hdf5/release_docs/INSTALL_Windows_Short_VS2005.TXT
Scott Wegner 2ab6b11aaf [svn-r14093] Purpose: Convert Windows projects to VS2005 format and support 64-bit Fortran
Description:
This checkin is another Windows project cleanup, and also extends our Windows support for 64-bit Fortran.  Project files are now in VS2005 format, rather than VS.NET.  A couple projects have been renamed to be more descriptive (*cstub rather than *_lib), and project settings make better use of build macros.  This will make them much easier to update in the future.

Tested:
VS2005 on WinXP 32-bit
VS2005 on WinXP x64
2007-08-16 13:28:20 -05:00

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* Build and Install HDF5 C/C++ Library with Visual Studio 2005 *
* with Windows XP (Short Version) *
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Notes: 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 2005 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
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1. 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 in INSTALL_Windows.txt.
You have to read this part even if you want to only use Zlib or Szip. You
also need to read Section V in INSTALL_Windows.txt.
Invoke Microsoft Visual Studio and go to "Tools" and select "Options". In
the left pane of "Option" window poped up, choose and expand "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:\zlib123\include, c:\szip\include)
from the directory list, add the header path (c:\zlib123\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:\zlib123\lib,
c:\szip\dll) from the directory list, add the library path
(c:\zlib123\lib, c:\szip\dll) to the library directories.
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Building HDF5 C/C++ Libraries with Visual Studio 2005
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1. Run batch file copy_hdf.bat
Go to c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows and run copy_hdf.bat. This process will
copy all the necessary batch files, windows specific source codes and
text files saved under c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows directory to the
corresponding directories under hdf5.
2. Invoke Microsoft Visual Studio compiler
Invoke Microsoft Visual Studio. From the main menu, go to "File" and
select the "Open Solution" option. Then open the
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows\proj\all\all.sln solution if you are building
without Fortran libraries, or
c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows\proj\all_fortran\all_fortran.sln if you would
like to use Fortran.
You should find Windows project files listed as "all", "big", etc. on the
left.
3. (Optional) Disable HDF5 C++ and High level C++
In HDF5 1.8, C++ and HL C++ libraries are built by default. To opt-out,
you must explicitly disable them.
3.1 Skip this step if you do want to build HDF5 High-Level C++ libraries
Go to "Project" and select "Project Dependencies". Select "all", and
disable all of the following projects:
hdf5_hl_cpp
hdf5_hl_cppdll
hl_test_table_cpp
hl_test_table_cppdll
3.2 Skip this step if you do want to build HDF5 High-Level libraries
Go to "Project" and select "Project Dependencies". Select "all", and
disable all of the project files listed in the previous step, as well
as the following projects:
hdf5_hl
hdf5_hldll
hl_test_image
hl_test_imagedll
hl_test_lite
hl_test_litedll
hl_test_table
hl_test_tabledll
hl_test_ds
hl_test_dsdll
hl_test_packet
hl_test_packetdll
Click on "OK", From the main menu, choose "Build"-> "Build" or
"Rebuild ALL" to build both release and debug version of HDF5
Libraries.
4. Select "Build", then Select "Configuration Manager".
4.1 To build debug static libraries, debug multithreaded DLLs, and tests:
In "Active Solution Configuration", select "Debug". Select "Close".
Select "Build" -> "Build Solution" or "Rebuild Solution" to build debug
version of project "all".
4.2 To build release static libraries, multithreaded DLLs and tests:
In "Active Solution Configuration", select "Release". Select "Close".
Select "Build" -> "Build Solution" or "Rebuild Solution" to build release
version of project "all".
Both debug and release versions must be built.
Warning messages can be ignored.
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Testing HDF5 C/C++ Libraries with VS .NET
========================================================================
HDF5 libraries and tools should be tested to make sure that they were
built correctly. c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5check.bat was provided to test
HDF5 libraries and tools.
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
Notes: Users who only build HDF5 C/C++ libraries ONLY have the first
two options.
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.
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Installing HDF5 C/C++ Libraries
========================================================================
Run the batch file c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\installhdf5lib.bat to install
all HDF5 libraries and tools into c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5lib directory.
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Building HDF5 Examples and Applications
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Building HDF5 Examples is Optional. Please read Section II, step 4 and
the following part in INSTALL_Windows.txt for detailed information.
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