diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 0984548af4..b098a095e1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+a------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # This is the list of files that are part of HDF5 source distribution. 
 # All files have a `./' prefix and appear in lexicographic order.
 # Lines that end with _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_ will not be included in a
@@ -1665,6 +1665,8 @@
 ./hl/test/earth.pal
 
 # hl fortran
+./hl/fortran/src/H5IMcc.c
+./hl/fortran/src/H5IMcc.h
 ./hl/fortran/src/H5IMfc.c
 ./hl/fortran/src/H5IMff.f90
 ./hl/fortran/src/H5LTf90proto.h
diff --git a/hl/fortran/src/H5IMcc.c b/hl/fortran/src/H5IMcc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b55e2420a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hl/fortran/src/H5IMcc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,424 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+ * NCSA HDF                                                                 *
+ * Scientific Data Technologies                                             *
+ * National Center for Supercomputing Applications                          *
+ * University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign                               *
+ * 605 E. Springfield, Champaign IL 61820                                   *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * For conditions of distribution and use, see the accompanying             *
+ * hdf/COPYING file.                                                        *
+ *                                                                          *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+#include "H5IM.h"
+#include "H5IMcc.h"
+#include "H5f90i_gen.h"
+
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: H5IMmake_image_8bitf
+ *
+ * Purpose: Creates and writes an image an 8 bit image
+ *
+ * Return: Success: 0, Failure: -1
+ *
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente Nunes, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ *
+ * Date: May 10, 2005
+ *
+ * Comments:
+ *  This function allows the creation and writing of an 8bit image on disk.
+ *  The memory datatype is H5T_NATIVE_INT. It is supposed to be called from
+ *  the FORTRAN interface where the image buffer is defined as type "integer"
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+herr_t H5IMmake_image_8bitf( hid_t loc_id, 
+                             const char *dset_name, 
+                             hsize_t width,
+                             hsize_t height,
+                             int_f *buf )
+{
+ hid_t    did;                  /* dataset ID */
+ hid_t    sid;                  /* space ID */
+ hsize_t  dims[IMAGE8_RANK];  /* dimensions */
+ 
+ /* initialize the image dimensions */
+ dims[0] = height; 
+ dims[1] = width; 
+ dims[2] = 1; 
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * create and write the dataset
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+  
+ /* create the data space for the dataset. */
+ if ((sid=H5Screate_simple(IMAGE8_RANK,dims,NULL))<0)
+  return -1;
+
+ /* create the dataset as H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR */
+ if ((did=H5Dcreate(loc_id,dset_name,H5T_NATIVE_UINT8,sid,H5P_DEFAULT))<0)
+  return -1;
+
+ /* write with memory type H5T_NATIVE_INT */
+ /* Use long type if Fortran integer is 8 bytes and C long long is also 8 bytes*/
+ /* Fail if otherwise */
+ if (buf) 
+ {
+  if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(int)) {
+  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_INT,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf)<0)
+   return -1;}
+  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long)) {
+  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_LONG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf)<0)
+   return -1;}
+  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long_long)) {
+  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_LLONG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf)<0)
+   return -1;}
+  else
+   return -1;
+ }
+
+ /* close */
+ if (H5Dclose(did)<0)
+  return -1;
+ if (H5Sclose(sid)<0)
+  return -1;
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * attach the specification attributes
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+  
+ /* attach the CLASS attribute */
+ if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "CLASS", IMAGE_CLASS ) < 0 )
+  return -1;
+
+ /* attach the VERSION attribute */
+ if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "IMAGE_VERSION", IMAGE_VERSION ) < 0 )
+  return -1;
+
+ /* attach the IMAGE_SUBCLASS attribute */
+ if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "IMAGE_SUBCLASS", "IMAGE_INDEXED" ) < 0 )
+  return -1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: H5IMmake_image_24bitf
+ *
+ * Purpose:
+ *
+ * Return: Success: 0, Failure: -1
+ *
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente Nunes, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ *
+ * Date: May 10, 2005
+ *
+ * Comments:
+ *  This function allows the creation and writing of an 8bit image on disk.
+ *  The memory datatype is H5T_NATIVE_INT. It is supposed to be called from
+ *  the FORTRAN interface where the image buffer is defined as type "integer"
+ *
+ * Interlace Mode Dimensions in the Dataspace 
+ * INTERLACE_PIXEL [height][width][pixel components] 
+ * INTERLACE_PLANE [pixel components][height][width] 
+ *
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+herr_t H5IMmake_image_24bitf( hid_t loc_id, 
+                              const char *dset_name, 
+                              hsize_t width,
+                              hsize_t height,
+                              const char *interlace,
+                              int_f *buf)
+{
+ hid_t    did;                /* dataset ID */
+ hid_t    sid;                /* space ID */
+ hsize_t  dims[IMAGE24_RANK]; /* dimensions */
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * attach the image dimensions according to the interlace mode
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+ if ( strcmp( interlace, "INTERLACE_PIXEL" ) == 0 ) 
+ {
+  /* Number of color planes is defined as the third dimension */
+  dims[0] = height; 
+  dims[1] = width; 
+  dims[2] = IMAGE24_RANK; 
+ }
+ else
+ if ( strcmp( interlace, "INTERLACE_PLANE" ) == 0 ) 
+ {
+  /* Number of color planes is defined as the first dimension */
+  dims[0] = IMAGE24_RANK; 
+  dims[1] = height; 
+  dims[2] = width; 
+ }
+ else return -1;
+ 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * create and write the dataset
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+  
+ /* create the data space for the dataset. */
+ if ((sid=H5Screate_simple(IMAGE24_RANK,dims,NULL))<0)
+  return -1;
+
+ /* create the dataset as H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR */
+ if ((did=H5Dcreate(loc_id,dset_name,H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR,sid,H5P_DEFAULT))<0)
+  return -1;
+
+ /* write with memory type H5T_NATIVE_INT */
+ if (buf) 
+ {
+  if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(int)) {
+  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_INT,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf)<0)
+   return -1;}
+  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long)) {
+  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_LONG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf)<0)
+   return -1;}
+  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long_long)) {
+  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_LLONG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf)<0)
+   return -1;}
+  else
+   return -1;
+ }
+
+ /* close */
+ if (H5Dclose(did)<0)
+  return -1;
+ if (H5Sclose(sid)<0)
+  return -1;
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * attach the specification attributes
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ /* Attach the CLASS attribute */
+ if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "CLASS", IMAGE_CLASS ) < 0 )
+  return -1;
+
+ /* Attach the VERSION attribute */
+ if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "IMAGE_VERSION", IMAGE_VERSION ) < 0 )
+  return -1;
+
+ /* Attach the IMAGE_SUBCLASS attribute */
+ if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "IMAGE_SUBCLASS", "IMAGE_TRUECOLOR" ) < 0 )
+  return -1;
+
+ /* Attach the INTERLACE_MODE attribute. This attributes is only for true color images */
+ if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "INTERLACE_MODE", interlace ) < 0 )
+  return -1;
+
+ return 0;
+
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: H5IMread_imagef
+ *
+ * Purpose: Reads image data from disk.
+ *
+ * Return: Success: 0, Failure: -1
+ *
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente Nunes, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ *
+ * Date: May 10, 2005
+ *
+ * Comments:
+ *  This function allows reading of an 8bit image on disk.
+ *  The memory datatype is H5T_NATIVE_INT. It is supposed to be called from
+ *  the FORTRAN interface where the image buffer is defined as type "integer"
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+herr_t H5IMread_imagef( hid_t loc_id, 
+                        const char *dset_name, 
+                        int_f *buf )
+{
+ hid_t   did;  
+
+ /* open the dataset */
+ if ( (did = H5Dopen( loc_id, dset_name )) < 0 )
+  return -1;
+
+ /* read to memory type H5T_NATIVE_INT */
+ if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(int)){
+ if ( H5Dread( did, H5T_NATIVE_INT, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf ) < 0 )
+  goto out;}
+ else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long)) {
+ if ( H5Dread( did, H5T_NATIVE_LONG, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf ) < 0 )
+  goto out;}
+ else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long_long)) {
+ if ( H5Dread( did, H5T_NATIVE_LLONG, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf ) < 0 )
+  goto out;}
+ else
+  goto out;
+
+ /* close */
+ if ( H5Dclose( did ) )
+  return -1;
+ return 0;
+
+out:
+ H5Dclose( did );
+ return -1;
+
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: H5IMmake_palettef
+ *
+ * Purpose: Creates and writes a palette.
+ *
+ * Return: Success: 0, Failure: -1
+ *
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente Nunes, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ *
+ * Date: May 10, 2005
+ *
+ * Comments:
+ *  This function allows writing of an 8bit palette to disk.
+ *  The memory datatype is H5T_NATIVE_INT. It is supposed to be called from
+ *  the FORTRAN interface where the image buffer is defined as type "integer"
+ *
+ *  based on HDF5 Image and Palette Specification  
+ *  http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/H5Image/ImageSpec.html
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+herr_t H5IMmake_palettef( hid_t loc_id, 
+                          const char *pal_name,
+                          const hsize_t *pal_dims,
+                          int_f *pal_data ) 
+
+{  
+ 
+ hid_t did;                /* dataset ID */
+ hid_t sid;                /* space ID */
+ int   has_pal;
+ 
+ /* Check if the dataset already exists */
+ has_pal = H5LTfind_dataset( loc_id, pal_name );
+ 
+ /* It exists. Return */
+ if ( has_pal == 1 )
+  return 0;
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * create and write the dataset
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+  
+ /* create the data space for the dataset. */
+ if ((sid=H5Screate_simple(2,pal_dims,NULL))<0)
+  return -1;
+
+ /* create the dataset as H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR */
+ if ((did=H5Dcreate(loc_id,pal_name,H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR,sid,H5P_DEFAULT))<0)
+  return -1;
+
+ /* write with memory type H5T_NATIVE_INT */
+ if (pal_data) 
+ {
+  if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(int)) {
+  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_INT,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,pal_data)<0)
+   return -1;}
+  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long)) {
+  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_LONG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,pal_data)<0)
+   return -1;}
+  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long_long)) {
+  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_LLONG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,pal_data)<0)
+   return -1;}
+  else
+   return -1;
+ }
+
+ /* close */
+ if (H5Dclose(did)<0)
+  return -1;
+ if (H5Sclose(sid)<0)
+  return -1;
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * attach the specification attributes
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+ /* Attach the attribute "CLASS" to the >>palette<< dataset*/
+ if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, pal_name, "CLASS", PALETTE_CLASS ) < 0 )
+  return -1;
+
+ /* Attach the attribute "PAL_VERSION" to the >>palette<< dataset*/
+ if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, pal_name, "PAL_VERSION", "1.2" ) < 0 )
+  return -1;
+ 
+ return 0;
+
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: H5IMget_palettef
+ *
+ * Purpose: Read palette
+ *
+ * Return: Success: 0, Failure: -1
+ *
+ * Programmer: Pedro Vicente Nunes, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+ *
+ * Date: May 10, 2005
+ *
+ * Comments:
+ *  This function allows reading of an 8bit palette from disk.
+ *  The memory datatype is H5T_NATIVE_INT. It is supposed to be called from
+ *  the FORTRAN interface where the image buffer is defined as type "integer"
+ *
+ *  based on HDF5 Image and Palette Specification  
+ *  http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/H5Image/ImageSpec.html
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+herr_t H5IMget_palettef( hid_t loc_id, 
+                         const char *image_name,
+                         int pal_number,
+                         int_f *pal_data )
+{
+ if(sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(int))
+  return H5IM_get_palette(loc_id,image_name,pal_number,H5T_NATIVE_INT,pal_data);
+ else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long))
+  return H5IM_get_palette(loc_id,image_name,pal_number,H5T_NATIVE_LONG,pal_data);
+ else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long_long))
+  return H5IM_get_palette(loc_id,image_name,pal_number,H5T_NATIVE_LLONG,pal_data);
+ else
+  return -1;
+
+}
diff --git a/hl/fortran/src/H5IMcc.h b/hl/fortran/src/H5IMcc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32c79ff7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hl/fortran/src/H5IMcc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * NCSA HDF                                                                 *
+ * Scientific Data Technologies                                             *
+ * National Center for Supercomputing Applications                          *
+ * University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign                               *
+ * 605 E. Springfield, Champaign IL 61820                                   *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * For conditions of distribution and use, see the accompanying             *
+ * hdf/COPYING file.                                                        *
+ *                                                                          *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+
+#ifndef _H5IMCC_H
+#define _H5IMCC_H
+
+#include "H5LT.h"
+#include "H5IM.h"
+#include "../../fortran/src/H5f90i_gen.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#define IMAGE_CLASS   "IMAGE"
+#define PALETTE_CLASS "PALETTE"
+#define IMAGE_VERSION "1.2"
+#define IMAGE8_RANK    3
+#define IMAGE24_RANK   3
+
+
+
+herr_t H5IMmake_image_8bitf( hid_t loc_id, 
+                             const char *dset_name, 
+                             hsize_t width,
+                             hsize_t height,
+                             int_f *buf );
+
+herr_t H5IMmake_image_24bitf( hid_t loc_id, 
+                              const char *dset_name, 
+                              hsize_t width,
+                              hsize_t height,
+                              const char *interlace,
+                              int_f *buf);
+
+herr_t H5IMread_imagef( hid_t loc_id, 
+                        const char *dset_name, 
+                        int_f *buf );
+
+herr_t H5IMmake_palettef( hid_t loc_id, 
+                          const char *pal_name,
+                          const hsize_t *pal_dims,
+                          int_f *pal_data );
+
+herr_t H5IMget_palettef( hid_t loc_id, 
+                         const char *image_name,
+                         int pal_number,
+                         int_f *pal_data );
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/hl/fortran/src/H5LTfc.c b/hl/fortran/src/H5LTfc.c
index 15733ab807..6078b23883 100755
--- a/hl/fortran/src/H5LTfc.c
+++ b/hl/fortran/src/H5LTfc.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ nh5ltset_attribute_int_c(hid_t_f *loc_id,
      ret = H5LTset_attribute_int(c_loc_id,c_name,c_attrname,buf,c_size);
  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long))
     ret = H5LTset_attribute_long(c_loc_id,c_name,c_attrname,buf,c_size);
- else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long long))
+ else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long_long))
     ret = H5LTset_attribute_long_long(c_loc_id,c_name,c_attrname,buf,c_size);
  else
     return ret_value;
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ nh5ltget_attribute_int_c(hid_t_f *loc_id,
     ret = H5LTget_attribute_int(c_loc_id,c_name,c_attrname,buf);
  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long))
     ret = H5LTget_attribute_long(c_loc_id,c_name,c_attrname,buf);
- else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long long))
+ else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long_long))
     ret = H5LTget_attribute_long_long(c_loc_id,c_name,c_attrname,buf);
  else
     return ret_value;
diff --git a/hl/fortran/src/Makefile.am b/hl/fortran/src/Makefile.am
index 7d06024f79..1462fbb60a 100644
--- a/hl/fortran/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/hl/fortran/src/Makefile.am
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ AM_LDFLAGS=-static
 lib_LTLIBRARIES=libhdf5hl_fortran.la
 
 # Source files for the library
-if BUILD_PARALLEL_CONDITIONAL
-    PARALLEL_COND_SRC=HDFDmpiof.c HDF5mpio.f90
-endif
+#if BUILD_PARALLEL_CONDITIONAL
+#    PARALLEL_COND_SRC=HDFDmpiof.c HDF5mpio.f90
+#endif
 
-libhdf5hl_fortran_la_SOURCES=H5LTfc.c H5IMfc.c H5TBfc.c H5LTff.f90  \
+libhdf5hl_fortran_la_SOURCES=H5LTfc.c  H5IMfc.c H5IMcc.c H5TBfc.c H5LTff.f90  \
                 H5IMff.f90 H5TBff.f90 
 
-libhdf5hl_fortran_la_LIBADD=$(LIBH5_HL)
+#libhdf5hl_fortran_la_LIBADD=$(LIBH5_HL)
 
 # Fortran module files can have different extensions and different names
 # (e.g., different capitalizations) on different platforms.  Write rules
diff --git a/hl/fortran/src/Makefile.in b/hl/fortran/src/Makefile.in
index a7ee3796b5..0fdf5cf646 100644
--- a/hl/fortran/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/hl/fortran/src/Makefile.in
@@ -65,10 +65,9 @@ am__strip_dir = `echo $$p | sed -e 's|^.*/||'`;
 am__installdirs = "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)"
 libLTLIBRARIES_INSTALL = $(INSTALL)
 LTLIBRARIES = $(lib_LTLIBRARIES)
-am__DEPENDENCIES_1 = $(top_builddir)/hl/src/libhdf5_hl.la
-libhdf5hl_fortran_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)
-am_libhdf5hl_fortran_la_OBJECTS = H5LTfc.lo H5IMfc.lo H5TBfc.lo \
-	H5LTff.lo H5IMff.lo H5TBff.lo
+libhdf5hl_fortran_la_LIBADD =
+am_libhdf5hl_fortran_la_OBJECTS = H5LTfc.lo H5IMfc.lo H5IMcc.lo \
+	H5TBfc.lo H5LTff.lo H5IMff.lo H5TBff.lo
 libhdf5hl_fortran_la_OBJECTS = $(am_libhdf5hl_fortran_la_OBJECTS)
 DEFAULT_INCLUDES = -I. -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_builddir)/src
 depcomp = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/bin/depcomp
@@ -309,11 +308,12 @@ AM_LDFLAGS = -static
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libhdf5hl_fortran.la
 
 # Source files for the library
-@BUILD_PARALLEL_CONDITIONAL_TRUE@PARALLEL_COND_SRC = HDFDmpiof.c HDF5mpio.f90
-libhdf5hl_fortran_la_SOURCES = H5LTfc.c H5IMfc.c H5TBfc.c H5LTff.f90  \
+#if BUILD_PARALLEL_CONDITIONAL
+#    PARALLEL_COND_SRC=HDFDmpiof.c HDF5mpio.f90
+#endif
+libhdf5hl_fortran_la_SOURCES = H5LTfc.c  H5IMfc.c H5IMcc.c H5TBfc.c H5LTff.f90  \
                 H5IMff.f90 H5TBff.f90 
 
-libhdf5hl_fortran_la_LIBADD = $(LIBH5_HL)
 
 # Automake needs to be taught how to build lib, progs, and tests targets.
 # These will be filled in automatically for the most part (e.g.,
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ mostlyclean-compile:
 distclean-compile:
 	-rm -f *.tab.c
 
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/H5IMcc.Plo@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/H5IMfc.Plo@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/H5LTfc.Plo@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/H5TBfc.Plo@am__quote@
@@ -617,6 +618,8 @@ uninstall-am: uninstall-info-am uninstall-libLTLIBRARIES \
 	uninstall-libLTLIBRARIES uninstall-local
 
 
+#libhdf5hl_fortran_la_LIBADD=$(LIBH5_HL)
+
 # Fortran module files can have different extensions and different names
 # (e.g., different capitalizations) on different platforms.  Write rules
 # for them explicitly rather than trying to teach automake about them.
diff --git a/hl/fortran/test/Makefile.am b/hl/fortran/test/Makefile.am
index bbff539de9..8597e1f7da 100644
--- a/hl/fortran/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/hl/fortran/test/Makefile.am
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/config/commence.am
 
-AM_CPPFLAGS=-I$(top_srcdir)/src $(top_builddir)/src
+AM_CPPFLAGS=-I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_builddir)/src -I$(top_srcdir)/hl/src
 AM_FCFLAGS=-I$(top_builddir)/fortran/src -I$(top_builddir)/hl/fortran/src $(F9XMODFLAG)$(top_builddir)/fortran/src $(F9XMODFLAG)$(top_builddir)/hl/fortran/src
 
 # Fortran libraries are linked statically to solve a build problem.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ AM_LDFLAGS=-static
 TEST_PROG=tstlite tstimage tsttable
 check_PROGRAMS=$(TEST_PROG)
 
-LDADD=$(LIBH5_HL) $(LIBH5F_HL) $(LIBH5F) $(LIBHDF5)
+LDADD= $(LIBH5F_HL) $(LIBH5F) $(LIBH5_HL)  $(LIBHDF5)
 
 # Source files for the programs
 tstlite_SOURCES=tstlite.f90
diff --git a/hl/fortran/test/Makefile.in b/hl/fortran/test/Makefile.in
index a6bb76abd3..bcc51105b3 100644
--- a/hl/fortran/test/Makefile.in
+++ b/hl/fortran/test/Makefile.in
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ am__EXEEXT_1 = tstlite$(EXEEXT) tstimage$(EXEEXT) tsttable$(EXEEXT)
 am_tstimage_OBJECTS = tstimage.$(OBJEXT)
 tstimage_OBJECTS = $(am_tstimage_OBJECTS)
 tstimage_LDADD = $(LDADD)
-am__DEPENDENCIES_1 = $(top_builddir)/hl/src/libhdf5_hl.la
-am__DEPENDENCIES_2 =  \
+am__DEPENDENCIES_1 =  \
 	$(top_builddir)/hl/fortran/src/libhdf5hl_fortran.la
-am__DEPENDENCIES_3 = $(top_builddir)/fortran/src/libhdf5_fortran.la
+am__DEPENDENCIES_2 = $(top_builddir)/fortran/src/libhdf5_fortran.la
+am__DEPENDENCIES_3 = $(top_builddir)/hl/src/libhdf5_hl.la
 am__DEPENDENCIES_4 = $(top_builddir)/src/libhdf5.la
 tstimage_DEPENDENCIES = $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) $(am__DEPENDENCIES_2) \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_3) $(am__DEPENDENCIES_4)
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ H5CC = $(bindir)/h5cc
 H5CC_PP = $(bindir)/h5pcc
 H5FC = $(bindir)/h5fc
 H5FC_PP = $(bindir)/h5pfc
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src $(top_builddir)/src
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_builddir)/src -I$(top_srcdir)/hl/src
 AM_FCFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/fortran/src -I$(top_builddir)/hl/fortran/src $(F9XMODFLAG)$(top_builddir)/fortran/src $(F9XMODFLAG)$(top_builddir)/hl/fortran/src
 
 # Fortran libraries are linked statically to solve a build problem.
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ AM_LDFLAGS = -static
 
 # Our main target, the test programs
 TEST_PROG = tstlite tstimage tsttable
-LDADD = $(LIBH5_HL) $(LIBH5F_HL) $(LIBH5F) $(LIBHDF5)
+LDADD = $(LIBH5F_HL) $(LIBH5F) $(LIBH5_HL)  $(LIBHDF5)
 
 # Source files for the programs
 tstlite_SOURCES = tstlite.f90
diff --git a/hl/src/H5IM.c b/hl/src/H5IM.c
index a6709c03a5..71841a9016 100644
--- a/hl/src/H5IM.c
+++ b/hl/src/H5IM.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
  ****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "H5IM.h"
-#include "../../fortran/src/H5f90i_gen.h"
 
 
 #include <string.h>
@@ -21,13 +20,11 @@
  * private functions
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
-static 
 herr_t H5IM_get_palette( hid_t loc_id, 
                          const char *image_name,
                          int pal_number,
                          hid_t tid,
-                         int_f *pal_data);
-
+                         void *pal_data);
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: H5IMmake_image_8bit
@@ -1268,412 +1265,6 @@ out:
 
 }
 
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Function: H5IMmake_image_8bitf
- *
- * Purpose: Creates and writes an image an 8 bit image
- *
- * Return: Success: 0, Failure: -1
- *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente Nunes, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
- *
- * Date: May 10, 2005
- *
- * Comments:
- *  This function allows the creation and writing of an 8bit image on disk.
- *  The memory datatype is H5T_NATIVE_INT. It is supposed to be called from
- *  the FORTRAN interface where the image buffer is defined as type "integer"
- *
- * Modifications:
- *
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-herr_t H5IMmake_image_8bitf( hid_t loc_id, 
-                             const char *dset_name, 
-                             hsize_t width,
-                             hsize_t height,
-                             int_f *buf )
-{
- hid_t    did;                  /* dataset ID */
- hid_t    sid;                  /* space ID */
- hsize_t  dims[IMAGE8_RANK];  /* dimensions */
- 
- /* initialize the image dimensions */
- dims[0] = height; 
- dims[1] = width; 
- dims[2] = 1; 
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * create and write the dataset
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-  
- /* create the data space for the dataset. */
- if ((sid=H5Screate_simple(IMAGE8_RANK,dims,NULL))<0)
-  return -1;
-
- /* create the dataset as H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR */
- if ((did=H5Dcreate(loc_id,dset_name,H5T_NATIVE_UINT8,sid,H5P_DEFAULT))<0)
-  return -1;
-
- /* write with memory type H5T_NATIVE_INT */
- /* Use long type if Fortran integer is 8 bytes and C long long is also 8 bytes*/
- /* Fail if otherwise */
- if (buf) 
- {
-  if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(int)) {
-  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_INT,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf)<0)
-   return -1;}
-  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long)) {
-  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_LONG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf)<0)
-   return -1;}
-  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long long)) {
-  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_LLONG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf)<0)
-   return -1;}
-  else
-   return -1;
- }
-
- /* close */
- if (H5Dclose(did)<0)
-  return -1;
- if (H5Sclose(sid)<0)
-  return -1;
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * attach the specification attributes
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-  
- /* attach the CLASS attribute */
- if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "CLASS", IMAGE_CLASS ) < 0 )
-  return -1;
-
- /* attach the VERSION attribute */
- if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "IMAGE_VERSION", IMAGE_VERSION ) < 0 )
-  return -1;
-
- /* attach the IMAGE_SUBCLASS attribute */
- if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "IMAGE_SUBCLASS", "IMAGE_INDEXED" ) < 0 )
-  return -1;
-
- return 0;
-}
-
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Function: H5IMmake_image_24bitf
- *
- * Purpose:
- *
- * Return: Success: 0, Failure: -1
- *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente Nunes, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
- *
- * Date: May 10, 2005
- *
- * Comments:
- *  This function allows the creation and writing of an 8bit image on disk.
- *  The memory datatype is H5T_NATIVE_INT. It is supposed to be called from
- *  the FORTRAN interface where the image buffer is defined as type "integer"
- *
- * Interlace Mode Dimensions in the Dataspace 
- * INTERLACE_PIXEL [height][width][pixel components] 
- * INTERLACE_PLANE [pixel components][height][width] 
- *
- *
- * Modifications:
- *
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-herr_t H5IMmake_image_24bitf( hid_t loc_id, 
-                              const char *dset_name, 
-                              hsize_t width,
-                              hsize_t height,
-                              const char *interlace,
-                              int_f *buf)
-{
- hid_t    did;                /* dataset ID */
- hid_t    sid;                /* space ID */
- hsize_t  dims[IMAGE24_RANK]; /* dimensions */
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * attach the image dimensions according to the interlace mode
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- if ( strcmp( interlace, "INTERLACE_PIXEL" ) == 0 ) 
- {
-  /* Number of color planes is defined as the third dimension */
-  dims[0] = height; 
-  dims[1] = width; 
-  dims[2] = IMAGE24_RANK; 
- }
- else
- if ( strcmp( interlace, "INTERLACE_PLANE" ) == 0 ) 
- {
-  /* Number of color planes is defined as the first dimension */
-  dims[0] = IMAGE24_RANK; 
-  dims[1] = height; 
-  dims[2] = width; 
- }
- else return -1;
- 
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * create and write the dataset
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-  
- /* create the data space for the dataset. */
- if ((sid=H5Screate_simple(IMAGE24_RANK,dims,NULL))<0)
-  return -1;
-
- /* create the dataset as H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR */
- if ((did=H5Dcreate(loc_id,dset_name,H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR,sid,H5P_DEFAULT))<0)
-  return -1;
-
- /* write with memory type H5T_NATIVE_INT */
- if (buf) 
- {
-  if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(int)) {
-  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_INT,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf)<0)
-   return -1;}
-  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long)) {
-  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_LONG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf)<0)
-   return -1;}
-  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long long)) {
-  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_LLONG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf)<0)
-   return -1;}
-  else
-   return -1;
- }
-
- /* close */
- if (H5Dclose(did)<0)
-  return -1;
- if (H5Sclose(sid)<0)
-  return -1;
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * attach the specification attributes
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- /* Attach the CLASS attribute */
- if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "CLASS", IMAGE_CLASS ) < 0 )
-  return -1;
-
- /* Attach the VERSION attribute */
- if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "IMAGE_VERSION", IMAGE_VERSION ) < 0 )
-  return -1;
-
- /* Attach the IMAGE_SUBCLASS attribute */
- if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "IMAGE_SUBCLASS", "IMAGE_TRUECOLOR" ) < 0 )
-  return -1;
-
- /* Attach the INTERLACE_MODE attribute. This attributes is only for true color images */
- if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, dset_name, "INTERLACE_MODE", interlace ) < 0 )
-  return -1;
-
- return 0;
-
-}
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Function: H5IMread_imagef
- *
- * Purpose: Reads image data from disk.
- *
- * Return: Success: 0, Failure: -1
- *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente Nunes, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
- *
- * Date: May 10, 2005
- *
- * Comments:
- *  This function allows reading of an 8bit image on disk.
- *  The memory datatype is H5T_NATIVE_INT. It is supposed to be called from
- *  the FORTRAN interface where the image buffer is defined as type "integer"
- *
- * Modifications:
- *
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-herr_t H5IMread_imagef( hid_t loc_id, 
-                        const char *dset_name, 
-                        int_f *buf )
-{
- hid_t   did;  
-
- /* open the dataset */
- if ( (did = H5Dopen( loc_id, dset_name )) < 0 )
-  return -1;
-
- /* read to memory type H5T_NATIVE_INT */
- if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(int)){
- if ( H5Dread( did, H5T_NATIVE_INT, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf ) < 0 )
-  goto out;}
- else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long)) {
- if ( H5Dread( did, H5T_NATIVE_LONG, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf ) < 0 )
-  goto out;}
- else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long long)) {
- if ( H5Dread( did, H5T_NATIVE_LLONG, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf ) < 0 )
-  goto out;}
- else
-  goto out;
-
- /* close */
- if ( H5Dclose( did ) )
-  return -1;
- return 0;
-
-out:
- H5Dclose( did );
- return -1;
-
-}
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Function: H5IMmake_palettef
- *
- * Purpose: Creates and writes a palette.
- *
- * Return: Success: 0, Failure: -1
- *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente Nunes, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
- *
- * Date: May 10, 2005
- *
- * Comments:
- *  This function allows writing of an 8bit palette to disk.
- *  The memory datatype is H5T_NATIVE_INT. It is supposed to be called from
- *  the FORTRAN interface where the image buffer is defined as type "integer"
- *
- *  based on HDF5 Image and Palette Specification  
- *  http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/H5Image/ImageSpec.html
- *
- * Modifications:
- *
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-herr_t H5IMmake_palettef( hid_t loc_id, 
-                          const char *pal_name,
-                          const hsize_t *pal_dims,
-                          int_f *pal_data ) 
-
-{  
- 
- hid_t did;                /* dataset ID */
- hid_t sid;                /* space ID */
- int   has_pal;
- 
- /* Check if the dataset already exists */
- has_pal = H5LTfind_dataset( loc_id, pal_name );
- 
- /* It exists. Return */
- if ( has_pal == 1 )
-  return 0;
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * create and write the dataset
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-  
- /* create the data space for the dataset. */
- if ((sid=H5Screate_simple(2,pal_dims,NULL))<0)
-  return -1;
-
- /* create the dataset as H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR */
- if ((did=H5Dcreate(loc_id,pal_name,H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR,sid,H5P_DEFAULT))<0)
-  return -1;
-
- /* write with memory type H5T_NATIVE_INT */
- if (pal_data) 
- {
-  if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(int)) {
-  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_INT,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,pal_data)<0)
-   return -1;}
-  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long)) {
-  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_LONG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,pal_data)<0)
-   return -1;}
-  else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long long)) {
-  if (H5Dwrite(did,H5T_NATIVE_LLONG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,pal_data)<0)
-   return -1;}
-  else
-   return -1;
- }
-
- /* close */
- if (H5Dclose(did)<0)
-  return -1;
- if (H5Sclose(sid)<0)
-  return -1;
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * attach the specification attributes
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- /* Attach the attribute "CLASS" to the >>palette<< dataset*/
- if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, pal_name, "CLASS", PALETTE_CLASS ) < 0 )
-  return -1;
-
- /* Attach the attribute "PAL_VERSION" to the >>palette<< dataset*/
- if ( H5LTset_attribute_string( loc_id, pal_name, "PAL_VERSION", "1.2" ) < 0 )
-  return -1;
- 
- return 0;
-
-}
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Function: H5IMget_palettef
- *
- * Purpose: Read palette
- *
- * Return: Success: 0, Failure: -1
- *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente Nunes, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
- *
- * Date: May 10, 2005
- *
- * Comments:
- *  This function allows reading of an 8bit palette from disk.
- *  The memory datatype is H5T_NATIVE_INT. It is supposed to be called from
- *  the FORTRAN interface where the image buffer is defined as type "integer"
- *
- *  based on HDF5 Image and Palette Specification  
- *  http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/H5Image/ImageSpec.html
- *
- * Modifications:
- *
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-herr_t H5IMget_palettef( hid_t loc_id, 
-                         const char *image_name,
-                         int pal_number,
-                         int_f *pal_data )
-{
- if(sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(int))
-  return H5IM_get_palette(loc_id,image_name,pal_number,H5T_NATIVE_INT,pal_data);
- else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long))
-  return H5IM_get_palette(loc_id,image_name,pal_number,H5T_NATIVE_LONG,pal_data);
- else if (sizeof(int_f) == sizeof(long long))
-  return H5IM_get_palette(loc_id,image_name,pal_number,H5T_NATIVE_LLONG,pal_data);
- else
-  return -1;
-
-}
-
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: H5IM_get_palette
  *
@@ -1700,13 +1291,11 @@ herr_t H5IMget_palettef( hid_t loc_id,
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
-
-static 
 herr_t H5IM_get_palette( hid_t loc_id, 
                          const char *image_name,
                          int pal_number,
                          hid_t tid,
-                         int_f *pal_data)
+                         void *pal_data)
 {
  hid_t      image_id;
  int        has_pal;
@@ -1793,4 +1382,5 @@ out:
  H5Dclose( image_id );
  return -1;
 
+
 }
diff --git a/hl/src/H5IM.h b/hl/src/H5IM.h
index 27359dd601..aaec4211a8 100644
--- a/hl/src/H5IM.h
+++ b/hl/src/H5IM.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #define _H5IM_H
 
 #include "H5LT.h"
-#include "../../fortran/src/H5f90i_gen.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -90,32 +89,8 @@ herr_t H5IMis_image( hid_t loc_id,
 herr_t H5IMis_palette( hid_t loc_id, 
                      const char *dset_name );
 
-herr_t H5IMmake_image_8bitf( hid_t loc_id, 
-                             const char *dset_name, 
-                             hsize_t width,
-                             hsize_t height,
-                             int_f *buf );
-
-herr_t H5IMmake_image_24bitf( hid_t loc_id, 
-                              const char *dset_name, 
-                              hsize_t width,
-                              hsize_t height,
-                              const char *interlace,
-                              int_f *buf);
-
-herr_t H5IMread_imagef( hid_t loc_id, 
-                        const char *dset_name, 
-                        int_f *buf );
-
-herr_t H5IMmake_palettef( hid_t loc_id, 
-                          const char *pal_name,
-                          const hsize_t *pal_dims,
-                          int_f *pal_data );
-
-herr_t H5IMget_palettef( hid_t loc_id, 
-                         const char *image_name,
-                         int pal_number,
-                         int_f *pal_data );
+herr_t H5IM_find_palette( hid_t loc_id );
+                
 
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/hl/src/H5LT.c b/hl/src/H5LT.c
index acee4a73eb..8a190834f9 100644
--- a/hl/src/H5LT.c
+++ b/hl/src/H5LT.c
@@ -1571,8 +1571,7 @@ herr_t H5LTset_attribute_long( hid_t loc_id,
  *
  * Date: June 17, 2005
  *
- * Comments: This function was added to support 8-bytes int_f type that
- *           may correspond to INTEGER*8 in Fortran
+ * Comments: This function was added to support attributes of type long long
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1580,7 +1579,7 @@ herr_t H5LTset_attribute_long( hid_t loc_id,
 herr_t H5LTset_attribute_long_long( hid_t loc_id, 
                                const char *obj_name, 
                                const char *attr_name,
-                               const long long *data,
+                               const long_long *data,
                                size_t size ) 
 {
  
@@ -2495,7 +2494,6 @@ herr_t H5LTget_attribute_long_long( hid_t loc_id,
 
 }
 
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: H5LTget_attribute_ulong
diff --git a/hl/src/H5LT.h b/hl/src/H5LT.h
index 63f9c8ec47..9b50db3f76 100644
--- a/hl/src/H5LT.h
+++ b/hl/src/H5LT.h
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ herr_t H5LTset_attribute_long( hid_t loc_id,
 herr_t H5LTset_attribute_long_long( hid_t loc_id, 
                                const char *obj_name, 
                                const char *attr_name,
-                               const long long *buffer,
+                               const long_long *buffer,
                                size_t size );
 
 herr_t H5LTset_attribute_ulong( hid_t loc_id,