3. Installing FMS In Your Application Program
This chapter is the guide for installing FMS
in your application. It is an overview, with the details of
individual subroutines provided by hyperlinks.
The interface between your application and
FMS consists of the following three items:
- Subroutine Calls
These are FMS subroutines that you call from
your application. This manual includes a complete list of the
FMS subroutines.
- FMS Parameters
These are scalar variables that provide "special effects".
FMS initializes them to default values. For most applications you do not need to change these parameters to get FMS running.
FMS Parameters are used to control:
- print output level and format
- machine configuration
- file management
- error handling
- less frequently used subroutine options.
This manual includes a complete list of the
FMS
Parameters.
- FMS Files
Your matrix and vector data is maintained by
FMS in the FMS Database.
Depending on your problem size and machine configuration,
FMS physically stores this database in
memory, disk or both.
You create entries into the FMS Database by
opening
FMS files.
Several options are provided to transfer data between your
application and the FMS database, including
read and write utilities.
With this backgroud, we are now ready to proceed with
installing FMS in your application.
3.1. Calling FMS Subroutines
3.2. Using FMS Parameters
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