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*  HDF5 Build and Install Instructions for Windows XP with MSVS 6.0    *
*                       (Short Version)                                *
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Notes: To ease the building process for current versions of Visual
      Studio, 6.0 is set to be depreciated in future releases.  This
      means that project files are being converted to .Net format, and
      will not be backwards-compatible with Visual Studio 6.0.  
      
      Users who wish to continue to use Visual Studio 6.0 may choose
      not to upgrade to future versions of HDF5.  However, it is
      recommended that all users consider making the switch to a
      more current version of Visual Studio.  An express version of
      Visual Studio 2005 is available free from Microsoft, and is
      full compatible with HDF5.
      
      

      This short instruction is written for users who want to quickly
      build HDF5 library and tools from the HDF5 source code package
      with Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 but do not want to know HDF5 
      building and installation details on Windows XP.
         
      For detailed HDF5 build and install information, or if you have
      trouble following any steps in the instructions, please refer to
      INSTALL_Windows.txt for further information.
      
      For users who would like to build and test HDF5 package from the
      command line, please refer to
      INSATLL_Windows_From_Command_Line.txt.
        
WARNINGS:

Please read CAREFULLY about HDF5 build and install preconditions and 
notes in INSTALL_Windows.txt before starting below procedures.

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               STEP 1: Building HDF5 Libraries and Tools
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1. Run batch file copy_hdf.bat.
 
   Go to  c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows and run copy_hdf.bat. 

2. Open all.dsw workspace
     
   Open the c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\windows_vs6\proj\all\all.dsw workspace. 

3. (Optional) Disable C++ related projects
    
       Remove the following projects from project "all" dependencies 
       ONLY if you prefer not to build HDF5 C++ libraries
        
          dsets_cpp
          dsets_cppdll
          hdf5_cpp
          hdf5_cppdll
          testhdf5_cpp
          testhdf5_cppdll
          hdf5_hl_cpp
          hdf5_hl_cppdll
          hl_test_table_cpp
          hl_test_table_cppdll
        
4. Select "Build", then Select "Set Active Configuration".

   In "Project configurations", select the active configuration

	    "all -- Win32 Debug"
               
               or

	    "all -- Win32 Release"
	        
   Then build project "all".


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               STEP 2: Testing HDF5 Libraries and Tools 
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HDF5 libraries and tools should be tested to make sure that they were
built correctly.

HDF5 libraries and tools can be tested with hdf5check.bat batch file 
in c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5 directory.

hdf5check.bat has four options:
   
   hdf5check                     test HDF5 C library and tools only
      
   hdf5check enablecpp           test HDF5 C/C++ libraries and tools
         
   

Invoke a command prompt and run hdf5check with appropriate
options.

Test results are saved in two files:

   c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\tests_results.txt   

   c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\check_results.txt.

In general, you only need to check tests_results.txt.  If all the
tests passed, then you do not have to check check_results.txt.  
If some tests failed, check check_results.txt can help you
figure out what was wrong.

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                 STEP 3: Installing HDF5 Libraries
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Run the batch file c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\installhdf5lib.bat to install 
all HDF5 libraries and tools into c:\MyHDFstuff\hdf5\hdf5lib directory.

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               STEP 4: Building HDF5 Examples (Optional)
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Please read about building examples in the main document, INSTALL_Windows.txt.
Note that these instructions use Visual Studio .Net project files.  However,
similar 6.0 project files exist in the "windows_vs6" directory.

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