1. HDF Windows Support MuQun Yang, Xuan Bai, Elena Pourmal, Barbara Jones, Pedro Vincent, Robert E. McGrath National Center for Supercomputing Applications University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu Supported Platforms and Compilers for HDF5 and HDF4 PlatformsC/C++ CompilersFortran Compilers Windows2000/XP Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0DEC Fortran 6.0.NET N/A Intel 7.1 C/C++ under Visual Studio 6.0 environment Intel 7.1 Fortran compiler Code Warrior (XP only) N/A Easy to build, test and install http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/windows hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu [ Index ] [ Newsletters ] [ HDF5 Home Page ] [ HDF4 Home Page ]IndexNewslettersHDF5 Home PageHDF4 Home Page Overview This page provides information to help use HDF products on Microsoft Windows. Help is available on the following topics: Tested Platforms and Compilers How to Build HDF Library and Tools from Source Codes? -- [ HDF5 ] [ HDF4 ] [ H4H5Tools ] [ HDF5_Lite ]HDF5HDF4H4H5ToolsHDF5_Lite How to Test HDF Library and Tools? -- [ HDF5 ] [ HDF4 ] [ H4H5Tools ] [ HDF5_Lite ]HDF5HDF4H4H5ToolsHDF5_Lite Install HDF Library -- [ HDF5 ] [ HDF4 ] [ H4H5Tools ]HDF5HDF4H4H5Tools How to Build HDF Examples? (Optional) -- [ HDF5 ]HDF5 How to Build HDF Applications that Use -- [ HDF5 ]HDF5 TIPS FAQ Known Problems Users should look for the source release at the main HDF page.main HDF page This report is based upon work supported in part by a Cooperative Agreement with NASA under NASA grants NAG 5-0240 and NCC5-599. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Other support provided by NCSA and other sponsors and agencies. C,C++ and Fortran in one zip fileC,C++ and Fortran in one zip file Using environmental variables to add or remove external librariesUsing environmental variables to add or remove external libraries Automatic tool testsAutomatic tool tests Building HDF5 in command lineBuilding HDF5 in command line Automatic installationAutomatic installation Quick Feedback from Help Desk Future Tasks  Parallel HDF5 on Windows  Thread safe HDF5 on Windows  Fully support HDF5 on CYGWIN What do we support? HDF5 library and tools, HDF4 library and tools, HDF4 to HDF5 conversion library and utilities, HDF5 Lite library HDF windows web site http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/windows/ HDF5 windows documentation  Easy to build, test and install  Automatic tool testing  Comprehensive documentation  Windows support website  CYGWIN investigation  Quick feedback from Help Desk Efforts to be made for supports Document Name Characteristics Comprehensive Short and quick installation Installation from command line Note: All documents can be found under directory release_docs from the HDF5 source release package. INSTALL_Windows.txt INSTALL_Windows_short.txt INSTALL_Windows_From _Command_Line.txt Investigation of Cygwin Support  HDF5 has been successfully built on Cygwin!  Most of HDF5 C library tests passed!  Some data type conversion tests failed.  All HDF5 tools tests passed! Provide feedbacks to users as soon as possible. Prefer to provide detailed information about your questions. Send questions to hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu. h5ls Testh5diff Testh5dump Testh5import Testh5repack Test Build HDF5 within Command Line Unpack Source Codes Build HDF5 within Development Environment