LINK : error : Main program not permitted in DLL

I have been using Silverfrost FTN95 Express for a few days now and it’s been absolutely fine on my Windows 7 environment. After closing down the app & returning to it today I now get the following message when I execute a program (these same programs worked before):

“unable to start debugging for target: C:\users\....\Silverfrost FTN95 Express\FotranApplicationExtension4\FotranApplicationExtension4\Debug\NET\ FotranApplicationExtension4.dll”

I have not made any changes to my PC

It also states:

'Compiling file: FreeFormat1.f95 Linking... LINK : error : Main program not permitted in DLL'

This is happening to programs which would have previously worked fine.

I have tried uninstalling Silverfrost FTN95 Express and doing a clean instillation but it still has the same problem.

If anyone has a solution for this I would be very grateful.

P

It looks like you have a Plato project and that it is creating a DLL when you expect an executable. If this is the case then change the target using 'Set Target' in the main Project menu.

Thanks for your speedy reply and yes you are correct, unfortunately not quite plain sailing yet. Not sure if I was doing the right thing.

I went to the project dropdown, properties, compiler options, miscellaneous and changed output filetype from DLL to EXE and still get the same message as above. I have searched for other options but had no luck.

Hi peter,

The option is under menu item 'Project' then choose 'Set Target...'

David.

Okay this may have seemed like the dumbest query but I am very new to ft95.

Thanks its sorted. I just decided to start using it for maths and modelling problems at college.

Peter