Wah Wah's Most Frequent Fortran Fallacy : how to call other program by compaq fortran

From: Gerald F. Thomas (gfthomas_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 03/30/05 

Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 01:30:37 -0500

*********Begin Prattle

>I compile some program by MatLab. Now I have to use fortran to call the
program edited by >Matlab. Could you tell me how to do it? 

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>Use the system command from the ifport module.
>subroutine CreateTecMacro_(a_sDataFile, a_Table)
>use ifport
>! Create your command string
>! ....
>! ....
>call system(sCmd)
>end subroutine
>Doing it that way you have no chance to communicate with your program so
it mus support a >batch mode.
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>In Compaq Fortran, substitute DFPORT for IFPORT.
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>I tried to find IFPORT or DFPORT in Compaq Fortran Mannual, but I cann't.
Could you tell where I >find such internal variable definition and
application?
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>It's not a variable - it's a module. You add the line:
>use dfport
>to your program immediately after the PROGRAM, SUBROUTINE or FUNCTION
statement. That >makes the definition of the SYSTEM routine available to
you. Look up SYSTEM in the on-disk >documentation index.
*******Enough Prattle
The OP and ~500 others have been short-changed: add m-scripts to a CVF
project, the Matlab compiler together with the installed C/C++ compiler
will convert them to c/cpp code which you invoke (in-process,
out-of-process 'system' be damned) in the usual way whether from C/C++ or
Fortran.
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You're Welcome,
Gerry T.
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