RE: YOUR PROGRAM IS OUT OF DATE

Hi guys,

Thanks a lot for your explanation to the above problem on compiling a fortran program with PLATO3. What amuses me is that as the package was extracted to a folder say c:FTN95 and a simple program was written to add 3 numbers and find the average, the package compiled and was built correctly. When the program was run, it still came up with 'Your program is out of date. do you want to build it? and if you pressed yes, it comes up with the message that the exutable is non existent? What do I need to do or is there any envirnment variable that need to be set on windows XP? Kindly simulate the problem and advise me.

cheers

RAHEEM AZEEZ

I do not know what is going wrong with your process.

The compiler (FTN95.exe) must be on the PATH environment variable. However, if it is not on the PATH then Plato will tell you.

If the executable does not exist then either the program has failed to compile or it has failed to link. In both cases Plato will tell you. Perhaps the executable has been created but, for some reason, it is not in the folder where Plato expects to find it.

Try using Explorer to locate the program file and see if .obj and .exe files are being created. If you are using a Plato project then these will be located in a sub folder.

I suggest that you try downloading (again) from the Silverfrost website. 🆒