This directory contains the binary (release) distribution of 
HDF4.2.7 that was compiled on an Intel PC running Windows 7, 
using Visual Studio 2008/Intel Fortran 11.1.  It was built with the 
following options: 
	-- C/Fortran libraries, static
	-- SZIP (encoder enabled), ZLIB, and JPEG
	-- Static HDF4 tools

The contents of this directory are:

    COPYING             - Copyright notice
    USING_CMake.txt     - How to compile an application
    README.txt          - This file
    RELEASE.txt         - Detailed information regarding this release
    HDF-4.2.7-win32.exe - HDF4 Install Utility
    CMake.txt           - CMake install instructions from the source code. 
  

We provide the following libraries within the install for convenience.  

The binaries were built with ZLIB compression enabled (zlib 1.2.5). Therefore 
you MUST link with the GNU ZLIB library when compiling with these binaries. We 
provide the pre-compiled binary distribution for Windows for ZLIB 1.2.5 from 
our ftp server at:

    ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/lib-external/zlib/1.2/bin/windows

The binaries were built with JPEG Library (jpeg 8b). Therefore 
you MUST link with the JPEG library when compiling with these binaries. We 
provide the pre-compiled binary distribution for Windows for JPEG 8b from 
our ftp server at:

    ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/lib-external/jpeg/bin/windows

These binaries were also built with SZIP 2.1 compression (encoder ENABLED).  
When compiling with these binaries, you must link with the SZIP library.  
Information regarding SZIP can be found at:

   http://www.hdfgroup.org/doc_resource/SZIP/

You can obtain the SZIP source code and binaries from our ftp server at:
  
   ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/lib-external/szip/2.1/bin/windows/

Source code can be found on the THG ftp server in:

   ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF/HDF_Current/src	

Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to:

    help@hdfgroup.org

