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Add short version instruction for Visual C++ .net 2003
Description:
Short version instruction for building and testing HDF5
with Visual C++ .Net was added.
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HDF5 Build and Install Instructions for Windows XP with MSVS .NET 2003
(Short Version)
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Note: This short instruction is written for users who want to quickly
build HDF5 library and tools from the HDF5 source code package
with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 but do not want to know HDF5
building and installation details on Windows XP.
For detailed HDF5 build and install information, or if you have
trouble following any steps in the instructions, please refer to
INSTALL_Windows.txt for further information.
For users who would like to build and test HDF5 package from the
command line, please refer to
INSATLL_Windows_From_Command_Line.txt.
***************************WARNINGS*************************************
Please read CAREFULLY about HDF5 build and install preconditions and
notes in INSTALL_Windows.txt before starting below procedures.
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Preconditions:
a. Setup Szip Library for Visual Studio .Net 2003 Compiler.
Szip source codes or binaries can be downloaded
from the following address:
ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/szip/bin/windows.
b. Set up path for external libraries and headers
Skip this part if you don't want to use ANY compression features
provided by HDF5. Please do read section V.
You have to read this part even if you want to only use Zlib
or Szip. You also need to read section V.
Invoke Microsoft Visual C++ .Net and go to "Tools" and select
"Options". In the left pane of "Option" window poped up,
choose and extend "Projects", Click on "VC++ Directories".
In the right pane, Find the box "Show directories for", choose
"Include files", if you can not find your Zlib and Szip
header path
(for example, c:\zlib122\include, c:\szip\include)
from the directory list, add the header path
(c:\zlib122\include, c:\szip\include) to the
included directories.
Find the box "Show directories for", choose "Library files",
If you cannot find your Zlib and Szip library path
(for example, c:\zlib122\lib, c:\szip\dll)
from the directory list, add the library path
(c:\zlib122\lib, c:\szip\dll) to the library directories.
1. Open all.dsw workspace
Invoke Microsoft Visual C++ .Net 2003. From the main
menu, go to "File" and select "Open Solution". In
the "Open Solution" window, Change "Files of type" to
"All Project Files". Choose "all.dsw" under the directory
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows\proj\all. In the pop up window,
chooise "Yes To All" to convert all project files to Visual
C++ .Net project format.
2. Building HDF5 C and C++ Libraries
Users can choose the desirable libraries to be built according
to the following describtion.
2.1 If you don't want to build HDF5 C++ Libraries,
Go to "Build" and select "Configuration Manager". Choose "Release"
or "Debug" under "Active Solution Configuration"
Disable the following projects:
dsets_cpp
dsets_cppdll
hdf5_cpp
hdf5_cppdll
testhdf5_cpp
testhdf5_cppdll
hdf5_hl_cpp
hl_test_table_cpp
Click on "OK", From the main menu, choose "Build"-> "Build" or
"Rebuild ALL" to build both release and debug version of HDF5
Libraries.
2.2 If you don't want to build HDF5 Fortran Libraries,
Go to "Build" and select "Configuration Manager". Choose "Release"
or "Debug" under "Active Solution Configuration"
Disable the following projects:
flush1_fortran
flush1_fortrandll
flush2_fortran
flush2_fortrandll
hdf5_f90cstub
hdf5_f90cstubdll
hdf5_fortran
hdf5_fortrandll
libtest_cstubdll
libtest_fortran
libtest_fortrandll
testhdf5_fortran
testhdf5_fortrandll
hdf5_hl_fortran
hl_test_image_fortran
hl_test_lite_fortran
hl_test_table_fortran
Click on "OK", From the main menu, choose "Build"-> "Build" or
"Rebuild ALL" to build both release and debug version of HDF5
Libraries.
2.3 If you don't want to build HDF5 High-Level Libraries,
Go to "Build" and select "Configuration Manager". Choose "Release"
or "Debug" under "Active Solution Configuration"
Disable the following projects:
hdf5_hl
hl_test_image
hl_test_lite
hl_test_table
hl_test_ds
hl_test_packet
Click on "OK", From the main menu, choose "Build"-> "Build" or
"Rebuild ALL" to build both release and debug version of HDF5
Libraries.
2.4 If you don't want to build HDF5 C++ High-Level C++ Libraries,
Go to "Build" and select "Configuration Manager".
Choose "Release" or "Debug" under "Active Solution Configuration"
Disable the following projects:
hdf5_hl_cpp
hl_test_table_cpp
Click on "OK", From the main menu, choose "Build"-> "Build" or
"Rebuild ALL" to build both release and debug version of HDF5
Libraries.
2.5 If you don't want to build HDF5 Fortran High-Level Libraries,
Go to "Build" and select "Configuration Manager".
Choose "Release" or "Debug" under "Active Solution Configuration".
Disable the following projects:
hdf5_hl_fortran
hl_test_image_fortran
hl_test_lite_fortran
hl_test_table_fortran
Click on "OK", From the main menu, choose "Build"-> "Build" or
"Rebuild ALL" to build both release and debug version of HDF5
Libraries.
3. Testing HDF5 Libraries and Tools.
HDF5 libraries and tools should be tested to make sure that they were
built correctly.
HDF5 libraries and tools can be tested with hdf5check.bat batch file
in c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5 directory.
hdf5check.bat has four options:
hdf5check test HDF5 C library and tools only
hdf5check enablecpp test HDF5 C/C++ libraries and tools
hdf5check enablefortran test HDF5 C/Fortran libraries
and tools
hdf5check enableall test HDF5 C/C++/Fortran libraries
and tools
Invoke a command prompt window and run hdf5check with appropriate
options.
Test results are saved in two files:
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\tests_results.txt
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\check_results.txt.
In general, you only need to check tests_results.txt. If all the
tests passed, then you do not have to check check_results.txt.
If some tests failed, check check_results.txt can help you
figure out what was wrong.
If you want to test HDF5 libraries and tools one by one, please refer to
section II, step 2 in INSTALL_Windows.txt.
STEP 3: Installing HDF5 Libraries
Run the batch file c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\installhdf5lib.bat to install
all HDF5 libraries and tools into c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5lib directory.
STEP 4: Building HDF5 Examples (Optional)
Please read section II, step 4 in INSTALL_Windows.txt.