Re: Visual Studio Community Vs Visual Studio Express
Tommye Hope
I just purchased Parallel Studio XE 2017 Update 1 Composer Fortran for Windows but can not get it to install. I am trying to install on a brand new computer running Window 10 Professional. The instructions for the install all refer to versions of Visual Studio that are no longer downloadable/purchasable as far as I can tell.
I have downloaded Visual Studio Community 2017 (chose Universal Windows Platform development when installing, among several installation attempts) but the the compiler installer never recognizes my Visual Studio installation. It points me to release notes which refer back to outdated versions of Visual Studio. So I appear to be stuck in a frustrating infinite loop. I wish the installation instructions were a bit more clear/up-to-date with the options that the Visual Studio web site offers up.
Is there a way to get the setup to work with Visual Studio Community 2017? If not, what version(s) can I get that will work? and if they are not part of the 2017 Visual Studio variety, a link to where one can get them would be helpful.
not stated in the same place, if you aren't installing Intel C++ and don't supply one of the above, Intel Fortran (full paid versions such as yours) will install VS Shell to take care of this requirement. VS2015 and 2013 "Community" are freely downloadable and usable if you don't exceed the license restrictions. It does seem that Microsoft is making it more difficult to find the past version downloads (particularly when using non-Microsoft browsers), but not to the point of justifying your rant.
Thanks. I guess I was expecting the installation instructions/release notes to be up to date with the current Visual Studio releases. Notwithstanding, I finally managed to locate Visual Studio Communinity 2015 -us/download/details.aspx?id=48146 . I have uninstalled VS Community 2017 and installed VS Community 2015 (selecting the C++ options as Intel indicates) and the install is proceeding as 'expected'. [For others: note that the VS Community 2017 uninstaller does not remove all the files, in particular it does not properly remove Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 RC Redistributable..., so one has to deal with that manually to get a clean install].
VS2017 is not yet released, and even when it is, it will be a while before the Intel compilers support it. (A while sometimes being a few months.) It is like this for every VS release - even though I am sure Intel developers have been working with betas of the new VS, Microsoft has in the past made breaking changes between the last release candidate and the public launch, so it would be inappropriate to try to provide support on launch day.
Thanks for the comments. I completely agree that it is unreasonable to expect support for a beta version. The trap I fell into (and I think others will too) is that when you google "Visual Studio" you will probably get as the top hit. From that page, you are basically sent off to VS 2017 pages, if you can even figure out what to click. Given that the top level visual studio page is now promoting VS 2017, it could be useful to have an updated comment in the release notes.
Regarding the VS2013 built in environment, I thought about going that route but it was not clear where to go to get the listed packages needed to make that work. Note the installation message gives a warning that if you proceed you will get an installation that will not work, so I assumed that the installer would not do that for me as part of the install, rather I needed to go it myself first, and then return to the Intel installer.
What is the best way to find out promptly and reliably when the Intel compilers support VS2017?
I often find I am looking at out-dated information on the Intel and Microsoft web sites and don't know for months that the situation has changed.
Intel Parallel Studio EX 2017 Update 4 still does not integrate with Visual Studio 2017. When I installed it only mention Visual Studio 2015, so when it Visual Studio 2017 integration due to be added?
Am I able to use the Intel Integration Performance Primitives 8.1 with Visual Studio 2017 (v141) if I configure all the include, library and executable paths appropriately, or do I need new builds of the libraries?
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I ran a Google search on the phrase "platform 'x64' referenced in the project file cannot be found" and found several pages where people reported this problem with Visual Studio 2010 Express, even though search string doesn't mention that application. Comments on at least two of those pages stated that VS 2010 Express does not contain a 64-bit compiler, even though the full version of VS 2010 does. The recommended solution was to download and install the Microsoft Platform SDK for x64.
Is that microsoft compiler same as Eclipse or Netbeans? Because i havent downloaded either one just yet and was steering tores Eclipse. Looks like MS Visual studio is similar to Eclipse. Will i be able to open the make_install.sln or vcproj files in Eclipse.. Visual Studio express is a huge bundle of basic, c++,c,webdeveloper,etc that i just cant justify installing it. Is it required? if we can get away with a more simple, compact version like Eclipse, i jump on it.
Eclipse and Netbeans are IDEs that are typically used for Java. While Eclipse has an edition for C++, I don't know anybody who has used it for Creo Parametric Toolkit or OTK C++. On the other hand, I do know people how have successfully used the Microsoft Platform SDK (including myself) with Creo Parametric Toolkit on older versions of Creo (Wildfire 2).
PTC is quite clear when it states support only for specific versions of Microsoft compilers and libraries for Creo Parametric Toolkit. Once or twice I tried using something different, but I never succeeded.
Hi, I am not sure if they have upgraded the EPiServer Extension for Express but they release a new version that is compatible with vs2013 on Visualstudio gallery. You could try to download it again from this website or please report this as a bug. Sadly the extensions is not the same for express and the full version.
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