HDF version 4.2.11
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This directory contains the binary (release) distribution of 
HDF-4.2.11 that was compiled on; 
    Windows 7 X86, using VISUAL STUDIO 2012. 
 
It was built with the following options: 
	-- SHARED C/Fortran libraries
	-- SZIP 2.1 (encoder enabled), ZLIB 1.2.8, and JPEG 8b
	-- SHARED HDF4 tools

The contents of this directory are:

    COPYING                 - Copyright notice
    README.txt              - This file
    HDF-4.2.11-win32.exe    - HDF4 Install Utility

We provide the JPEG, ZLIB, SZIP libraries within the installation package for convenience.  
  
Installation
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1. Execute HDF-4.2.11-win32.exe
2. Follow prompts
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After Installation
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The compressed examples file HDF4Examples-0.1.1-Source.zip, located in the 
HDF4 install folder, can be built and tested with CMake and the supplied
HDF4_Examples.cmake file. The HDF4_Examples.cmake expects HDF4 to have
been installed in the default location with above compilers. Also, CMake 
and unzip utilities should be installed.

To test the installation with the examples;
    Create a directory to run the examples.
    Copy HDF4Examples-0.1.1-Source.zip to this directory, do NOT unzip.
    Copy HDF4_Examples.cmake to this directory.
    Edit HDF4_Examples.cmake line 8 to set INSTALLDIR to where HDF4 is installed.
    NOTE for Windows: comment line 16 with a '#' character if you do not have a command line 
              unzip program. Use Windows Explorer to unzip the HDF4Examples-0.1.1-Source.zip file.
              Edit line 9 for CMake 2.x by removing the 4 digit VS version from the Generator value.
    Execute from this directory: 
        ctest -S HDF4_Examples.cmake,HDF4Examples-0.1.1-Source -C Release -O test.log -VV

When executed, the ctest script will save the results to the log file, test.log, as
indicated by the ctest command. If you wish the to see more build and test information, 
add "-VV" to the ctest command. The output should show near the end;
      100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 49.

For more information see USING_CMake_Examples.txt in the install folder. 
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Documentation for this release can be found at the following URL:
    http://www.hdfgroup.org/doc.html

See the HDF4 home page for further details:
    http://hdfgroup.org/products/hdf4/

Bugs should be reported to help@hdfgroup.org.
