I have developed a program using th

[AlanJT]

I have developed a program using the gcc compiler in Windows 10. It does everything I want it to do and now I want to be able to distribute it to other people who may not have a fortran system on their machines. (I am assuming they will be running Windows 10.) So my question is, do I need to compile it in any particular way so that it runs independently of a fortran system?

I think I have faced that question previously, but can't remember the answer.

Thanks,

Alan.

 

[xwb]

If you build it statically i.e. no dependencies on any DLLs, then it should work on any windows system. You can create a W7 or XP VM using virtual box and test it there. If it loads and runs, then you can distribute it. You may also have to make a 32-bit and a 64-bit version in case some people decide they like it better in the 32-bit world.

 

[AlanJT]

Thanks for that. I take it you mean I should compile using the -static switch. I had not considered making 32-bit and 64-bit versions. My PC uses Windows 10 64 bits. How could I build a 32-bit version?

 

[xwb]

Check if -m32 works. If it doesn't, get multilib. To run 64 bit run on a normal cmd prompt. To run 32 bit, you can either use the cmd prompt from windows\system32 or the one from windows\syswow64

 

[AlanJT]

Many thanks. I'll give it a go.