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@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ Contents:
Preconditions:
- 1. Installed Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
+ 1. Installed Microsoft Visual Studio. This document is written for Visual
+ Studio 2005, although we also support Visual Studio .NET 2003. Most of
+ the instructions are the same, although some features are unsupported in
+ Visual Studio .NET. For simple Visual Studio .NET instructions, see the
+ document INSTALL_Windows_NET.TXT.
2. (Optional) Installed Intel Compiler 9.1 if you want to build HDF5 Fortran
libraries.
@@ -428,7 +432,9 @@ Note: The complete testing suite can take a long time to run on even fast
set HDF5TestExpress=3
- If the variable is unset, it takes on the value 1.
+ If the variable is unset, it takes on the value 1. Note that when
+ HDF5TestExpress is set to 2 or 3, some features may not be thoroughly
+ tested. For most users, we recommend not setting this variable.
We provide 2 options for users to test HDF5 libraries and tools.