Using Plato 3 with another Fortran compiler

In Plato 3.20 I am trying to use the 'Project Plug-in' feature to define a custom project type for using another Fortran compiler. I have succeeded in correctly defining the compilation command but I am having a problem with the link command which is that the linker for this compiler requires object files to have extension .o and not .obj, while the %b specifier in the plug-in appears to have .obj built in to it.

I can produce compiler output as a .o file by using %D%f.o as the location for the compiler output in the compilation command definition, but unfortunately the same specification is not allowed in the link command, where one is only allowed to use %b.

Zahid Aziz The University of Nottingham Nottingham U.K.

The feature that you need is on the 'to do' list but it may be few weeks before I can find time to do this.

When I open a project which was created from a custom project template, I cannot see anything which lets me know which project template it was based on (unless I have missed something). The obvious place would have been under Project > Properties.

Zahid Aziz.

This feature is currently under development and will be different in the next release.

If it is not the case already, the Project Properties will certainly look different because none of the usual Salford options will be visible.

I will see if I can also add some direct information.