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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 879ec2d..08f1397 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -154,6 +154,29 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.14 transform the list to a series of -D{value} for the compile. (ADB - 2014/12/09, HDFV-9041) + + - Fixed compile errors on Windows w/ Visual Studio and CMake when + UNICODE is defined. + + The HDF5 library could not be built on Windows with Visual Studio when + UNICODE was defined. This was due to incorrect use of the TEXT() macro + and some Win32 API functions that take TCHAR parameters. The faulty + code was a part of the filter plugin functionality. This was a + compile-time error that only affected users who build HDF5 from source + and define UNICODE, usually when HDF5 is being built as a part of a + larger product. There were no run-time effects. + + These errors caused no problems when UNICODE was not defined. HDF5 is + normally not built with UNICODE defined and the binaries were + unaffected. + + The fix was to remove the TEXT() macro and explicitly use the + 'A' form of the Win32 API calls, which expect char strings instead of + wchar_t strings. + + Note that HDF5 currently does not support Unicode file paths on Windows. + + (DER - 2015/02/22, HDFFV-8927) Parallel Library ---------------- |