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From: dpb on 10 Mar 2010 08:51 user1 wrote: > dpb wrote: .... >> And, given what I just seemingly learned re: the VB.NET dialect, I'd >> change my earlier recommendation to follow one of the above or even, >> perhaps, the Tcl/Tk or similar route instead of VB.NET. >> > > Otoh, perhaps you are dumping on VB.NET excessively. The row-major > storage would be no worse a problem than a C/C++ programmer might > encounter when trying to call Fortran numerical routines from something > like lapack, slatec, etc. Some reordering of arrays is needed on one > side or the other. .... Perhaps, was a little disconcerted to discover that "feature" of the revised VB so perhaps was stronger than mayhaps warranted. I did put in the caveat about the consistency w/ other languages MS supports in the other response though, so didn't think it worth repeating here. Granted that's an issue w/ C code but it was _so_ handy w/ VB to not have to deal w/ it that it seems a real shame there is no longer such a facility at all that I'm aware of in any compiled language (ie, the development environment w/ the ease of use features and consistent data ordering w/ Fortran). --
From: Gary L. Scott on 10 Mar 2010 08:59 On 3/10/2010 7:17 AM, user1 wrote: > dpb wrote: >> Mike Prager wrote: >>> On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 23:29:36 -0800 (PST), Abbas Fakhari >>> <abbas.f2009(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I want to generate a software for HVAC calculations in buildings (I am >>>> a Mechanical Engineer). So, I decided to have somebody write the GUI >>>> part with Visual Basic and me, myself, write the computational and >>>> mathematical parts using Fortran. >>>> >>>> Would you please help me with this! I want to know whether this is a >>>> good job or it is better to write both GUI and computational parts >>>> with Visual Fortran (as you know, GUI also can be written by Fortran). >>> >>> I don't think anyone has mentioned yet that libraries are available >>> that will let you write the GUI in Fortran, perhaps at a higher level >>> that what using the compiler alone. >>> >>> The commercial offerings I know of are GINO and Winteracter: >>> >>> http://www.gino-graphics.com/ >>> >>> http://www.winteracter.com/ >>> >>> I have used GINO to do graphics and write GUIs; I believe you can buy >>> a subset of the product if you just want to write a GUI. >>> >>> A less expensive option (180 USD for PC) is DISLIN. From the examples >>> on the home page, the current version would let you write a GUI. >>> http://www.dislin.de/ >>> >>> Using any of the above would let you avoid mixed-language programming. >>> >>> Hope that helps. >> >> And, given what I just seemingly learned re: the VB.NET dialect, I'd >> change my earlier recommendation to follow one of the above or even, >> perhaps, the Tcl/Tk or similar route instead of VB.NET. >> > > Otoh, perhaps you are dumping on VB.NET excessively. The row-major > storage would be no worse a problem than a C/C++ programmer might > encounter when trying to call Fortran numerical routines from something > like lapack, slatec, etc. Some reordering of arrays is needed on one > side or the other. > > An all Fortran solution is nice, but maybe the guy working on the GUI is > not a Fortran guy. But GUIs are extremely easy with GINO. I've only played with Winteracter sporadically and it didn't appear much more difficult. I think they compare favorably with other methods. > > > > > > > >
From: aerogeek on 10 Mar 2010 13:09
On Mar 10, 6:03 am, Mike Prager <mpra...(a)3.14.alum.mit.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 23:29:36 -0800 (PST), Abbas Fakhari > > <abbas.f2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >I want to generate a software for HVAC calculations in buildings (I am > >a Mechanical Engineer). So, I decided to have somebody write the GUI > >part with Visual Basic and me, myself, write the computational and > >mathematical parts using Fortran. > > >Would you please help me with this! I want to know whether this is a > >good job or it is better to write both GUI and computational parts > >with Visual Fortran (as you know, GUI also can be written by Fortran). > > I don't think anyone has mentioned yet that libraries are available > that will let you write the GUI in Fortran, perhaps at a higher level > that what using the compiler alone. > > The commercial offerings I know of are GINO and Winteracter: > > http://www.gino-graphics.com/ > > http://www.winteracter.com/ > > I have used GINO to do graphics and write GUIs; I believe you can buy > a subset of the product if you just want to write a GUI. > > A less expensive option (180 USD for PC) is DISLIN. From the examples > on the home page, the current version would let you write a GUI. > > http://www.dislin.de/ > > Using any of the above would let you avoid mixed-language programming. > > Hope that helps. I thought DISLIN was most realted to producing different types of graphs!! |