Which Visual Studio for Intel Visual Fortran should be used?

Although this question is not related to SilverSoft products but it is about fortran and I hope somebody will help me.

I got Intel Visual Fortran 2013. I don't hae Visual Studio.

There are few free VS on the net specially in Mircorosoft site. I am wondering which one I have to download so that it will be integrated into Intel Visual Fortran Compiler?

Any help is highly appreciated.

The free VS Express comes in different packages (i.e. with different 'plug-ins'). Each one will only serve one compiler. There is one for Microsoft C++, one for Microsoft C#, one for Silverfrost FTN95 etc.

Unless you use some trickery, you can only have one of these on your computer.

I don't know if there is one for Intel Fortran.

If you have only an evaluation copy of Intel Visual Fortran Composer XE 2013 this doesn't come with the Shell, and you need to get an evaluation copy of the full Visual Studio 2010 which will last 90 days while you trial the Fortran.

If you have bought the Intel Visual Fortran Composer XE 2013, it includes Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Shell so you can use it without purchasing Visual Studio 2010.

There shouldn't be any issue running multiple VS Shell applications on one computer, though sometimes installation is a pain (so many reboots!).

If you are just starting out, I wouldn't bother with the intel compiler yet; Silverfrost FTN95 or Express Edition provides better syntax checking and will help you write correct code, whereas the intel compiler is quite lax in this respect.