Install FEAP V7.5 in Windows7

[ngucong]

Dear all,

I try to install my FEAP V7.5 in Windows7 by using Visual Studio 2005 (it includes the Fortrant compiler).

However, after I build all the library (say: program, contact, element, plot) and try to link them to build the executable file feap.exe I meet some problems :
1. I can not see how to connect the file *.lib, because the Visual Studio 2005 doesnot recognize the *.lib file, only the *.sln. So I decided to include *.sln instead of *.lib
2. When I build feap.exe, the problem turns to : Unresolved symbol_PLSTOP referenced in function _MAIN_. (means that PLSTOP was not correctly built, but I've checked I re-build it many times). Same problem was also happen to PSTART. Consequently, I can not build feap.exe to run my program.

So do you have any experience about this problem? May I change the compiler ?

Thank you all.

[Prof. R.L. Taylor]

If you ask to 'show all files' when you link the library you may be able to see the 'lib' file.  You did not get it since you are missing routines.  You may still have problems since ver7.5 was never modified to work with newer machines and you could run into problems with different integer lengths, array vs scalar, etc.  Many are just warnings but carefully check the performance if you do get a build.