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-			IntermediateDirectory=".\Debug"
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+			ConfigurationType="10"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
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+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
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+			<Tool
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+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
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+				TypeLibraryName=".\Debug/allexamples.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
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+			<Tool
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+			/>
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+		<Configuration
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+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
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+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
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+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
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+			/>
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+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
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+				TargetEnvironment="3"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\Debug/allexamples.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
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 				Optimization="0"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
-				RuntimeLibrary="5"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
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 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\Debug/"
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-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
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 				OutputFile=".\Debug/allexamples.exe"
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-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
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+				TargetMachine="17"
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-				TypeLibraryName=".\Debug/allexamples.tlb"
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+				Name="VCManifestTool"
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-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
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-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
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+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
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+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
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-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
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index 86a8932..cb31b62 100644
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@@ -1,160 +1,437 @@
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+	Version="8.00"
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-	SccLocalPath="">
+	ProjectGUID="{30B47942-9B38-4C2B-982D-2067812F02B9}"
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+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+		<Platform
+			Name="x64"
+		/>
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-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/attributest/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/attributest/Debug"
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+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
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+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
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+			CharacterSet="2"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
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+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/attributest/Debug/attributetest.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
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 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
-				RuntimeLibrary="5"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				RuntimeLibrary="1"
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 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/attributest/Debug/attributetest.pch"
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 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/attributest/Debug/"
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-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
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 				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
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 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5d.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile="../../../examples/attributetest/Debug/attributetest.exe"
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\lib"
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-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/attributest/Debug/attributetest.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
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+			/>
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+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
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+			<Tool
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 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
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-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
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-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
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+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
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+				Culture="1033"
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+			<Tool
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+			<Tool
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+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/attributest/Debug/attributetest.pdb"
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+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
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-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/attributetest/Release"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/attributetest/Release"
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-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/attributetest/Release/attributetest.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
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 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
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-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
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 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/attributetest/Release/attributetest.exe"
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-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
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 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\lib"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/attributetest/Release/attributetest.pdb"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
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+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/attributetest/Release/attributetest.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
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+				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
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-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
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 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
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+			<Tool
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\lib"
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+				TargetMachine="17"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
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 	</Configurations>
 	<References>
 	</References>
 	<Files>
 		<File
-			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_attribute.c">
+			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_attribute.c"
+			>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Debug|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="0"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
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 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Debug|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|x64"
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 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="0"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
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+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|Win32"
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+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
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-				Name="Release|Win32">
+				Name="Release|x64"
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 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="2"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
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index 474ece14..2bfd327 100644
--- a/windows/examples/attributetestdll/attributetestdll.vcproj
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@@ -1,23 +1,48 @@
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 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="7.10"
+	Version="8.00"
 	Name="attributetestdll"
-	SccProjectName=""
-	SccLocalPath="">
+	ProjectGUID="{005B93AE-384F-4408-B087-19032C4EBD72}"
+	>
 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"/>
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+		<Platform
+			Name="x64"
+		/>
 	</Platforms>
+	<ToolFiles>
+	</ToolFiles>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/attributetestdll/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/attributetestdll/Debug"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
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-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
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+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
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+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
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 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
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+			/>
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+			/>
+			<Tool
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+			<Tool
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+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
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+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
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+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
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 		<Platform
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+			Name="Win32"
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+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/chunkread/Debug/chunkread.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
-				RuntimeLibrary="5"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/chunkread/Debug/chunkread.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/chunkread/Debug/"
 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/chunkread/Debug/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/chunkread/Debug/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
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 				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5d.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/chunkread/Debug/chunkread.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\lib"
 				IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="libc.lib"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/chunkread/Debug/chunkread.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Debug|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/chunkread/Debug/chunkread.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="0"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/chunkread/Debug/chunkread.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/chunkread/Debug/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/chunkread/Debug/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/chunkread/Debug/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5d.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\lib"
+				IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="libc.lib"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/chunkread/Debug/chunkread.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
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 	</Configurations>
 	<References>
 	</References>
 	<Files>
 		<File
-			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_chunk_read.c">
+			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_chunk_read.c"
+			>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="2"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Release|Win32">
+				Name="Release|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="2"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Debug|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="0"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Debug|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="0"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
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index e89dbd2..68ff520 100644
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+++ b/windows/examples/chunkreaddll/chunkreaddll.vcproj
@@ -1,85 +1,233 @@
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 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="7.10"
+	Version="8.00"
 	Name="chunkreaddll"
-	SccProjectName=""
-	SccLocalPath="">
+	ProjectGUID="{E76380C7-4A22-41DC-A35E-718906DCB9EC}"
+	>
 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"/>
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+		<Platform
+			Name="x64"
+		/>
 	</Platforms>
+	<ToolFiles>
+	</ToolFiles>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release/chunkreaddll.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
-				StringPooling="TRUE"
+				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release/chunkreaddll.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release/"
 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5dll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release/chunkreaddll.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\dll"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release/chunkreaddll.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release/chunkreaddll.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="2"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
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+				RuntimeLibrary="2"
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+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release/"
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5dll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
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+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\dll"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Release/chunkreaddll.pdb"
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+				TargetMachine="17"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
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 			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Debug"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
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-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Debug/chunkreaddll.tlb"
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 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
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-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Debug/chunkreaddll.pch"
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 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Debug/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Debug/"
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-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
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-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				CompileAs="0"
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
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 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5ddll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/chunkreaddll/Debug/chunkreaddll.exe"
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\dll"
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+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
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+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Release/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
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+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
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-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5dll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\dll"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Release/compoundtestdll.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
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 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug/compoundtestdll.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
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 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug/compoundtestdll.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug/"
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 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5ddll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug/compoundtestdll.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\dll"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug/compoundtestdll.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Debug|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
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+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug/compoundtestdll.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
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-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="0"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
+				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				RuntimeLibrary="3"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug/compoundtestdll.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug/"
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
+				CompileAs="0"
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5ddll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\dll"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/compoundtestdll/Debug/compoundtestdll.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
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 	<Files>
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-			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_compound.c">
+			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_compound.c"
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+				Name="Release|Win32"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="2"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
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+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
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+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|x64"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="2"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
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+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Debug|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="0"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
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-				Name="Debug|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="0"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
 					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
-					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"/>
+					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				/>
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+	Version="8.00"
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-	SccProjectName=""
-	SccLocalPath="">
+	ProjectGUID="{9EA9FED2-DDCD-404E-ABEA-7D2CC43EB021}"
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 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"/>
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+		<Platform
+			Name="x64"
+		/>
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+	<ToolFiles>
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 		<Configuration
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-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/extendwritetest/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/extendwritetest/Debug"
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+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
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-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/extendwritetest/Debug/extendwritetest.tlb"
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 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
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+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
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-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
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+				Culture="1033"
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-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/extendwritetest/Debug/extendwritetest.exe"
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-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
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-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
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+			/>
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+			/>
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+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
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+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
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+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
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+			<Tool
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
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+			<Tool
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+			<Tool
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+		<Configuration
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+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
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+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				StringPooling="true"
+				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/extendwritetest/Release/extendwritetest.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/extendwritetest/Release/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/extendwritetest/Release/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/extendwritetest/Release/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\lib"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/extendwritetest/Release/extendwritetest.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
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 	<References>
 	</References>
 	<Files>
 		<File
-			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_extend_write.c">
+			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_extend_write.c"
+			>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Debug|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="0"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
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 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Debug|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|x64"
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 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="0"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
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+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="2"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
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 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Release|Win32">
+				Name="Release|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="2"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
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index f67962b..b5c9d34 100644
--- a/windows/examples/extendwritetestdll/extendwritetestdll.vcproj
+++ b/windows/examples/extendwritetestdll/extendwritetestdll.vcproj
@@ -1,85 +1,233 @@
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 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="7.10"
+	Version="8.00"
 	Name="extendwritetestdll"
-	SccProjectName=""
-	SccLocalPath="">
+	ProjectGUID="{52C50A0D-21CB-48DE-AB3C-1E67B18BCC1F}"
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 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"/>
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+		<Platform
+			Name="x64"
+		/>
 	</Platforms>
+	<ToolFiles>
+	</ToolFiles>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Release"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Release"
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+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
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+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Release/extendwritetestdll.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
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 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
-				StringPooling="TRUE"
+				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
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 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Release/"
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 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Release/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
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 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5dll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
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 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\dll"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Release/extendwritetestdll.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
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+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
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+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
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+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
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+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Release/extendwritetestdll.tlb"
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-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
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+			/>
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-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
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+				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
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+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
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 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5dll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\dll"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Release/extendwritetestdll.pdb"
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+				TargetMachine="17"
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+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
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 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Debug"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
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-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
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+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Debug/extendwritetestdll.tlb"
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 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Debug/"
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+				CompileAs="0"
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
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 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5ddll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Debug/extendwritetestdll.exe"
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-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
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+			/>
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+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
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+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
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+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
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 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
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 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/extendwritetestdll/Debug/extendwritetestdll.tlb"
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 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
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@@ -1,160 +1,437 @@
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-	Version="7.10"
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 		<Platform
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+			Name="Win32"
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 		<Configuration
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 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Debug/"
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+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
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+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
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 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5d.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Debug/grouptest.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
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-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\lib"
 				IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="libc.lib"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Debug/grouptest.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Debug|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Debug/grouptest.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="0"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Debug/grouptest.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Debug/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Debug/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Debug/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5d.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\lib"
+				IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="libc.lib"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Debug/grouptest.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
 		</Configuration>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release/grouptest.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
-				StringPooling="TRUE"
-				RuntimeLibrary="4"
-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				StringPooling="true"
+				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release/grouptest.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release/"
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 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release/grouptest.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\lib"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release/grouptest.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release/grouptest.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="2"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				StringPooling="true"
+				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release/grouptest.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\lib"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/grouptest/Release/grouptest.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
 		</Configuration>
 	</Configurations>
 	<References>
 	</References>
 	<Files>
 		<File
-			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_group.c">
+			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_group.c"
+			>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Debug|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="0"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Debug|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="0"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="2"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Release|Win32">
+				Name="Release|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="2"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
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index 880d066..fa9f5a8 100644
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+++ b/windows/examples/grouptestdll/grouptestdll.vcproj
@@ -1,23 +1,48 @@
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 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="7.10"
+	Version="8.00"
 	Name="grouptestdll"
-	SccProjectName=""
-	SccLocalPath="">
+	ProjectGUID="{7822C216-A7EA-44FC-8830-45D19920AC7C}"
+	>
 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"/>
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+		<Platform
+			Name="x64"
+		/>
 	</Platforms>
+	<ToolFiles>
+	</ToolFiles>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Debug"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Debug/grouptestdll.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
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 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
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 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Debug/grouptestdll.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Debug/"
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 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Debug/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5ddll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Debug/grouptestdll.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\dll"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Debug/grouptestdll.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
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+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
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+			<Tool
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-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
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-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
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-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
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-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
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+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
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 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
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-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
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 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Release/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
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+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
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+			<Tool
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+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
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 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5dll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
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+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
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 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Release/grouptestdll.pdb"
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-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
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+			/>
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+			/>
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+			/>
+			<Tool
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+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
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+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
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+			/>
+			<Tool
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+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Release/grouptestdll.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
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-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
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-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
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+				Optimization="2"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
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+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Release/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Release/"
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
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-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5dll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
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+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\dll"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/grouptestdll/Release/grouptestdll.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
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 	</Configurations>
 	<References>
 	</References>
 	<Files>
 		<File
-			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_group.c">
+			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_group.c"
+			>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Debug|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|Win32"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="0"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
 					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
-					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"/>
+					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Release|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|x64"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="0"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="2"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="2"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
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@@ -1,139 +1,392 @@
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 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="7.10"
+	Version="8.00"
 	Name="intermgrouptest"
-	SccProjectName=""
-	SccLocalPath="">
+	ProjectGUID="{40120B5A-5E0D-4043-BB78-522C7F18F4C4}"
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 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"/>
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+		<Platform
+			Name="x64"
+		/>
 	</Platforms>
+	<ToolFiles>
+	</ToolFiles>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Debug"
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+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
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+			CharacterSet="2"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Debug/intermgrouptest.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
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 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
-				RuntimeLibrary="5"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Debug/intermgrouptest.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Debug/"
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 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Debug/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5d.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Debug/intermgrouptest.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\lib"
 				IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="libc.lib"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Debug/intermgrouptest.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Debug|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
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+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
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-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
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-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
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+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
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+				RuntimeLibrary="1"
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+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Debug/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Debug/"
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+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
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+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
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 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
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-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
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+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5d.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
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+				TargetMachine="17"
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+				Name="VCALinkTool"
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+			<Tool
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
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-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
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-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
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-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
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-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Release"
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-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Release/intermgrouptest.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
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-				StringPooling="TRUE"
-				RuntimeLibrary="4"
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+				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
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+				CompileAs="0"
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-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
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 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Release/intermgrouptest.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\lib"
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-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
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+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
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 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptest/Release/intermgrouptest.tlb"
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+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
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+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
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-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
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+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
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-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
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+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
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 			Name="Source Files"
-			Filter="cpp;c;cxx;rc;def;r;odl;idl;hpj;bat">
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+						Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
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+						PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+						BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+					/>
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-					Name="Debug|Win32">
+					Name="Debug|x64"
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 					<Tool
 						Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 						Optimization="0"
 						AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
 						PreprocessorDefinitions=""
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+						BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+					/>
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+				<FileConfiguration
+					Name="Release|Win32"
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+					<Tool
+						Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
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+					Name="Release|x64"
+					>
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 						Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 						Optimization="2"
 						AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-						PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+						PreprocessorDefinitions=""
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 			</File>
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 		<Filter
 			Name="Header Files"
-			Filter="h;hpp;hxx;hm;inl">
+			Filter="h;hpp;hxx;hm;inl"
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 			Name="Resource Files"
-			Filter="ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe">
+			Filter="ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe"
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index e533fce..8efda7f 100644
--- a/windows/examples/intermgrouptestdll/intermgrouptestdll.vcproj
+++ b/windows/examples/intermgrouptestdll/intermgrouptestdll.vcproj
@@ -1,23 +1,48 @@
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 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="7.10"
+	Version="8.00"
 	Name="intermgrouptestdll"
-	SccProjectName=""
-	SccLocalPath="">
+	ProjectGUID="{92029C16-379F-4B73-B332-F8D70CBE3D0D}"
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 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"/>
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+		<Platform
+			Name="x64"
+		/>
 	</Platforms>
+	<ToolFiles>
+	</ToolFiles>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Debug"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
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-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Debug/intermgrouptestdll.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
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 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Debug/intermgrouptestdll.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Debug/"
 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Debug/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Debug/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5ddll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Debug/intermgrouptestdll.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\dll"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Debug/intermgrouptestdll.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
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+			Name="Debug|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
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+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
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+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
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+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
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 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Debug/intermgrouptestdll.tlb"
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-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
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-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
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+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
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+				RuntimeLibrary="3"
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+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Debug/"
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-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
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 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
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-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
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+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
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+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\dll"
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+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Debug/intermgrouptestdll.pdb"
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+				TargetMachine="17"
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+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
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 			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Release"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Release"
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-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Release/intermgrouptestdll.tlb"
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 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
-				StringPooling="TRUE"
+				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
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 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Release/"
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-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
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-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
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+			<Tool
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 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5dll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Release/intermgrouptestdll.exe"
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 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\dll"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Release/intermgrouptestdll.pdb"
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+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
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+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
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 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
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 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/intermgrouptestdll/Release/intermgrouptestdll.tlb"
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-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
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-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
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 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5dll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\dll"
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+				TargetMachine="17"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
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-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
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-			Filter="cpp;c;cxx;rc;def;r;odl;idl;hpj;bat">
+			Filter="cpp;c;cxx;rc;def;r;odl;idl;hpj;bat"
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 			<File
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+				RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_interm_group.c"
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index 3416b50..103bb20 100644
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@@ -1,160 +1,437 @@
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 		<Platform
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+			Name="Win32"
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 		<Configuration
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-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/readtest/Debug"
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 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/readtest/Debug/"
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+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
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 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5d.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
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 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\lib"
 				IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="libc.lib"
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-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
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+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/readtest/Debug/readtest.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="0"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/readtest/Debug/readtest.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/readtest/Debug/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/readtest/Debug/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/readtest/Debug/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5d.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\lib"
+				IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="libc.lib"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/readtest/Debug/readtest.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
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 		<Configuration
 			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release/readtest.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
-				StringPooling="TRUE"
-				RuntimeLibrary="4"
-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				StringPooling="true"
+				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release/readtest.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release/"
 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release/readtest.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\lib"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release/readtest.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release/readtest.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="2"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				StringPooling="true"
+				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release/readtest.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\lib"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/readtest/Release/readtest.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
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 	</Configurations>
 	<References>
 	</References>
 	<Files>
 		<File
-			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_read.c">
+			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_read.c"
+			>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Debug|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="0"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Debug|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="0"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="2"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Release|Win32">
+				Name="Release|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="2"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
 		</File>
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+++ b/windows/examples/readtestdll/readtestdll.vcproj
@@ -1,85 +1,233 @@
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 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="7.10"
+	Version="8.00"
 	Name="readtestdll"
-	SccProjectName=""
-	SccLocalPath="">
+	ProjectGUID="{6EC3ABD7-48E1-4FBF-921F-FFA0D150A245}"
+	>
 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"/>
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+		<Platform
+			Name="x64"
+		/>
 	</Platforms>
+	<ToolFiles>
+	</ToolFiles>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release/readtestdll.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
-				StringPooling="TRUE"
+				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release/readtestdll.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release/"
 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5dll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release/readtestdll.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\dll"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release/readtestdll.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release/readtestdll.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="2"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
+				StringPooling="true"
+				RuntimeLibrary="2"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
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+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release/readtestdll.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
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-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5dll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\dll"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Release/readtestdll.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
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 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug/readtestdll.tlb"
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 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
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 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug/readtestdll.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug/"
 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
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 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5ddll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug/readtestdll.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\dll"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug/readtestdll.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Debug|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug/readtestdll.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="0"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
+				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				RuntimeLibrary="3"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug/readtestdll.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5ddll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\dll"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/readtestdll/Debug/readtestdll.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
 		</Configuration>
 	</Configurations>
 	<References>
 	</References>
 	<Files>
 		<File
-			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_read.c">
+			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_read.c"
+			>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Release|Win32">
+				Name="Release|Win32"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="2"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|x64"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="2"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Debug|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="0"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Debug|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="0"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
 					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
-					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"/>
+					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
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index da87dfb..b119df9 100644
--- a/windows/examples/selectest/selectest.vcproj
+++ b/windows/examples/selectest/selectest.vcproj
@@ -1,160 +1,437 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="7.10"
+	Version="8.00"
 	Name="selectest"
-	SccProjectName=""
-	SccLocalPath="">
+	ProjectGUID="{0862B9C9-8042-48E3-95EA-60D1A82DC37A}"
+	>
 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"/>
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+		<Platform
+			Name="x64"
+		/>
 	</Platforms>
+	<ToolFiles>
+	</ToolFiles>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug/selectest.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
-				RuntimeLibrary="5"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug/selectest.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug/"
 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5d.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug/selectest.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\lib"
 				IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="libc.lib"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug/selectest.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Debug|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug/selectest.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="0"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug/selectest.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5d.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\lib"
+				IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="libc.lib"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Debug/selectest.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
 		</Configuration>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release/selectest.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
-				StringPooling="TRUE"
-				RuntimeLibrary="4"
-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				StringPooling="true"
+				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release/selectest.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release/"
 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release/selectest.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\lib"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release/selectest.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release/selectest.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="2"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				StringPooling="true"
+				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release/selectest.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release/"
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\lib"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/selectest/Release/selectest.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
 		</Configuration>
 	</Configurations>
 	<References>
 	</References>
 	<Files>
 		<File
-			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_select.c">
+			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_select.c"
+			>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Debug|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="0"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Debug|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="0"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="2"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Release|Win32">
+				Name="Release|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="2"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
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 			</FileConfiguration>
 		</File>
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index bdffdf6..f9397e3 100644
--- a/windows/examples/selectestdll/selectestdll.vcproj
+++ b/windows/examples/selectestdll/selectestdll.vcproj
@@ -1,85 +1,233 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="7.10"
+	Version="8.00"
 	Name="selectestdll"
-	SccProjectName=""
-	SccLocalPath="">
+	ProjectGUID="{57FFDE11-87C0-4931-A50A-335D9E1DF83A}"
+	>
 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"/>
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+		<Platform
+			Name="x64"
+		/>
 	</Platforms>
+	<ToolFiles>
+	</ToolFiles>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release/selectestdll.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
-				StringPooling="TRUE"
+				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release/selectestdll.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release/"
 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5dll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release/selectestdll.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\dll"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release/selectestdll.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release/selectestdll.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="2"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
+				StringPooling="true"
+				RuntimeLibrary="2"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release/selectestdll.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5dll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\dll"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Release/selectestdll.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
 		</Configuration>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug/selectestdll.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
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 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug/selectestdll.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug/"
 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5ddll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug/selectestdll.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\dll"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug/selectestdll.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Debug|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug/selectestdll.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="0"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
+				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				RuntimeLibrary="3"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug/selectestdll.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5ddll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\dll"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/selectestdll/Debug/selectestdll.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
 		</Configuration>
 	</Configurations>
 	<References>
 	</References>
 	<Files>
 		<File
-			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_select.c">
+			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_select.c"
+			>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Release|Win32">
+				Name="Release|Win32"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="2"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|x64"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="2"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Debug|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="0"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Debug|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="0"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
 					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
-					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"/>
+					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
 		</File>
 	</Files>
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index b1eda06..f355aa1 100644
--- a/windows/examples/writetest/writetest.vcproj
+++ b/windows/examples/writetest/writetest.vcproj
@@ -1,160 +1,437 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="7.10"
+	Version="8.00"
 	Name="writetest"
-	SccProjectName=""
-	SccLocalPath="">
+	ProjectGUID="{56960BA0-94F9-4DFD-940D-C78DAC8FC878}"
+	>
 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"/>
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+		<Platform
+			Name="x64"
+		/>
 	</Platforms>
+	<ToolFiles>
+	</ToolFiles>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release/writetest.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
-				StringPooling="TRUE"
-				RuntimeLibrary="4"
-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				StringPooling="true"
+				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release/writetest.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release/"
 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release/writetest.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\lib"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release/writetest.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release/writetest.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="2"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				StringPooling="true"
+				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release/writetest.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\lib"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Release/writetest.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
 		</Configuration>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug/writetest.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
-				RuntimeLibrary="5"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug/writetest.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug/"
 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5d.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug/writetest.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\lib"
 				IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="libc.lib"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug/writetest.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Debug|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug/writetest.tlb"
-				HeaderFileName=""/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="0"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug/writetest.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5d.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\lib"
+				IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="libc.lib"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/writetest/Debug/writetest.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="17"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
 		</Configuration>
 	</Configurations>
 	<References>
 	</References>
 	<Files>
 		<File
-			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_write.c">
+			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_write.c"
+			>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="2"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Release|Win32">
+				Name="Release|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="2"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Debug|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="0"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Debug|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="0"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
 		</File>
 	</Files>
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index 6400177..c26eb03 100644
--- a/windows/examples/writetestdll/writetestdll.vcproj
+++ b/windows/examples/writetestdll/writetestdll.vcproj
@@ -1,23 +1,48 @@
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 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="7.10"
+	Version="8.00"
 	Name="writetestdll"
-	SccProjectName=""
-	SccLocalPath="">
+	ProjectGUID="{C33F0932-BEC6-445F-9EFC-CEB4C764B606}"
+	>
 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"/>
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+		<Platform
+			Name="x64"
+		/>
 	</Platforms>
+	<ToolFiles>
+	</ToolFiles>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug/writetestdll.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
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 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug/writetestdll.pch"
 				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug/"
 				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug/"
 				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug/"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-				CompileAs="0"/>
+				CompileAs="0"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib hdf5ddll.lib $(HDF5_EXT_ZLIB) $(HDF5_EXT_SZIP)"
-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug/writetestdll.exe"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\dll"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug/writetestdll.pdb"
 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Debug|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets="$(VCInstallDir)VCProjectDefaults\UpgradeFromVC71.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TargetEnvironment="3"
 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug/writetestdll.tlb"
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-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
+				HeaderFileName=""
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-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="0"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
+				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				RuntimeLibrary="3"
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+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug/"
+				ObjectFile=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug/"
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-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
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 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
-				Culture="1033"/>
+				Culture="1033"
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
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-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\debug,..\..\..\hdf5lib\debug\dll"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Debug/writetestdll.pdb"
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+				TargetMachine="17"
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+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
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+				Name="VCManifestTool"
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+			/>
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+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
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 			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
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-			OutputDirectory=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Release"
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 			ConfigurationType="1"
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-			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
-			CharacterSet="2">
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="2"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
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+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Release/writetestdll.tlb"
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 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\src"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_HDF5USEDLL_"
-				StringPooling="TRUE"
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-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
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 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Release/writetestdll.pch"
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-				CompileAs="0"/>
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-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
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+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"
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+			<Tool
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-				OutputFile=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Release/writetestdll.exe"
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 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
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 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\..\proj\hdf5dll\release,..\..\..\hdf5lib\release\dll"
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 				SubSystem="1"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
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+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|x64"
+			OutputDirectory="..\..\..\examples\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
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+			<Tool
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 				TypeLibraryName=".\../../../examples/writetestdll/Release/writetestdll.tlb"
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-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
 		</Configuration>
 	</Configurations>
 	<References>
 	</References>
 	<Files>
 		<File
-			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_write.c">
+			RelativePath="..\..\..\examples\h5_write.c"
+			>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Debug|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|Win32"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="0"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
 					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
-					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"/>
+					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
 			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Release|Win32">
+				Name="Debug|x64"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="0"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+					BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				/>
+			</FileConfiguration>
+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|Win32"
+				>
+				<Tool
+					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+					Optimization="2"
+					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
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+			<FileConfiguration
+				Name="Release|x64"
+				>
 				<Tool
 					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 					Optimization="2"
 					AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-					PreprocessorDefinitions=""/>
+					PreprocessorDefinitions=""
+				/>
 			</FileConfiguration>
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