Simply Fortran 2.24 Now Available

Approximatrix is happy to announce the release of Simply Fortran 2.24. The latest version includes additional features, an upgraded Fortran compiler, and numerous, significant bug fixes. Within the development environment, dwelling the mouse cursor over variables, functions, or subroutines will pop up the definition of the underlying element. Additionally, dwelling on variables declared as Fortran parameters will show their value. Fortran derived type autocompletion has been improved dramatically. Brace highlighting is now more prominent within the editor. Background colors within the development environment under Windows XP have been fixed. Syntax error and warning highlights within the editor are now drawn faster. Target executables that are running in the background can now be optionally and automatically terminated prior to attempting a build. Intermittent crashes when editing fixed-format Fortran source code should be eliminated.

The included GNU Fortran compiler has been upgraded to version 5.1.0. Most notably, the new version includes IEEE intrinsic modules, including IEEE_EXCEPTIONS, by default. Other general optimization and minor language improvements are also included. The compiler upgrade requires rebuilding projects that use Fortran modules as the new compiler creates and uses incompatible module files.

AppGraphics has received numerous bug fixes. Specifically, abrupt program temination after closing AppGraphics windows has been fixed. Program lockups caused by requesting a file dialog from within a callback procedure have been eliminated. Minor bug fixes related to viewports have been included. Enabling and disabling menu items has been corrected.

The latest version of Simply Fortran is available now on the Download page. Users wishing to register their installation can visit the Registration page to enable all features once the thirty day free trial has expired.