FORTRAN codes to run under Windows.
My advice would be to convert your main program to a SUBROUTINE, and
add a small front end program in C which calls the FORTRAN code. That
way you can use all the standard C command-line parsing stuff.

Best wishes,

Chris
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In <727727885snz@chrism.demon.co.uk> chris@chrism.demon.co.uk (Chris Marriott) writes:

>In article <davidw.727655487@auck.irl.cri.nz> davidw@auck.irl.cri.nz writes:

>>I recently upgraded to MS-Fortran 5.1, which can generate Windows
>>programs. 
>>
>>I wish to associate the input files for my Fortran simulation with 
>>the Windows .EXE file, AND get the input filename into the 
>>simulation for character manipulation to generate corresponding 
>>output filenames. 
>>
>>Eg, associate *.INP with SIMULATE.EXE. Now I want to be able to
>>double-click on XYZ.INP (in FileManager) to run SIMULATE, opening
>>XYZ.INP as input and generating XYZ.OUT for output. 
>>
>>My local Microsoft support provided information about accessing
>>the PSP or PDB at the start of the app, and a Windows call:
>>GetCurrentPDB(). Before looking into something that seems rather
>>complex to me, has anyone solved this one already?

>I've converted quite a number of FORTRAN codes to run under Windows.
>My advice would be to convert your main program to a SUBROUTINE, and
>add a small front end program in C which calls the FORTRAN code. That
>way you can use all the standard C command-line parsing stuff.

In case anyone else was wondering what the simple answer was... Even
after trying to RTFM, and try local MS-Support... it was in the manual!
(Shows how bad the index is.) There is a function called GETARG in 
MS-Fortran to do it. No need for anything fancy or tricky.

Thanks to bongo@dialix.oz.au ?? from the Univ of Western Australia for 
the pointer.

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 david white    (engineer, Goon fan & son of my Dad)
 Internet davidw@auck.irl.cri.nz  Fax +64 9 443-4737

In article <727727885snz@chrism.demon.co.uk> chris@chrism.demon.co.uk writes:
>In article <davidw.727655487@auck.irl.cri.nz> davidw@auck.irl.cri.nz writes:
>
>>I recently upgraded to MS-Fortran 5.1, which can generate Windows
>>programs. 
>>
>>I wish to associate the input files for my Fortran simulation with 
>>the Windows .EXE file, AND get the input filename into the 
>>simulation for character manipulation to generate corresponding 
>>output filenames. 
>>
>>Eg, associate *.INP with SIMULATE.EXE. Now I want to be able to
>>double-click on XYZ.INP (in FileManager) to run SIMULATE, opening
>>XYZ.INP as input and generating XYZ.OUT for output. 
>>
>>My local Microsoft support provided information about accessing
>>the PSP or PDB at the start of the app, and a Windows call:
>>GetCurrentPDB(). Before looking into something that seems rather
>>complex to me, has anyone solved this one already?
>>
>
>I've converted quite a number of FORTRAN codes to run under Windows.
>My advice would be to convert your main program to a SUBROUTINE, and
>add a small front end program in C which calls the FORTRAN code. That
>way you can use all the standard C command-line parsing stuff.
> 
But why do you want to make it so complicated ?

FORTRAN 5.1 can eccess the command line arguments directly, I have
used it in all my FTN programs: if there are cmd-line options,
they are used, otherwise the user is prompted for filenames etc.

There are two functions, discription in the manuals, I am recalling
them from memory here:
INTEGER FUNCTION NARGS() ............ returns number of arguments
INTEGER FUNCTION GETARG(N,STRING) ... returns argument no. N

Do I hope this helps ?

Martin.
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