2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools.c b/tools/lib/h5tools.c
index c9cb00f..c08c030 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools.c
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ static h5tool_format_t h5tools_dataformat = {
 "", /*fmt_raw */
 "%d", /*fmt_int */
 "%u", /*fmt_uint */
-"%hhd", /*fmt_schar */
+#ifdef H5_VMS           
+"%hd",/*fmt_schar */
+#else   
+"%hhd",/*fmt_schar */   
+#endif  
 "%u", /*fmt_uchar */
 "%d", /*fmt_short */
 "%u", /*fmt_ushort */
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c b/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c
index fd9ccb9..205dffe 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c
@@ -836,7 +836,11 @@ h5tools_str_sprint(h5tools_str_t *str, const h5tool_format_t *info, hid_t contai
             else
                 tempchar = (tempchar >> packed_data_offset) & packed_data_mask;
         }
+#ifdef H5_VMS
+        h5tools_str_append(str, OPT(info->fmt_schar, "%hd"), tempchar);
+#else
         h5tools_str_append(str, OPT(info->fmt_schar, "%hhd"), tempchar);
+#endif      
     }
     else if (H5Tequal(type, H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR)) {
         unsigned char      tempuchar;