I have a codebase primarily with Visual C++ projects (~300) and Fortran (~40). Some of the C++ projects are dependent upon the Fortran .dll's and .lib files. All of my linker settings work properly, and the code works fine, but we have a very serial build script that causes a build to take multiple hours. The Fortran files are Intel Visual Fortran projects and are in the solution.
In an attempt to improve our build process (and take advantage of a recent VS2005 to VS2013 upgrade, I am setting the project references to one another using the Common Properties/References page for the C++ projects.
This is going well so far, but I would like to add the Fortran references as necessary. Unfortunately, I cannot add them through the GUI (all that shows up in the dialog is the C++ projects in the solution).
I am wondering if there is a way to add the Fortran references so that the whole build can be completed in the correct order when building the solution.