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***********************************************************************
* HDF5 Build and Install Instructions for Windows XP/VISTA *
* (Full Version) *
***********************************************************************
The following instructions assume that the HDF5 binary code package from
HDF website (http://hdfgroup.org) is used.
Warnings:
Please read CAREFULLY about the following preconditions and notes first.
Contents:
Section : Preconditions and Notes
Section I : What do we provide?
Section II : How to build examples (optional)
Section III : How to build an application using the HDF5 library or DLL
Section IV : How to build HDF5 for 64-bit Windows
Section V : How to build HDF5 applications using Visual Studio 2010
Section VI : Misc.
========================================================================
Preconditions and Notes
========================================================================
Preconditions:
1. Installed Microsoft Visual Studio. This document is written for Visual
Studio 2008. Express Editions may work with the project files
but not from the command line. We do not support the Express Editions.
2. (Optional) Installed Intel Compiler 10.1 or 11.1 if you want to use HDF5
Fortran libraries.
3. Install Winzip or 7-zip for extracting source tarball.
Note: 1. 7zip is an open-source alternative to WinZip. Some of the
advanced functionality is disabled in WinZip unless you buy the
software. With 7zip, most of this functionality is included for
free.
5. Set up a directory structure to unpack the library. For example:
c:\ (any drive)
MyHDFstuff\ (any folder name)
6. Download the hdf5-1.8.x binary code package and use 7zip or WinZip to
extract the HDF5 package into c:\MyHDFstuff. This creates a directory
called 'hdf5-1.8.x' under MyHDFstuff which contains several files and
directories. Rename "hdf5-1.8.x" to "hdf5".
7. HDF5 provide options to do in-memory compression within HDF5 library.
Currently, two external compression libraries Zlib and Szip can be used
with HDF5.
7.1 HDF5 uses Zlib version 1.2.5 for compression and Zlib is
distributed with HDF5 library in 1.8.x release.
7.2 HDF5 uses Szip version 2.1 for compression and Szip compression
software is provided with HDF5 products in 1.8.x release.
Please note that Szip is not a totally open-source free software.
For licensing issue of Szip, please check "Licensing terms" at
http://hdfgroup.org/doc_resource/SZIP/index.html.
Szip compression feature inside HDF5 is enabled by default.
8. Set up path for libraries and headers
Invoke Microsoft Visual Studio and go to "Tools" and select "Options",
find "Projects", and then "VC++ Directories".
8.1 If you are building on 64-bit Windows, find the "Platform" dropdown
and select "x64".
8.2 Find the box "Show directories for", choose "Include files", if you
can not find your HDF5 header path (for example,
c:\MyHDFstuff\include) from the directory list, add the
header path (c:\MyHDFstuff\include) to the included
directories.
8.3 Find the box "Show directories for", choose "Library files". If you
cannot find your HDF5 library path (for example,
c:\MyHDFstuff\dll) from the directory list, add the library
path (c:\MyHDFstuff\dll) to the library directories.
8.4 If building Fortran applications, you will also need to setup the path
for the Intel Fortran compiler. Please see Section VI.
Notes:
1. HDF4-related tools are not built and released with HDF5 library packages
any more. To obtain HDF4 related tools, please check
http://hdfgroup.org/h4toh5/ and ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/h4toh5
2. For Fortran users, Intel Fortran Compiler 10.1 is currently supported
-- please see Section VI. Intel Compiler 11.1 can be used but the project files
must be upgraded within the Visual Studio IDE.
========================================================================
Section I: What do we provide?
========================================================================
1. Provide
HDF5 static library:
release version
HDF5 Dynamic Link Library(DLL):
release version as well as export libraries for DLL
HDF5 High-Level Library (Optional):
HDF5 C++ Library
HDF5 HL-Fortran Library
HDF5 tools:
HDF5 tools
HDF5 tool library:
release version
HDF5 tool export library for DLL:
release version
2. Examples (Not included in the binary distribution)
HDF5 examples:
Simple HDF5 C/C++/Fortran and High level C/Fortran examples
========================================================================
Section II: How To Build Examples (Optional)
========================================================================
Simple examples have been provided for users to test HDF5 C/C++/Fortran and
High level C/Fortran library and tools.
Note:
1) To build HDF5 C++ examples, HDF5 C++ library must have been installed in
Step I.
2) To build HDF5 Fortran or HL Fortran examples, please see Section VI,
Step 3.
3) To build HDF5 High Level C examples, HDF5 High level library must have
been installed in step I.
4) By default, the HDF5 binary distribution only includes the release
versions of HDF5 C/C++ libraries and DLLs.
To build and test HDF5 C examples:
----------------------------------
1. Invoke Microsoft Visual Studio, go to "File" and select the "Open
Solution" option.
Then open the solution
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows\examples\allexamples\allexamples.sln.
2. Select "Build", and "Configuration Manager".
2.1 To build debug versions of C examples:
In "Active Solution Configuration", select "Debug". Select "Close".
Select "Build" -> "Build Solution" or "Rebuild Solution" to build
debug version of project "allexamples".
2.2 To build release versions of C examples.
In "Active Solution Configuration", select "Release". Select "Close".
Select "Build" -> "Build Solution" or "Rebuild Solution" to build
release version of project "allexamples".
When the debug and release build is done, there should be the following
subdirectories in c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\examples\
attributetest
attributetestdll
chunkread
chunkreaddll
compoundtest
compoundtestdll
extendwritetest
extendwritetestdll
grouptest
grouptestdll
readtest
readtestdll
selectest
selectestdll
writetest
writetestdll
3. Invoke a command prompt window and run the batch file InstallExamples.bat
which resides in the top level directory (c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5). This file
creates 4 new directories, examplesREL, examplesRELDLL, examplesDBG, and
examplesDBGDLL, in the c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\examples directory and places
all the executables in it. Both the release and debug versions of the
examples should be built before this step is done.
4. We provide a batch file named testExamples.bat and an expected examples
tests output file named testExamples_exp_output.txt in
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\examples directory for you to test HDF5 C examples.
testExamples.bat batch file has 4 options:
testExamples release -- for release version
testExamples release dll -- for release DLL version
testExamples debug -- for debug version
testExamples debug dll -- for debug DLL version
Invoke a command prompt and run testExamples.bat with appropriate options.
You should get "All HDF5 C examples tests passed." when the C examples are
built successfully. Otherwise, the difference between the expected
outputs and actual outputs will be given.
To build and test HDF5 C++ examples:
------------------------------------
1. Invoke Microsoft Visual Studio, go to "File" and select the "Open
Solution" option.
Then open the solution
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows\examples\allexamples\allcppexamples.sln.
2. Select "Build", and "Configuration Manager".
2.1 To build debug versions of C examples:
In "Active Solution Configuration", select "Debug". Select "Close".
Select "Build" -> "Build Solution" or "Rebuild Solution" to build
debug version of project "allcppexamples".
2.2 To build release versions of C examples.
In "Active Solution Configuration", select "Release". Select "Close".
Select "Build" -> "Build Solution" or "Rebuild Solution" to build
release version of project "allcppexamples".
When the debug build or release build is done, there should be the following
subdirectories in c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\c++\examples\
chunks
chunksdll
compound
compounddll
create
createdll
extend_ds
extend_dsll
h5group
h5groupdll
readdata
readdatadll
writedata
writedatadll
3. Invoke a command prompt window and run the batch file
InstallcppExamples.bat which resides in the top level directory
(c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5). This file creates 4 new directories,
cppexamplesREL, cppexamplesRELDLL, cppexamplesDBG, and cppexamplesDBGDLL,
in the c:\MyHDFstuff\c++\examples directory and places all the executables
in it. Both the release and debug versions of the examples should be
built before this step is done.
4. We provide a batch file named testcppExamples.bat in
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\c++\examples directory for you to test HDF5 C++
examples.
testcppExamples.bat batch file has 4 options:
testcppExamples release -- for release version
testcppExamples release dll -- for release DLL version
testcppExamples debug -- for debug version
testcppExamples debug dll -- for debug DLL version
Invoke a command prompt and run testcppExamples.bat with appropriate
options. You should get "All HDF5 C++ examples tests passed." when the
C++ examples are built successfully. Otherwise, the difference between
the expected outputs and actual outputs will be given.
To build and test HDF5 High Level C examples:
---------------------------------------------
1. Invoke Microsoft Visual Studio, go to "File" and select the "Open
Solution" option.
Then open the solution
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows\hl\examples\allhlcexamples\allhlcexamples.sln
2. Select "Build", and "Configuration Manager".
2.1 To build debug versions of C examples:
In "Active Solution Configuration", select "Debug". Select "Close".
Select "Build" -> "Build Solution" or "Rebuild Solution" to build
debug version of project "allhlcexamples".
2.2 To build release versions of C examples.
In "Active Solution Configuration", select "Release". Select "Close".
Select "Build" -> "Build Solution" or "Rebuild Solution" to build
release version of project "allhlcexamples".
When the debug and release build is done, binaries will be built in the
following subdirectories of c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\examples\
ex_image[1-2](dll)
ex_lite1(dll)
ex_table[01-12](dll)
ex_ds1(dll)
ptExample[FL+VL](dll)
3. Invoke a command prompt and run the batch file Install_hlcexamples.bat
which resides in the top level directory (c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5). This file
creates 4 new directories, HLCexamplesRELEASE, HLCexamplesRELEASEDLL,
HLCexamplesDEBUG, and HLCexamplesDEBUGDLL, in the
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hl\examples directory and places all the executables in
it. Both the release and debug versions of the examples should be built
before this step is done.
4. We provide a batch file named test_hl_cexamples.bat in
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hl\examples directory for you to test HDF5 high level C
examples.
test_hl_cexamples.bat batch file has 4 options:
Options purpose
test_hl_cexamples release -- for release version
test_hl_cexamples release dll -- for release DLL version
test_hl_cexamples debug -- for debug version
test_hl_cexamples debug dll -- for debug DLL version
Invoke a command prompt window and run test_hl_cexamples with
appropriate options.
Invoke a command prompt and run testExamples.bat with appropriate options.
You should get "All of the HL C Examples Passed!" when the HL C examples
are built successfully. Otherwise, the difference between the expected
outputs and actual outputs will be given.
========================================================================
Section III: Building an application using the HDF5 library or DLL
========================================================================
Waring: The instructions below will only describe how to build an application
using the release version of the HDF5 library or DLL. To use the debug
version of the HDF5 library or DLL, you need to substitute the release
version of the HDF5 library or DLL with the debug version.
To build an application that uses the HDF5 static library the following
locations will need to be specified for locating header files and linking with
the HDF static library, for example:
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5lib\release\include
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5lib\release\lib
We assume that you will use Zlib and Szip compression with HDF5 library.
1. Specifying Include Directories
To specify the include directories in the settings for your Visual Studio
project, you may choose one of the following two methods.
Method One: Project-wide Settings
1. Open your project in Microsoft Visual Studio and make sure it is the
active project.
2. Go to the Project menu and chose the "Properties" option.
3. Choose the build configuration you would like to modify in the drop
down menu labeled "Configuration:"
4. Choose the "C/C++" tab, and select "General".
5. In a text-area labeled with "Additional Include Directories:", add
HDF5, Zlib, and Szip header files directories. For example:
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5lib\release\include
c:\zlib\include
c:\szip\include
Then click OK.
6. (Optional) To use HDF5 Fortran static library, the location of
Fortran module files should be specified by following Project->
Settings->Fortran->Preprocessor, and in the text-area labeled
"Additional Include Directories", add HDF5 Fortran module files
directories. For example:
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5lib\release\include
Method Two: Visual Studio Settings
1. In Visual STudio, go to Tools->Options->Projects->
VC++ Directories. Under "Show Directories For", select "Include files"
2. Insert the correct HDF5, Zlib, Szip paths for headers(include). For
example,
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5lib\release\include
c:\zlib\include
c:\szip\include
2. Specifying Library Directories
To specify the library directories in the settings for your Visual Studio
project, you may choose one of the following two methods.
Method One: Project-wide Settings
1. Open your project in Microsoft Visual Studio and make sure it is the
active project.
2. Go to the Project menu and chose the "Properties" option.
3. Choose the build configuration you would like to modify in the drop
down menu labeled "Configuration:"
4. Choose the "Linker" tab, and select "General".
5. In a text-area labeled with "Additional Library Directories:", add
HDF5, Zlib, and Szip library files directories. For example:
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5lib\release\lib
c:\zlib\dll
c:\szip\dll
Note: To link with HDF5 DLLs rathern that static libraries, simply
specify the "dll" directory rather than "lib", and link with the
corresponding DLL link library below.
Then click OK.
Method Two: Visual Studio Settings
1. In Visual STudio, go to Tools->Options->Projects->
VC++ Directories. Under "Show Directories For", select "Library files"
2. Insert the correct HDF5, Zlib, Szip paths for link libraries. For
example,
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5lib\release\lib
c:\zlib\dll
c:\szip\dll
Note: To link with HDF5 DLLs rathern that static libraries, simply
specify the "dll" directory rather than "lib", and link with the
corresponding DLL link library below.
3. Specifying Libraries to Link
To link the HDF5 static library with your application:
1. In Visual Studio, go to the Project menu and choose "Properties".
2. Find the "Link" option and "Input" category. In the "Additional
Dependencies" field, insert "zlib.lib, libszip.lib, hdf5.lib".
3. (Optional) Also insert "hdf5_cpp.lib" if you want to use HDF5 C++
static library.
4. (Optional) Also insert "hdf5_fortran.lib" if you want to use HDF5
Fortran static library.
5. (Optional) Also insert "hdf5_hl.lib" if you want to use HDF5 high
level static library.
6. (Optional) Also insert "hdf5_hl_cpp.lib" if you want to use HDF5 High
Level C++ static library.
7. (Optional) Also insert "hdf5_hl_fortran.lib" if you want to use HDF5
High Level Fortran static library.
To link the HDF5 DLL library with your application:
1. Follow the steps for linking the HDF5 static library as shown above,
except now link the export library that is created with the DLL.
The export library is called hdf5dll.lib for HDF5 C libray,
hdf5_cppdll.lib for HDF5 C++ library, and hdf5_fortrandll.lib
for HDF5 Fortran library.
2. In the Project Properties dialog, go to the C/C++ > Preprocessor
subsection. In the "Preprocessor Definitions" box, add "_HDF5USEDLL_"
to the list.
3. (Optional) Also add HDF5CPP_USEDLL to use HDF5 C++ DLL.
4. (Optional) Also add _HDF5USEHLDLL_ to use HDF5 high level DLL.
5. (Optional) Also add HDF5USE_HLCPPDLL use HDF5 high level C++ DLL.
6. (Optional) Follow Project->Settings->Fortran->Category->General->
Predefined Preprocess or Symbols, and add "HDF5F90_WINDOWS" to use HDF5
Fortran DLL.
7. Place the DLLs in a location that Windows will be able to locate. The
searched path and order for DLL's is
a) The directory where the executable module for the current
process is located.
b) The current directory.
c} The Windows system directory. The GetSystemDirectory function
retrieves the path of this directory.
d) The Windows directory. The GetWindowsDirectory function
retrieves the path of this directory.
e) The directories listed in the PATH environment variable.
========================================================================
Section IV: How to build HDF5 for 64-bit Windows
========================================================================
HDF5 is available for 64-bit Windows in Visual Studio 2008.
Prerequisites:
1. A 64-bit Windows machine.
2. Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 installed with x64 Extensions.
Building:
Building 64-bit Windows binaries is very similar to the process for 32-bit.
Therefore, you may follow the instructions in Section II with the following
modifications.
1. The x64 platform must be selected in the build configuration for
debug and release versions. Before building, go to "Build",
"Configuration Manager". In the "Active solution platform" box,
select "x64", and press "Close".
2. 64-bit HDF5 applications must be built with 64-bit external libraries.
You must add the include and
library paths for x64 configurations as you have in the
"Prerequisites" section. This is also true for Intel Fortran if
Fortran libraries are to be built.
========================================================================
Section V: How to build HDF5 applications using Visual Studio 2010
========================================================================
Building with Visual Studio 2010 is very similar to building with Visual Studio
2008, with some minor changes. Therefore, follow the build instructions above,
with the following considerations:
1. Visual Studio 2010 uses a new format for project files, but Visual Studio
2008 project files can be easily converted. The HDF5 project files
will need to be converted on first use. To do so:
1.1. Open the HDF5 Visual Studio 2008 solution file as in Section II
(all.sln)
NOTE. Intel Fortran 11.1 currently does not integrate with Visual Studio 2010.
1.2. You will be prompted with an automatic conversion wizard. Click
through, accepting the default values. You may choose to create
backups of the project files, although it isn't necessary.
1.3. When it is finished, it should state that all projects were
converted successfully with no errors. Warnings can be ignored.
2. Once the project files have been converted, build and test normally.
Note that the converted project files aren't backwards compatible with
previous versions of Visual Studio.
========================================================================
Section VI: Misc.
========================================================================
1. Helpful Pointers
Here are some helpful notes if you are not familiar with
using the Visual C++ Development Environment.
1.1 Project name and location issues:
It is recommended that you use the given directory structure for building
HDF5. However, it is possible to create your own structure. If you must
install all.sln and all.vcproj in another directory, relative to hdf5
directory, you will be asked to locate the sub-project files, when you open
the project all.sln.
If you want to rename "all" (the entire project), you will need to modify
two files all.sln and all.vcproj as text (contrary to the explicit warnings
in the files).
1.2 Settings... details:
If you create your own project, the necessary settings can be read
from the all.vcproj file (as text), or from the Project Settings in the
Visual Studio project settings dialog.
1.3 FAQ
Many other common questions and hints are located online and being updated
in the HDF5 FAQ. For Windows-specific questions, please see:
http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/windows/faq.html
For all other general questions, you can look in the general FAQ:
http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5-FAQ.html
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Please send email to help@hdfgroup.org for further assistance.