[mpich-discuss] integrating mpich into MS Visual Studio for debugging FORTRAN

[michael]

With thanks to Jayesh, and tips I've garnered from elsewhere (and  
learning by mistake!), I've pulled together a short example on using  
MS Visual Studio for debugging MPI under MS Windows and would welcome  
any comments re mistakes or omissions:

http://wiki.rcs.manchester.ac.uk/community/MPI/VisualStudio_mpich2_howto

Many thanks, Michael, Research Computing Services, University of  
Manchester, United Kingdom

  > Comment (by Jayesh Krishna):
  >
  > {{{
  >
  > Hi,
  >  Take a look at the section 9.8 in the window's developer's guide
  >
  (http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/documentation/index.php?s
  > =docs) on debugging MPI programs.

  Had seen above but didn't seem to meet the requirements of doing it
  within the V.S. IDE... however:

  >
  >
  > # You can also attach to MPI programs that are running using the VS
  > debugger ("Attach to process").

  ah, didn't try the above... but also:

  >
  > # If all the MPI processes are launched on the same machine/node
  > then you
  > can start smpd in debug mode (smpd -stop; smpd -d;) and use multiple
  > instances of VS to start your MPI program (mpiexec -n 2 devenv.exe
  > fpi.exe
  > ==> will start two VS windows and you can step individually through
  > them).

  yes! this seems similar to what I was looking for (but prefer to be
  able to kick off from the VS IDE itself!)

  >
  > (PS: The debug versions of MPICH2 libraries, eg: fmpich2d.lib, is  
only
  > required if you are debugging the MPICH2 library.)

  good point and many thanks for pointing that out ;)

  M

  >
  > Regards,
  > Jayesh
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