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                          Newsletter #46
                         October 27, 1999


CONTENTS
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. Fortran 90 API for HDF5-1.2.0             * Visit the HDF home page     *
. HCR Tools Release 3.0v1                   * for up-to-date information  *
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                                            *   http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ *
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Fortran 90 API (prototype) for HDF5-1.2.0
=========================================

A prototype of the HDF5 Fortran 90 API is now available 
from the NCSA FTP server in the directory:

  ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/fortran/
 
This prototype was tested on the following platforms:

  SunOS 5.6 and 5.7
  OSF1 V4.0
  IRIX64 6.5 (64bit)

In order to install it, you must have HDF5-1.2.0 installed
and the GZIP library.  For your convenience, we provide on 
the NCSA ftp server the compiled GZIP libraries that were 
used to test HDF5-1.2.0:

  ftp://ftp.ncsa/uiuc.edu/HDF/gzip/
 

HCR Tools Release 3.0v1
=======================

HDF Configuration Record (HCR) Tools Release 3.0v1 is freely available
for public access.  HCR is a tools suite that provides an easy interface
to create, modify and access HDF-EOS and HDF files.  This release has been
upgraded to work with the latest official releases of the HDF-EOS library
(2.4v1.00) and HDF library (v4.1r3). 

The differences between Version 3.0v1 and prior versions are that HDF 
objects have been added, including GR, SDS, Palette, Vdata, Vgroup and 
Annotation objects.  Similar to HDF-EOS files, you can create HDF objects in 
ODL format and use the tools (only hcr2hdf and hdf2hcr currently) to convert to 
HDF files or vice versa.  For HDF-EOS files, there are four tools
available (hcr2hdf, hdf2hcr, hcrhdfdiff, hcr_edit).

It has also been ported to several platforms.  The following compiled HCR
executable files in binary form are provided: 

  hcr_solaris2.6.tar.gz      -- For Sun Solaris2.6(SunOS 5.6).
  hcr_irix6.5.tar.gz         -- For SGI IRIX(or IRIX64) 6.5.  It was
                                compiled in n32 object mode.
  hcr_hpux10.2.tar.gz        -- For HP-UX 10.20.
  hcr_dec.tar.gz             -- For DEC OSF1 v4.0.

The software can be retrieved via anonymous ftp at the following
URL:    ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/HCR/Software/

To install, download one of them, uncompress the file ("gunzip 
filename.gz", "tar -xf filename.tar") and display the README file for 
installation instructions.  

The HCR Home page can be found at: 

   http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/hcr.html


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For questions regarding these or other HDF issues, contact:

   hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu