[svn-r13666] Added Windows documentation for 7zip

No testing needed.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_Windows.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_Windows.txt
index 1b1906c..f851cf4 100644
--- a/release_docs/INSTALL_Windows.txt
+++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_Windows.txt
@@ -33,12 +33,17 @@ Contents:
 
 Preconditions:
 
-   1. Installed Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 or Intel Compiler and WinZip.
+   1. Installed Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 or Intel Compiler and 7zip or WinZip.
 
       1.1 Installed Intel Compiler 9.1 if you want to build
           HDF5 Fortran libraries.
 
-      Note: By default, WinZip will convert the Unix end of line format
+      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.
+      
+            2. By default, WinZip will convert the Unix end of line format
             when extracting .tar file.  This conversion will cause
             "false" failure in some HDF5 tools testings.
 
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ Preconditions:
             c:\                                          (any drive)
             MyHDFstuff\                      (any folder name)
 
-   3. Download the hdf5-1.8.x source code package and use WinZip to
+   3. Download the hdf5-1.8.x source 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".