WinRod is a windows version of famus Rod program written by Prof. E. Vlieg for solving surface diffraction data. For start the exe file you need DirectX 9.0c redistributable
For compilation download and install Direct SDK https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=6812 In Visual Studio check the path to the header files and lib files
The program was compiled with VS2022 Release 64bit