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This implementation is a compiled, tested, ready-to-use version of the NAG Fortran Library that is considered suitable for operation on the computer systems detailed below:
hardware: 32-bit Intel systems and compatibles operating system: Windows NT, 2000 or XP Fortran compiler: Compaq Visual Fortran version 6.1 and compatible
This implementation and its non-thread safe counterpart will run on Windows 95/98 and ME systems, but as these systems do not support multiple threads the non-thread safe library, NAG product code FLW3220DD, is more appropriate. Similarly, if multi-threaded applications are not being built using the library, FLW3220DD is the recommended static library on Windows NT, 2000 and XP systems.
This implementation can be called from Microsoft Visual C++ versions 5.x and 6.x (see Section 3.7 of the Users' Note). To interface with Microsoft Visual Basic, Excel and other Windows software, a NAG DLL implementation is required.
This implementation was produced at NAG Ltd, Oxford on the computing system detailed below:
hardware: Dell OptiPlex GX1 operating system: Windows NT 4.0 Fortran compiler: Compaq Visual Fortran version 6.1 compiler options: /c /threads /automatic /libs:static
The entire NAG Fortran Library, Mark 20, was compiled with full optimization (/optimize:5), except for the following routines which had to be compiled at lesser optimization levels:
E02AHZT.FOR (/optimize:0) E04GZFT.FOR (/optimize:0)
This library has been tested using the Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) provided in the Intel MKL Library, version 5.1. The mkl_def.lib library was used to provide the kernel. (See the F06 Chapter Introduction for more information about the BLAS.)
The user may wish to work with newer or more processor-specific kernels. To obtain these please visit http://developer.intel.com/software/products/mkl/index.htm
|-- in.html
|-- un.html
|-- blas_lapack_to_nag
|-- doc --|-- nag_to_blas_lapack
| |-- nagfl20.chm
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| |-- manual20 --|-- pdf ---|-- * ------------|-- *.pdf
| |
| | |-- frontmatter --|-- foreword.html
| | |-- genint -------|-- *.html
| | |-- images -------|-- *.*
| | | |-- *.gif
| | |
| |-- html --|-- indexes ------|-- *.*
| | |-- *.*
| |
| |-- toc ----------|-- *.html
| |-- libdoc.css
| |-- mark20.html
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| |-- nagmk20.h
| |-- nagmk20.hxx
|-- headers --|-- techdoc.html
| |-- mk20 --|-- *.c
flw3220dt --|
|-- nag20DT.lib
|-- nag20DTS.lib
|-- mkl_s.lib
|-- mkl_def.lib
|-- flw3220dt.isu
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|-- interface_blocks --|-- *.mod
| |-- source --|-- *.f90
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| |-- source ---|-- *.f
|-- examples --|-- data -----|-- *.d
| |-- results --|-- *.res
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|-- batch --|-- nagex.bat
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|-- mesh_view --|-- *.*
compiled libraries: 17.2 Mb and 12.4 Mb interface blocks: 2.7 Mb example program material: 4.8 Mb documentation files: 142 Mb C and C++ header material: 1.0 Mb
The CD should autorun on Windows systems, and will then lead you to a dialogue for installation.
If the autorun facility does not operate, then double click on the setup.exe file on the CD using Windows Explorer. Any continuing difficulties indicate a problem which should be reported to one of the NAG Response Centres (see Section 6).
The installation program will ask you for the drive and directory where you would like to install the library materials. You will also be asked which parts of the materials you want to install. The installation program may be used to install all of the materials from CD-ROM or just some part of it, for example the library documentation files.
An uninstall facility is provided. This will remove the product from the user's disk. It will also undo the registry entries made during installation, but will not undo any changes to the autoexec.bat file. The uninstaller will not remove files created since the installation was completed (although it will remove original files that have been modified), so the user may have to delete these files to complete the removal.
After installation you should ensure that the software requested is present by examining the target directory using Windows Explorer.
Since users of this library will be creating multi-threaded applications they may wish to link their applications to the NAG subset library, nag20DTS.LIB, rather than the full library. The subset contains only those routines which are deemed to be thread safe. In this way users will avoid accidentally using non-thread safe NAG routines in critical threads.
The NAG Fortran Library Interface Blocks define the type and arguments of each user callable NAG Fortran Library routine, using Fortran 90 constructs. Although they are not essential for calling the NAG Fortran Library, they will allow a Fortran 90 compiler (such as the Compaq Visual Fortran compiler) to check that NAG Fortran Library routines are called correctly.
The interface block files (.\interface_blocks\*.mod) are supplied in pre-compiled module form. They should be made accessible to the user. If you are using a different version of the Compaq Visual Fortran compiler from that mentioned in Section 2.1, it may be necessary to recompile the interface blocks before making them available.
The batch file nagex.bat requires the setting of the environment variables NAGDTDIR and MKLDIR. NAGDTDIR should be set to the root directory of the NAG materials, whilst MKLDIR is the root directory of the MKL libraries. If you have not acquired MKL separately then MKLDIR will have the same value as NAGDTDIR.
Under Windows NT, 2000 and XP, the environment variable values may be set using the Control Panel. Under Windows NT, this may be found from the Start Menu by following the Settings/Control Panel/System/Environments route. If the default location is used, set the variable to
nagdtdirand the value to
c:\Program Files\Numerical Algorithms Group\flw3220dtMKLDIR may be set similarly.
Under Windows 95/98, the autoexec.bat file can be edited to add the environment variables. For example, if the default location is used, add the line
set nagdtdir=c:\Program Files\Numerical Algorithms Group\flw3220dtto set NAGDTDIR.
The batch file should be made accessible to the user (for example, by copying the file to a directory in the user's path).
It is recommended that you add the library and module files paths to the LIB and INCLUDE environment variables respectively. This will simplify linking with the library and using the interface blocks on the command line (see Sections 3.1 and 3.5 of the Users' Note). Under Windows NT, 2000 and XP, the environment variables can be set via the Control Panel; under Windows 95/98, this requires a change to the autoexec.bat file. You may need to re-boot the system in order for the changes to the environment to be propagated.
If your machine has more than one processor, then it is recommended that you set the environment variable OMP_NUM_THREADS to the number of available processors, e.g.
set OMP_NUM_THREADS=2This will enable the Intel MKL BLAS to make use of the extra processor(s) and will thus speed up the computation of many of the NAG library routines.
This product works in conjunction with a licence key which has to be provided by NAG.
To obtain this first begin the installation process. You will be prompted to describe the type of licence key you require. This will either be a 'Trial' key, which will allow you to try out the library for a limited period of time, or a 'Fully Paid' key which enables the library for usage indefinitely on the given processor. Once you have decided, the installation process will generate a file containing information which NAG will need in order to give you a valid licence for your machine. Either send this file electronically, or by FAX or post, to NAG. In return NAG will send you a valid licence key.
If you have received a file containing the key then simply place the file, with the name 'Licence.txt', in the directory in which you want the library to be placed. Otherwise have the licence key beside you. In either case you must begin the installation process again. You will now be able to respond that you have a licence key. If you have not placed a file containing the key into the installation directory then you will be invited to type the licence key into the system. You may type the key with or without the hyphens.
Thereafter respond to the prompts from the installation script.
The installation can also be tested using the script nagex.bat, which will copy an example program and its data, compile it, link it with the library and run it. To run an example program, make sure that the location of nagex.bat is on the path and create, for example, the directory c:\test. Make c:\test the current directory and then issue, for example, the command:
nagex c06eaf
The following material should also be made accessible to users.
Documentation files:
The doc directory contains online documentation. This should be made available to users, in addition to the following
.\doc\blas_lapack_to_nag .\doc\nag_to_blas_lapack .\doc\un.htmlCompiled libraries:
nag20DT.lib and nag20DTS.libMKL libraries:
mkl_s.lib and mkl_def.libInterface block files:
.\interface_blocks\*.modExample program material:
.\examples\source\*.f .\examples\data\*.d .\examples\results\*.res .\batch\nagex.batC header material:
.\headers\nagmk20.h .\headers\nagmk20.hxx .\headers\techdoc.html .\headers\mk20\*.cMesh_View material:
.\mesh_view\*.*
Note that the example material has been adapted, where necessary, from that supplied in the online documentation, so that programs are suitable for execution with this implementation with no further changes (but see Section 4.4.2 for comments about possible differences in results obtained). Making the example material directly available to users provides them with easily adaptable templates for their own problems.
The "example programs" for the routines in the F06 chapter are not typical example programs and they are not in the online documentation. They are test programs, which are supplied to sites for use in an installation test of the Library. Some of them take much longer to run than other example programs. Routines which are equivalent to BLAS are tested twice: once when called by their NAG F06 names, and once when called by their BLAS names.
A full online version of the NAG Fortran Library Manual is provided in the form of Portable Document Format (PDF) files, and is included with this implementation on the distribution medium.
Online documentation of the routines is also provided in Windows HTML help file form as part of this implementation.
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