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

Download HDFView 2.9

We want to thank you for participating the HDFView User Survey. Your feedback and comments are extremely helpful to us. We put a short report of the survey for you. HDFView User Survey Report

We will leave the survey open and you may continue to give us your thoughts through the survey or our helpdesk. HDFView User Survey

HDFView can be downloaded quickly from here. JRE1.7 is bundled in the distribution (except for Mac). No additional software is needed to run HDFView.

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

Windows [40 MB]
Linux x86 [63 MB]
Solaris SPARC 86 MB]
Mac Intel [8 MB]
When you run the HDFView installer on Mac Mountain Lion, you may get an error message saying "the software is damaged and need to be moved to the trash". The error message is because of the OS X 10.8 GateKeeper that defaults to only running apps that are code-signed. Please use the workaround if you encounter such a problem: before you run the HDFView installer, run the this command on the installer
"xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/hdfview_install_macosx_intel64.app"

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]

New HDFView installers -- Please try our new installers built from CMake. Send us your comments using the contact form or helpdesk.

64-bit Windows [64 MB]
32-bit Windows [64 MB]

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

Install HDFView in Silent Mode

Edit Installer.properties file for customisation
Eg: EDIT the installation directory in USER_INSTALL_DIR property

# Installation mode (Silent)
INSTALLER_UI=SILENT

# Installation directory - use "\\" to separate directories.
USER_INSTALL_DIR=C:\\Program files\\TheHDFGroup\\HDFView

# Installation set (Complete/Upgrade)
CHOSEN_INSTALL_SET=Complete
Place the installer.properties file along with hdfview_install_xxx.exe[.bin]
run the HDFView installer with the following command, e.g.
hdfview_install_win64.exe -f installer.properties

Documentation

The HDFView User's Guide, accessible from the top of this page, contains detailed information on installing and using HDFView.

- - Last modified:February 12th 2013