After a long time, 3 years, I have finally got some spare time to update the Force. At this moment I'm working on Unicode support. This means that it will be possible to write Fortran programs in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Greek etc.
The Unicode support wasn't on my schedule, but the migration from Delphi 7 to Delphi 2009 (D2009) have forced me to do it. Because D2009 is Vista compatible in its basis, I wish the problems people are reporting about Vista incompatibility ends with it. The downside is that Windows 95, 98 and Me will not be supported anymore, only the NT platform (2000, XP, Vista etc.).
I cannot simulate the Vista problems people are complaining in any of my tests. I have tested Force 2.0.8 and Force 3.0 beta 2 with Vista 32 bit and 64 bit. Until now there are two problems I have noticed. The first is about PIF files that Force creates for default. Vista 64 bit refuses to run it and I have to change the execution mode to "direct" in both versions of Force. In Vista 32 bit Force runs fine. The second is about the terminal emulation mode in Force 3. It's broken on Vista.
If you would like to help me finding these Vista problems I will be glad if you mail me with screenshots, a detailed report step by step.
May the Force be with you.