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<h1>Instructions for Building and Testing HDF5 from Command Line on Windows XP</h1>
<hr class="first" >
<p class="note">Notes:</p>
<p>1. This instruction is written for users who would like to build HDF5
libraries and tools from the HDF5 source code package on command
line.
</p>
<p>2. Currently, we support:</p>
<ul class="intable">
<li><p>(1) Building and testing HDF5 on command line with Microsoft Visual
C++ 6.0 and Compaq Visual Fortran 6.0.</p>
<li><p>(2) Building and testing HDF5 C and C++ Library on command line with
Microsoft Visual C++ .Net (2003)</p>
<li><p>(3) Building and testing HDF5 C and C++ Library on command line with
Intel C++ Compiler 8.1 integration with Microsoft Visual C++ .Net
2003.</p>
<p>For all other Windows development tools, HDF5 should be built in the development environment.
Please refer to INSTALL_Windows.txt for detailed HDF5 building and installation information, or
INSTALL_Windows_short.txt for quick HDF5 building and installation instructions.
</p>
<li><p>(4) Different compiler is using different batch files on command line
to build HDF5 Libraries.</p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
<table border="1" style="BORDER-RIGHT: blue thin solid; BORDER-TOP: blue thin solid; BORDER-LEFT: blue thin solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: blue thin solid">
<tr>
<th>Compiler Name</th>
<th colspan="2">Batch File 1</th>
<th>Batch File 2</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MSVS 6.0</td>
<td colspan="2">hdf5bt.bat</td>
<td>hdf5build.bat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MSVS .Net</td>
<td colspan="2">hdf5bt_net.bat</td>
<td>hdf5build_net.bat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Intel C++ </td>
<td colspan="2">hdf5bt_intelc.bat</td>
<td>hdf5build_intelc.bat</td></TD>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p>Be careful to choose the corresponding batch file when you choose a procedure below to build HDF5 Libraries.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p class="note">3. Please read CAREFULLY about HDF5 build and install preconditions and notes in INSTALL_Windows.txt before starting below procedures. </p>
<hr class="second" >
<h2>Preconditions</h2>
<hr class="second" >
<h3>1. Add WinZip command line support (Optional)</h3>
<p>To use WinZip command line utility, you have to install WinZip 9.0 or higher version.</p>
<p>If you want to extract zip files on the command line, you should</p>
<ul class="intable">
<li><h4>1.1 Install WinZip command line support add-on 1.1</h4>
<p>Download WinZip command line support add-on 1.1 from <a href="http://www.winzip.com" target="_blank">http://www.winzip.com</a> and install it. </p> <li><h4>1.2 Add WinZip into environment path</h4> <p>Open "System" in Control Panel.
On the "Advanced" tab, click "Environment Variables", click
"Path" in the "System variables" box, then click "Edit" and
add your WinZip path (For example C:\Program Files\WinZip)
into "Variable Value" and click "OK". </p>
<p class="note">Notes:</p>
<p>You can also extract zip files from interactive WinZip
interface without the above two steps. </p>
</li>
</ul>
<hr class="second" >
<h2>Section I: Building and testing HDF5 with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 and Compaq Visual Fortran 6.0.</h2>
<hr class="second" >
<h3>1. Extra Preconditions: </h3>
<ul class="intable">
<li><h4>1.1 Set path for Visual C++ 6.0 and Compaq Visual Fortran 6.0</h4>
<p>Open "System" in Control Panel.</p>
<p>On the "Advanced" tab, click "Environment Variables", click
"Path" in the "System variables" box, then click "Edit" and
add your Visual C++ 6.0 path (For example,
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin\)
and Compaq Visual Fortran 6.0 path (For example,
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin\)
into "Variable Value" and click "OK".</p>
<li><h4>1.2 Run batch file copy_hdf.bat.</h4>
<p>Go to c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows and run copy_hdf.bat. </p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>2. Building and testing HDF5 libraries and tools</h3>
<p>We provide 2 options for users to build test HDF5 libraries and tools.</p>
<ul class="intable">
<li><h4>2.1 Options A: Build and test in one step</h4>
<p>A batch file named hdf5bt.bat in c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5 directory
is provided for users to build and test HDF5 library and tools
together from command line.
</p>
<p>hdf5bt.bat has four options:</p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Options</th>
<th>Illustration</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5bt</td>
<td>build and test C library and tools</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5bt enablecpp</td>
<td>build and test C/C++ libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5bt enablefortran</td>
<td>build and test C/Fortran libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5bt enableall</td>
<td>build and test C/C++/Fortran libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p>Invoke a command prompt window and run hdf5bt with appropriate options.</p>
<p>Test results are saved in two files:</p>
<ul class="normal">
<li>c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5_results.txt
<li>c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\tests_results.txt.</li>
</ul>
<p>In general, you only need to check tests_results.txt.
If all the tests passed, then you do not have to check
hdf5_results.txt. If some tests failed, check
hdf5_results.txt can help you figure out what was wrong.</p>
</li>
<li><h4>2.2 Options B: Build and test in two steps</h4>
<p>We also provide users with the option to build and test HDF5 libraries and tools seperately.</p>
<ul class="intable">
<li><h4>Step 1) Build HDF5 Libraries and Tools</h4>
<p>A batch file named hdf5build.bat in c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5
directory is provided for users to build HDF5 library and
tools from command line.</p>
<p>hdf5build.bat has four options:</p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Options</th>
<th>Illustration</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5build</td>
<td>build C library and tools</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5build enablecpp</td>
<td>build C/C++ libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5build enablefortran</td>
<td>build C/Fortran libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5build enableall</td>
<td>build C/C++/Fortran libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p>Invoke a command prompt window and run hdf5build with
appropriate options. Compiling outputs are saved in
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\build_results.txt. You can check
the file to find out whether there are any compilation
errors.</p>
</li>
<li><h4>Step 2) Test HDF5 Libraries and Tools</h4>
<p>A batch file named hdf5check.bat in c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5
directory is provided for users to test HDF5 library
and tools from command line.</p>
<p>hdf5check.bat has four options:</p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Options</th>
<th>Illustration</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5check</td>
<td>test C library and tools</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5check enablecpp</td>
<td>test C/C++ libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5check enablefortran</td>
<td>test C/Fortran libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5check enableall</td>
<td>test C/C++/Fortran libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p>Invoke a command prompt window and run hdf5check with
appropriate options.</p>
<p>Test results are saved into file:</p>
<ul class="normal">
<li>c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\check_results.txt.</li>
</ul>
<p>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.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>3. Installing HDF5 Libraries</h3>
<p>Run the batch file c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\installhdf5lib.bat to install all
HDF5 libraries and tools into c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5lib directory.</p>
<p>For further information, please refer to INSTALL_WINDOWS.txt.</p>
<hr class="second" >
<h2>SECTION II: Building and testing HDF5 C and C++ Library with Microsoft Visual C++ .Net 2003</h2>
<hr class="second" >
<h3>1. Extra Preconditions:</h3>
<ul class="intable">
<li><h4>1.1 Microsoft Visual C++ .Net 2003 Installed</h4></li>
<li><h4>1.2 Command-based script host (CScript.exe) installed</h4>
<p>Cscript.exe is a command-line version of the Windows Script Host. Users can
check windows system directory to make sure Cscript.exe installed. Cscript.exe
will be used during converting project files from MSVS 6.0 Format to Visual C++
.Net 2003 format from command line.</p></li>
<li><h4>1.3 Set path for Microsoft Visual C++ .Net</h4>
<p>Open "System" in Control Panel.</p>
<p>On the "Advanced" tab, click "Environment Variables", click
"Path" in the "System variables" box, then click "Edit" and
add your Visual C++ .Net path (For example,
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE)
into "Variable Value" and click "OK".</p></li>
<li><h4>1.4 Run batch file copy_hdf.bat.</h4>
<p>Go to c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows and run copy_hdf.bat. This process
will copy all the necessary batch files and text files saved under
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows directory to the directories where they
will be used.</p></li>
<li><h4>1.5 Convert project files format from MSVS 6.0 to MSVS .Net</h4>
<p>Go to directory c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5 and run convert_to_vcproj.bat in the following format:</p>
<ul class="normal">
<li>convert_to_vcproj "Absolute path of directory hdf5" </li>
</ul>
<p>For example:</p>
<ul class="normal">
<li>convert_to_vcproj c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5</li>
</ul>
<p>The converting results will be saved into file convert.log under the directory c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5.
The messages should look like</p>
<ul class="normal">
<li>Converting: c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows\proj\all\all.dsp </li>
<li>New Project Name: c:\MyHDFstuff\\hdf5\windows\proj\all\all.vcproj</li>
</ul>
<p class="note">Notes:</p>
<p>all.sln was provided with HDF5-1.8.0 Release. Users don't need
to convert the workspace from MSVS 6.0 format to MSVS .Net
Format
</p></li>
</ul>
<h3>2. Building HDF5 C and C++ Libraries :</h3>
<p>We provide 2 options for users to build HDF5 libraries and tools.</p>
<ul class="intable">
<li><h4>2.1 Options A: Build and test in one step</h4>
<p>A batch file named hdf5bt_net.bat in c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5 directory
is provided for users to build and test HDF5 library and tools
together from command line.
</p>
<p>hdf5bt_net.bat has only one
option:</p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Options</th>
<th>Illustration</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5bt_net enablecpp</td>
<td>build and test C/C++ libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p>Invoke a command prompt window
and run hdf5bt_net with this
option.</p>
<p>Test results are saved in two files:</p>
<ul class="normal">
<li>c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5_results_net.txt
<li>c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\tests_results.txt.</li>
</ul>
<p>In general, you only need to check tests_results.txt.
If all the tests passed, then you do not have to check
hdf5_results_net.txt. If some tests failed, check
hdf5_results_net.txt can help you figure out what was wrong.</p>
</li>
<li><h4>2.2 Options B: Build and test in two steps</h4>
<p>We also provide users with the option to build and test HDF5 libraries and tools seperately.</p>
<ul class="intable">
<li><h4>Step 1) Build HDF5 Libraries and Tools</h4>
<p>A batch file named hdf5build_net.bat in c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5
directory is provided for users to build HDF5 library and
tools from command line.</p>
<p>hdf5build_net.bat has
only one
option:</p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Options</th>
<th>Illustration</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5build_net enablecpp</td>
<td>build C/C++ libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p>Invoke a command prompt window and run hdf5build_net with
this option. building results will be saved in
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\build_results_net.txt. You can check
the file to find out whether there are any compilation
errors.</p></li>
<li><h4>Step 2) Build HDF5 Libraries and Tools</h4>
<p>Go to directory, run batch file hdf5check with the following options:</p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Options</th>
<th>Illustration</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5check</td>
<td>test HDF5 C library and tools</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5check enablecpp</td>
<td>test HDF5 C/C++ libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p class="note">Notes:</p>
<p>hdf5check.bat has ONLY TWO options listed above in this case.</p>
<p>Testing results will be saved in c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\check_results.txt.
There should be no failures at all. </p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>3. Installing HDF5 Libraries</h3>
<p>Run the batch file c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\installhdf5lib.bat to install all HDF5 libraries and tools into
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5lib directory.</p>
<hr class="second" >
<h2>SECTION III: Building and testing HDF5 C and C++ Library with Intel C++ Compiler 8.1 integration with Microsoft Visual C++ .Net 2003</h2>
<hr class="second" >
<h3>1. Extra Preconditions:</h3>
<ul class="intable">
<li><h4>1.1 Set path for Microsoft Visual C++ .Net and Intel C++ 8.1</h4>
<p>Open "System" in Control Panel.</p>
<p>On the "Advanced" tab, click "Environment Variables", click
"Path" in the "System variables" box, then click "Edit" and
add your Visual C++ .Net path (For example,
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE)
and Intel C++ 8.1 path (For example,
C:\Program Files\Intel\CPP\Compiler80\Ia32\Bin)
into "Variable Value" and click "OK".
</p></li>
<li><h4>1.2 Run batch file copy_hdf.bat.</h4>
<p>Go to c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows and run copy_hdf.bat. This process
will copy all the necessary batch files and text files saved under
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows directory to the directories where they
will be used.
</p></li>
<li><h4>1.3 Convert project files format from MSVS 6.0 to MSVS .Net Format</h4>
<p>Go to directory c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5 and run convert_to_vcproj.bat
in the following format:</p>
<ul class="normal">
<li>convert_to_vcproj "Absolute path of directory hdf5" </li>
</ul>
<p>For example:</p>
<ul class="normal">
<li>convert_to_vcproj c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5</li>
</ul>
<p>The converting results will be saved into file convert.log under
the directory c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5. The messages should look like</p>
<ul class="normal">
<li>Converting: c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows\proj\all\all.dsp </li>
<li>New Project Name: c:\MyHDFstuff\\hdf5\windows\proj\all\all.vcproj</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>2. Building HDF5 C and C++ Libraries :</h3>
<p>We provide 2 options for users to build HDF5 libraries and tools.</p>
<ul class="intable">
<li><h4>2.1 Options A: Build and test in one step</h4>
<p>A batch file named hdf5bt_intelc.bat in c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5 directory
is provided for users to build and test HDF5 library and tools
together from command line.
</p>
<p>hdf5bt_intelc.bat has only one option:</p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Options</th>
<th>Illustration</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5bt_intelc enablecpp</td>
<td>build and test C/C++ libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p>Invoke a command prompt window and run hdf5bt_intelc with
this option.</p>
<p>Test results will be saved in two files:</p>
<ul class="normal">
<li>c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5_results_intelc.txt
<li>c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\tests_results.txt.</li>
</ul>
<p>Project conversion results from MSVS .Net format to Intel C++ fomat
will be saved in </p>
<ul class="normal">
<li>c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\convert_intel.txt</li>
</ul>
<p>Check convert_intel.txt to see if all of the project files have been converted
successfully. Conversion messages should look like:</p>
<ul class="normal">
<li>"projname.vcproj": has been converted from Microsoft VC++ project system to the Intel C++ 8.x project system.</li>
</ul>
<p>In general, you only need to check tests_results.txt.
If all the tests passed, then you do not have to check
hdf5_results_intelc.txt. If some tests failed, check
hdf5_results_intelc.txt can help you figure out what was wrong.
</p>
</li>
<li><h4>2.2 Options B: Build and test in two steps </h4>
<p>We also provide users with the option to build and test HDF5 libraries and tools seperately.</p>
<ul class="intable">
<li><h4>Step 1) Build HDF5 Libraries and Tools</h4>
<p>A batch file named hdf5build_intelc.bat in c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5
directory is provided for users to build HDF5 library and
tools from command line.
</p>
<p>
hdf5build_intelc.bat
has only one option:</p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Options</th>
<th>Illustration</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5build_intelc enablecpp</td>
<td>build C/C++ libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p>Invoke a command prompt window and run hdf5build_intelc with
this option. Compiling outputs are saved in
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\build_results_intelc.txt. You can check
the file to find out whether there are any compiling errors.
</p>
</li>
<li><h4>Step 2) Testing HDF5 Libraries and Tools</h4>
<p>Go to directory, run batch file hdf5check with the following options:
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Options</th>
<th>Illustration</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5check</td>
<td>test HDF5 C library and tools</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hdf5check enablecpp</td>
<td>test HDF5 C/C++ libraries and tools</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p class="note">Notes:</p>
<p>hdf5check.bat has ONLY TWO options listed above in this case.</p>
<p>Testing results will be saved in c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\check_results.txt.
There should be no failures at all. </p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>3. Installing HDF5 Libraries</h3>
<p>Run the batch file c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\installhdf5lib.bat to install all
HDF5 libraries and tools into c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5lib directory.
</p>
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