HP-MPI Version 1.0 for Windows Release Note

HP-MPI V1.0 for Windows Release Note

Building Applications

Building an MPI application with Visual Studio and using the

property pages

To build an MPI application in C or C++ with VS2005, use the property pages provided by

HP-MPI to help link applications.

Two pages are included with HP-MPI, and are located at the installation location (MPI_ROOT)

in devtools\HPMPI.vsprops and HPMPI64.vsprops.

Go to VS Project, select View, select Property Manager and expand the project. This will

display the different configurations and platforms set up for builds. Include the appropriate

property page (HPMPI.vsprops for 32-bit apps, HPMPI64.vsprops for 64-bit apps) in the

Configuration/Platform section.

Select this page by either double-clicking the page or by right-clicking on the page and

selecting Properties. Go to the User Macros section. Set MPI_ROOT to the desired location

(i.e. the installation location of HP-MPI). This should be set to the default installation

location:

%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Hewlett-Packard\HP-MPI

NOTE This is the default location on 64-bit machines. The location for 32-bit machines

is %ProgramFiles%\Hewlett-Packard\HP-MPI

The MPI application can now be built with HP-MPI.

The property page sets the following fields automatically, but can also be set manually if the

property page provided is not used:

• C/C++ — Additional Include Directories

Set to "%MPI_ROOT%\include\[32|64]"

• Linker — Additional Dependencies

Set to libhpmpi32.lib or libhpmpi64.lib depending on the application.

• Additional Library Directories

Set to "%MPI_ROOT%\lib"