HDFView

HDFView is a visual tool for browsing and editing HDF4 and HDF5 files. Using HDFView, you can

view a file hierarchy in a tree structure
create new file, add or delete groups and datasets
view and modify the content of a dataset
add, delete and modify attributes
replace I/O and GUI components such as table view, image view and metadata view

About This Release: - new features and major changes of the latest version
the User's Guide: - information on how to use the HDFView
the Module Guide: - instruction on how to implement HDFView modules

hdf-java 2.6.1 release (March 5, 2010)

This release was built with HDF 4.2.5 and HDF5 1.8.4 Patch 1 with the 1.6 API Compatibility Macros, using jdk 1.6.x.

HDF5 1.8.4 Patch 1 fixes a corruption problem that existed from HDF5 1.8.0 through HDF5 1.8.4. For more information, see the Known Problems page.

No major change in hdf-java since hdf-java 2.6. Some minor changes include:

Use better memory allocation in HDF4 JNI to avoid crash on OutOfMemory error on large dataset.
Show some HDF-EOS attributes stored in HDF4 vdata.
Fix a problem of displaying information for HDF4 vdata without name.
Add HDF-Java logging levels to HDF5 JNI and set default level to "SEVERE".

To obtain hdf-java products (HDFView installers, Pre-built binaries, and Source code), go to http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/hdf-java/.
For more information on the current release, please read About This Release.

Download

HDFView can be downloaded quickly from here. JRE1.6 is bundled in the distribution. No additional software is needed to run HDFView. The HDFView installer allows you to use other JRE installed in your system instead of using the packed JRE.

32-bit distribution -- runs on 32-bit systems or 64-bit systems with 32-bit JRE

Windows [44 MB]
Linux [49 MB]
Solaris SPARC [85 MB]
Mac Intel [8 MB]

64-bit distribution -- runs on 64-bit systems with 64-bit JRE

Linux x86 [63 MB]
Solaris SPARC 86 MB]
Linux Itanium [64 MB]
Mac Intel [8 MB]

An older release (version 2.5) is also available at http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/hdf-java-2.5/hdfview/

Install/Run Instructions

Unix:
- To install, type: sh ./hdfview_install_xxx.bin
- To run, type: ./hdfview
Mac OS X:
- To install, open hdfview_install_macosx_xxx.zip
- To run, {where_you_install_hdfview}/hdfview.sh
  or click on the HDFView Icon on the desktop
Windows:
- To install, type: hdfview_install_windows_xxx.exe
- To run, select HDFView from the menu, Start -> programs -> HDFView 2.x -> HDFView 2.x

Documentation

The HDFView User's Guide, accessible from the top of this page, contains detailed information on installing and using HDFView. For further installation information, please refer to Chapter 1.5.

- - Last modified:April 26th 2010