Compaq Visual Fortran: A Guide to Creating Windows Applications [Paperback]

Norman Lawrence PhD MEd (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1555582494 | ISBN-13: 978-1555582494 | Publication Date: January 2, 2002 | Edition: 1

Compaq Visual Fortran: A Guide to Creating Windows Applications is the only book that shows developers how to create Windows applications using Visual Fortran software. It complements Digital Press's successful reference, the Digital Visual Fortran Programmer's Guide. Lawrence details development methods and techniques for creating Fortran applications for Windows, the platform upon which developers can use Compaq Visual Fortran (CVF; to be Intel Visual Fortran in the future) to create applications.

The book teaches CVF programming progressively, beginning with simple tasks and building up to writing professional-level Win32 applications. Readers will learn about the powerful new CVF graphical user interface, as well as the intricacies of Windows development from a CVF perspective. They can master QuickWin, the Win32 APIs including multiple document interfaces, and Open GL with 3D and interactive graphics.


Provides practical, step-by-step instructions for developing Visual Fortran applications
Only tutorial text for Compaq Visual Fortran (CVF)
Doesn't require the programmer to learn C or C++

Editorial Reviews

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"Dr. Lawrence's book is what Visual Fortran users have been waiting for-a thorough and detailed tutorial showing how to take full advantage of the richness of the Windows programming environment from Fortran."-Steve Lionel, Visual Fortran Engineering, Intel Corporation

"This book is a natural extension of the Visual Fortran documentation. Dr. Lawrence uses many annotated example programs to show how to call Win32 routines and display graphics using various methods."-Michael Etzel, Visual Fortran Writing, Intel Corporation

From the Publisher

The book teaches CVF programming progressively, beginning with simple tasks and building up to writing professional-level Win32 applications. Readers will master the powerful new CVF graphical user interface and will learn the intricacies of Windows development from a CVF perspective. Master QuickWin, the Win32 APIs including multiple document interfaces, Open GL with 3D and interactive graphics, DLLs, multi-threading applications, and COM and automation objects.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Digital Press; 1 edition (January 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555582494
• ISBN-13: 978-1555582494
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,674,470 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #59 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools > Fortran

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WHAT A CRUMMY BOOK!!, March 1, 2004

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This review is from: Compaq Visual Fortran: A Guide to Creating Windows Applications (Paperback)

You'll be confused by page 15. The author makes no attempt to teach windows programming for Fortran in a way anyone can understand. He seems to be highly impressed with his own sophisticated knowledge and wants all of us to know how smart he is. Unfortunately that doesn't do any good for us Fortran programmers who want to learn how to build Windows applications. The author will show us examples that combine dozens of different subject he (briefly) touched on in the text rather than an example that shows one or just a few concepts. It's confusing as hell. Unfortunately, this is probably the only book we'll ever get on building Fortran programs for Windows since so few people are interested in doing such a thing. Consequently the author will continue to make money of this miserable work. CAN ANY OF YOU OUT THERE WRITE A BETTER BOOK? PLEASE!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Using Compaq Visual Fortran, February 13, 2008

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Jerry Prats (Warner Robins, Ga.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compaq Visual Fortran: A Guide to Creating Windows Applications (Paperback)

To really understand the book (Compaq Visual Fortran) one must use the Fortran programming examples with the book (Companion Site )! I think the author did a very good job is making one dig out the meat of the text. I would also get the Digital Visual Fortran Programmers Guide (Michael Etzel and Karen Dickinson) if you are serious about the above subject matter.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy it, April 25, 2002

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Galip H. Guvelioglu (Bethlehem, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Compaq Visual Fortran: A Guide to Creating Windows Applications (Paperback)

As a chemical engineer most of our programs are in Fortran. I am an expert level Visual C++ developer and I am currently working on a project to develop an Excel GUI for a simulation in Fortran DLL's. I bought this book to widen my Visual Fortran knowledge, it does not offer anything, nothing new and everything is outdated. The print quality is poor resolution of the screen shots are very low; you cannot read anything in figures. I am not rating this book low by being an expert Visual C++ developer, I am rating this book low as a Visual Fortran User.
I bought this book yesterday and I am going to sell this book right now. Anyone interested?