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

2. Goals Support HDF software for Windows platforms Easy to install Build from source

3. What do we support? All HDF Software is supported on Windows platforms HDF5 library and tools, HDF4 library and tools, HDF4 to HDF5 conversion library and utilities, HDF5 Lite library

4. Supported Platforms and Compilers PlatformsC/C++ CompilersFortran Compilers Windows2000 XP Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 DEC Fortran 6.0.NETN/A Intel 7.1 C/C++ under Visual Studio 6.0 environment Intel 7.1 Fortran compiler Code Warrior (XP only) N/A

5. Important Efforts Easy to build, test and install Automatic tool testing Comprehensive documentation Windows support website CYGWIN investigation Quick feedback from Help Desk

6. Easy to build, test and install 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 See poster and documentation for details

7. Cygwin Support Cygwin will be officially supported 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

8. Extensive Documentation FAQ’s and Tips –Please see: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/windows http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/windows release_docs – detailed installation and build instructions

9. Acknowledgements 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.