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Version 2.4
October 2007
This document is a user's guide on how to use HDFView. For information on
implementing an HDFView module, please read:
A User's Guide on How to Implement HDFView Modules
The HDFView is a graphic utility designed for viewing and editing the contents of HDF4 and HDF5 files. This document provides instructions of how to use the HDFView. You will find the following information in this document:
- User instructions for HDFView
- A brief discussion of the HDF object model. Details of the HDF object model are available from HDF Object Package
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 Current Features
- 1.3 Limitations
- 1.4 System Requirements
- 1.5 Installing and Running HDFView
- 1.6 For Further Information
- Chapter 2: Getting Started
- 2.1 The Main Window
- 2.2 Opening a File
- 2.3 Tree View of File Hierarchy
- 2.4 Status Information
- 2.5 Metadata/Attributes
- 2.6 Select GUI modules
- Chapter 3: HDF5 Data Objects
- Chapter 4: The Tree Viewer
- 4.1 Tree Viewer
- 4.2 View Data Content
- 4.3 Display Metadata and Attributes
- 4.4 Edit File and File Structure
- Chapter 5: Table Viewer
- 5.1 Open Dataset
- 5.2 Subset and Dimension Selection
- 5.2.1 Dimension size
- 5.2.2 Three or More Dimensions
- 5.2.3 Swap Dimension and Data Transpose
- 5.2.4 Compound Dataset Options
- 5.3 Display Column/Row Line Plot
- 5.4 Change Data Value
- 5.5 Save Data Value to Text File
- 5.6 Import Data from Text File
- Chapter 6: Image Viewer
- 6.1 Display a 2D or 3D Image
- 6.2 Zoom/Flip/Contour Image
- 6.3 View and Modify Image Palette/Values
- 6.4 Show Histogram of Pixel Values
- 6.5 Import JPEG Image to HDF4/5
- 6.6 Save HDF Image to JPEG File
- Chapter 7: Text Viewer