HDF5 Build and Install Instructions for Windows 2000/NT/98. ---------------------------------------------------------- The instructions which follow assume that you will be using the source code release 'zip' file (hdf5-1_4_3.zip). ***************************WARNINGS**************************** Please read CAREFULLY about Preconditions before you go to the following sections Preconditions 1. Installed MicroSoft Developer Studio,Visual C++ 6.0 and WinZip. 2. Set up a directory structure to unpack the library. For example: c:\ (any drive) MyHDFstuff\ (any folder name) 3. Run WinZip on hdf5-1_4_3.zip (the entire source tree) and extract hdf5 package into c:\MyHDFstuff(or whatever drive and folder name you would like to choose). This creates a directory called 'hdf5xxx'under MyHDFstuff which contains several files and directories. Rename the directory "hdf5xxx" into "hdf5". 4. HDF5 uses zlib for compression and zlib is distributed with hdf5 lib. If you have your own version read section VI about the zlib library. --------------------------------------------------------------- The following sections discuss installation procedures in detail: Section I: What do we build and install Section II: Building and testing hdf5 libraries and non-hdf4 related hdf5 tools tools Section III: Building an application using the HDF5 library or DLL Section IV: Some more helpful pointers Section V: ZLIB library - removing or changing the path *************************************************************** Section I: What do we build and install? HDF5 static library: debug and release version HDF5 Dynamic Link Library(DLL): debug and release version as well as export libraries for DLL HDF5 tool library: debug and release version HDF5 tool export library for DLL: debug and release version HDF5 tools: non-hdf4 related tools for hdf4 related tools, please check http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/h4toh5/ and ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/h4toh5/ HDF5 library testing programs: hdf5 library related comprehensive tests HDF5 related tools testing programs: hdf5 tools testing programs HDF5 examples: simple HDF5 examples ************************************************************** Section II: Building and testing hdf5 libraries and non-hdf4 related tools ================================================== STEP 1: Building hdf5 libraries and non-hdf4 related tools 1. Unpack all.zip in 'hdf5' and move the zlib.dll from c:\myHDFstuff\hdf5\src\zlib\dll to the Windows system directory. The system directory can usually be found under the path C:\WINNT\system or C:\WINDOWS\system 2. Invoke Microsoft Visual C++, go to "File" and select the "Open Workspace" option. Then open the c:\myHDFstuff\hdf5\proj\all\all.dsw workspace. 3. Select "Build", then Select "Set Active Configuration". On Windows platform select as the active configuration "all -- Win32 Debug" to build debug versions of single-threaded static libraries, Debug multithreaded DLLs and tests. or "all -- Win32 Release" to build release versions of single-threaded static libraries, multithreaded DLLs and tests. Warning messages can be ignored. When the debug or release build is done the directories listed below will contain the following files: c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\proj\hdf5\debug - c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\proj\hdf5\release - hdf5.lib- the hdf5 library c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\proj\hdf5dll\debug - hdf5ddll.dll- the hdf5 library hdf5ddll.lib- the dll export library c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\proj\hdf5dll\release - hdf5dll.dll- the hdf5 library hdf5dll.lib- the dll export library c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\test\"test directory"- where test directory is one of the following: big(dll) bittests(dll) chunk(dll) cmpd_dset(dll) dsets(dll) dtypes(dll) enum(dll) extend(dll) external(dll) fillval(dll) flush1(dll) flush2(dll) gheap(dll) hyperslab(dll) iopipe(dll) istore(dll) links(dll) mount(dll) mtime(dll) ohdr(dll) overhead(dll) stab(dll) testhdf5(dll) unlink(dll) c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\tools\toolslib\debug c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\tools\toolslib\release toolslib.lib- the tools library c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\tools\toolslibD\debug c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\tools\toolslibD\release toolslibD.lib- the dll export library c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\tools\"tools directory"- where non-hdf4 related tools directory is one of the following: h5dump(dll) h5ls(dll) h5debug(dll) h5import(dll) h5repart(dll) gifconv(dll) Test and tool directory contains debug and release subdirectories with the corresponding tests and tools. STEP 2: testing hdf5 libraries and non-hdf4 related tools In a command prompt window run the test batch file which resides in the hdf5\test directory(for example: C:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\test)to make sure that the library was built correctly. You can possibily test four versions of hdf5 library and tools. They are: release version release dll version debug version debug dll version NOTE: The hdf5ddll.dll and hdf5dll.dll should be placed into the C:\WINNT\system or C:\WINDOWS\system directory before using the dlls. We strongly suggest you to redirect your testing results into an output file and you can easily check the testing results. You may use either NotePad or NoteTab Light or whatever other windows tools to check the results. For the purpose of printing, please choose font less than 14 for better alignment of the text. 1. hdf5 library testing cd into the hdf5\test directory. (1) basic tests Go to a) b) c) or d) to test your chosen version a) release static version type: hdf5test release >"Your output filename" b) release dll version type: hdf5test release dll > "Your output filename" c) debug static version type: hdf5test debug >"Your output filename" d) debug dll version type: hdf5test debug dll >"Your output filename" (2) timing tests Go to a) b) c) or d) to test your chosen version a) release static version type: hdf5timingtest release >"Your output filename" b) release dll version type: hdf5timingtest release dll >"Your output filename" c) debug static version type: hdf5timingtest debug >"Your output filename" d) debug dll version type: hdf5timingtest debug dll >"Your output filename" Use notepad or notetab light to check results. You should not find any FAILED marks in your output files. Note: big test is currently not working for windows, we are still investigating this. 2. hdf5 tools testing Currently we are only supporting h5dump test. We are investigating h5ls test now. 1) h5dump test cd back into hdf5 directory and then cd into tools directory(...\hdf5\tools) Go to a) b) c) or d) to test your chosen version a) release static version type: dumptest release >"Your output filename" b) release dll version type: dumptest release dll > "Your output filename" c) debug static version type: dumptest debug >"Your output filename" d) debug dll version type: dumptest debug dll >"Your output filename" We are using "fc" command to compare whether dumper generates correct results. Supposedly you should find "FC: no differences encountered" in your output file. However, since we are comparing the actual dumper output with the expected dumper output under different directory, you may see something like: " ***** ..\TESTFILES\tall-1.ddl ############################# Expected output for 'h5dump tall.h5' ############################# HDF5 "tall.h5" { GROUP "/" { ***** TALL-1.RESULTS HDF5 "..\..\testfiles\tall.h5" { GROUP "/" { ***** " The actual dumper output is correct. The difference showing here is the different representations of filename of the same file. STEP 3: BUILDING THE EXAMPLES 1. Invoke Microsoft Visual C++, go to "File" and select the "Open Workspace" option. Then open the workspace c:\myHDFstuff\hdf5\examples\allexamples\allexamples.dsw. 2. Select "Build", then Select "Set Active Configuration". On Windows platform select as the active configuration "allexamples -- Win32 Debug" to build debug versions of the examples. or "allexamples -- Win32 Release" to build release versions the examples. When the debug build or release build is done there should be the following subdirectories in C:\myHDFstuff\hdf5\examples\ attributetest chunkread compoundtest extendwritetest grouptest readtest selecttest writetest 3. Run the batch file "InstallExamples.bat" which resides in the top level directory(C:\MyHDFSTUFF\hdf5). This file creates 2 new directories,examplesREL and examplesDBG,in the examples directory and places all the executables in it. Both the release and debug versions of the examples should be built before this step is done. The examples should be tested in these 2 new directories due to some dependencies between the examples. Especially writetest.exe and extendwritetest.exe should be executed before chunkread.exe and readtest.exe due to dependencies among these files. Section III: BUILDING AN APPLICATION USING THE HDF5 LIBRARY OR DLL- SOME HELPFUL POINTERS ==================================================================== If you are building an application that uses the HDF5 library the following locations will need to be specified for locating header files and linking in the HDF libraries: \src where may be C:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\ To specify this location in the settings for your VC++ project: 1. Open your VC project in Microsoft Visual C++ and make sure it is the active project. 2. Go to the Project menu and chose the 'Settings' option. 3. Chose the build configuration you would like to modify in the drop down menu labeled with 'Settings For:' 4. Chose the C/C++ tab 5. At the bottom of the window, there should be a text-area labeled with 'Project Options:'. In this text-area, scroll until you reach the end and type /I "\src" and then click OK. To link the HDF5 library with your application: 1. Open your VC project in Microsoft Visual C++ and make sure it is the active project. 2. Go to the Project menu and chose the 'Add to Project' option and then 'Files' option. 3. Change the 'Files of type:' to 'Library Files (.lib)' 4. Navigate through the directories until you find the location of the hdf5.lib. 5. Select hdf5.lib and click OK. To use the DLL: 1. Follow the steps for specifing the location of the header files as shown above. 2. Follow the steps for linking the HDF5 library as shown above except now link the export library that is created with the DLL. The export library is called hdf5dll.lib or hdf5ddll.lib for debug version. 3. Place the DLL in a location that Windows will be able to locate it. The search path and order for DLL's is a) The directory where the executable module for the current process is located. b) The current directory. c} The Windows system directory. The GetSystemDirectory function retrieves the path of this directory. d) The Windows directory. The GetWindowsDirectory function retrieves the path of this directory. e) The directories listed in the PATH environment variable. Section IV: MORE HELPFUL POINTERS ===================== Here are some notes that may be of help if you are not familiar with using the Visual C++ Development Environment. Project name and location issues: The files in all.zip must end up in the hdf5\ directory installed by hdf5-1_4_0.zip If you must install all.dsw and all.dsp in another directory, relative to hdf5\ , you will be asked to locate the sub-project files, when you open the project all.dsw. If you want to rename all (the entire project), you will need to modify two files all.dsw and all.dsp as text (contrary to the explicit warnings in the files). You can also modify all.dsw and all.dsp as text, to allow these 2 files to be installed in another directory. Settings... details: If you create your own project, the necessary settings can be read from the all.dsp file(as text), or from the Project Settings in the Developer Studio project settings dialog. Project Settings C/C++ Category PreProcessor Code Generation Use run-time Library These are all set to use Single-Threaded DLL... hints: If you want to use DLL versions of hdf5 library in your application, you should 1) put hdf5 DLL into windows system directory 2) add hdf5 DLL export library into your project 3) Follow "Settings... details" into the last line: change Single-Threaded into Multithreaded DLL or Debug Multithreaded DLL 4) Follow "Settings.. details" into PreProcessor: Project Settings C/C++ Category PreProcessor Find PreProcessor definations and Add _HDF5USEDLL_ at the end of the PreProcessor definations Section V: ZLIB LIBRARY- REMOVING OR CHANGING THE PATH ============================================ If you would like to remove the zlib library from the hdf5 library or use your own version of the zlib library then follow the steps below. Removing the zlib library completely: Open the all.dsw workspace file in Microsoft Visual C++. Go to the hdf5 project. Select the zlib.lib file from this project and delete(press the 'delete' key) it. Next open the H5config.h and H5pubconf.h files from the src directory. Remove the the following two lines: #define H5_HAVE_LIBZ 1 #define H5_HAVE_COMPRESS2 then save the file. Next go to the hdf5dll project. Remove the zlib.lib from this project too. Open the project settings for the hdf5dll project. Go to the C/C++ settings tab and under the preprocessor definitions remove the ZLIB_DLL in both the debug and the release settings. Recompile the all project and then save the workspace. Replacing the zlib library: Open the all.dsw workspace and go to the hdf5 project. Delete the zlib.lib file from the file listing. Then select the hdf5 project and richt click to get a menu. Pick the "add files to project..." option and find the version of the zlib that you would like to use. Then click OK in the file chooser dialog. Repeat the steps for the hdf5dll project. You may also want to replace the zlib.h and zconf.h files which are in the src directory with your own versions of these files. Then recompile the all project. Please send email to hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu for further assistance.