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| -rw-r--r-- | release_docs/RELEASE.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | release_docs/USING_HDF5_VS.txt | 3 |
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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 824905b..fb2769d 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ New Features Configuration: ------------- + - Incorporated HDF5 examples repository into HDF5 library. + + The HDF5Examples folder is equivalent to the repository hdf5-examples. + As such it can build and test the examples during library build or after + the library is installed. Previously, the hdf5-repository archives were + downloaded for packaging with the library. Now the examples can be built + and tested without a packaged install of the library. + + However to maintain the ability to use the HDF5Examples with an installed + library, it is necessary to translate or synch the option names from those + used by the library to those used by the examples. The typical pattern is: + <example option> = <library option> + HDF_BUILD_FORTRAN = ${HDF5_BUILD_FORTRAN} + - Added new option for CMake to mark tests as SKIPPED. HDF5_DISABLE_TESTS_REGEX is a REGEX string that will be checked with diff --git a/release_docs/USING_HDF5_VS.txt b/release_docs/USING_HDF5_VS.txt index f0edcbb..39c66ea 100644 --- a/release_docs/USING_HDF5_VS.txt +++ b/release_docs/USING_HDF5_VS.txt @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ be found in the USING_HDF5_CMake.txt file found in this folder. NOTE: Building applications with the dynamic/shared hdf5 libraries requires that the "H5_BUILT_AS_DYNAMIC_LIB" compile definition be used. + Go to "Project" and select "Properties", find "Configuration Properties", + and then "C/C+±"and then "Preprocessor". + Add H5_BUILT_AS_DYNAMIC_LIB to Preprocessor definitions. The following two sections are helpful if you do not use CMake to build your applications. |