-------------------------------------------------------------------------- The HDF Group Home Page: http://hdfgroup.org/ Helpdesk & Mailing Lists Info: http://hdfgroup.org/services/support.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter #130 November 15, 2012 CONTENTS - Release of HDF-Java Products 2.9 . Highlights . Future Changes to Supported Platforms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Release of HDF-Java Products 2.9 ================================ The HDF-Java 2.9 release is now available. This release was built with HDF 4.2.8 and HDF5-1.8.10 using jdk 1.7.x. It can be obtained from The HDF Group Downloads page: http://www.hdfgroup.org/downloads/index.html For information on HDF-Java, see the HDF-Java home page: http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/ Highlights ---------- This is a maintenance release with no major changes in functionality. It includes bug fixes and some minor enhancements. Here are the highlights: Fixed 29 bugs including the following: Fixed HDFView to display 64-bit unsigned integers Fixed HDFView to display SCALAR arrays Fixed a fill value problem on Mac machines Fixed ImageView showing the wrong values for 3D arrays Added 10 minor enhancements including the following: Added a feature to show groups/attributes in creation order Excluded fill values from data calculations Added a 'reload' option to quickly close and reopen a file For more information on the current release, please read "About This Release" at: http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/hdfview/UsersGuide/ug01introduction.html#ug01release Future Changes to Supported Platforms ------------------------------------- Please note that this is the last release to support 32-bit Mac and 32-bit Solaris. Future releases will not support these two platforms. ------------------------------------------------------------- For questions regarding these or other HDF issues, contact: help@hdfgroup.org