Contents

• Contents
• The W5 of HL-HDF
  • What?
  • Why?
  • Where?
  • When?
  • Who?
• Compilation and Installation
  • Requirements
    • UNIX
    • Windows NT
    • Mac
    • VMS
  • Compilation
    • UNIX
    • Windows NT
  • Testing
    • UNIX
    • Windows NT
  • Installation
    • UNIX
    • Windows NT
  • Platform Notes
    • Red Hat Linux 6.2
    • Sun
    • DEC Alpha
    • HP-UX
    • SGI
    • Cray T3E
    • Cray C90
    • Windows NT
• Fundamentals
  • The Heirarchy
  • HL-HDF Building Blocks
    • Datatype
    • Attribute
    • Dataset
    • Group
    • Node
    • Scalar
    • Atomic
  • C Header Definitions
    • hid_t
    • herr_t
    • hsize_t
    • HL_type
    • HL_DataType
    • HL_NodeMark
    • HL_Node
    • HL_NodeList
    • HL_CompoundTypeAttribute
    • HL_CompoundTypeDescription
• Library Reference
  • General functions
    • initHlHdf
    • disableErrorReporting
    • enableErrorReporting
    • debugHlHdf
    • isHdf5File
    • openHlHdfFile
    • createHlHdfFile
    • closeHlHdfFile
    • getFixedType
    • translateCharToDatatype
    • getTypeNameString
    • getFormatNameString
    • getStringPadName
    • getStringCsetName
    • getStringCtypeName
    • whatSizeIsHdfFormat
    • isFormatSupported
    • newHL_Node
    • newHL_NodeList
    • freeHL_Node
    • freeHL_NodeList
    • newHL_Group
    • newHL_Attribute
    • newHL_Dataset
    • newHL_Datatype
    • newHL_CompoundTypeAttribute
    • newHL_CompoundTypeDescription
    • freeHL_CompoundTypeAttribute
    • freeHL_CompoundTypeDescription
    • addNode
    • getNode
    • setScalarValue
    • setArrayValue
    • extractParentChildName
    • commitDatatype
    • scanNodeList
    • findCompoundTypeDescription
    • scanCompoundTypeDescription
  • Read functions
    • readHL_NodeListFrom
    • readHL_NodeList
    • selectNode
    • selectAllNodes
    • fetchMarkedNodes
    • fillAttributeNode
    • fillDatasetNode
    • fillGroupNode
    • fillTypeNode
    • fillNodeWithData
    • buildTypeDescriptionFromTypeHid
  • Write functions
    • commitType
    • createStringType
    • setTypeSize
    • closeType
    • writeScalarDataAttribute
    • writeScalarDataAttribute_fmt
    • writeSimpleDataAttribute
    • writeSimpleDataAttribute_fmt
    • createSimpleDataset
    • createSimpleDataset_fmt
    • closeDataset
    • createCompoundType
    • addAttributeToCompoundType
    • addAttributeToCompoundType_fmt
    • addArrayToCompoundType
    • addArrayToCompoundType_fmt
    • createGroup
    • closeGroup
    • doWriteHdf5Attribute
    • doWriteHdf5Group
    • doWriteHdf5Dataset
    • doCommitHdf5Datatype
    • writeNodeList
  • Deprecated
    • newGroup
    • newDataset
    • newNameListType
    • newAttribute
    • newCompoundAttribute
    • createCompoundFromType
    • addCompoundAttributeToType
    • addAttributeToGroup
    • addAttributeToDataset
    • freeCompoundAttribute
    • freeAttribute
    • freeNameListType
    • freeInternalDataset
    • freeDataset
    • addTypeToLocalGroup
    • addTypeToGlobalGroup
    • doesTypeExistInGlobalGroup
    • doesTypeExistInLocalGroup
    • removeTypeFromLocalGroup
    • removeTypeFromGlobalGroup
    • displayDataBuffer
    • displayCompoundDataset
    • displayCompoundAttributeDef
    • displayType
    • displayAttribute
    • displayDataset
    • displayGroup
    • readHlHdfFile
    • readHlHdfFileFrom
    • read_hlhdf_free
• Creating your own HDF5 product
• Example Programs
  • hlenc
  • hldec
  • hllist
• Python Interface - PyHL
  • Compilation and installation
  • Create module _pyhl
  • Library Reference
    • nodelist
    • node
  • Examples
    • Writing a simple HDF5 file
    • Writing an HDF5 file containing a compound datatype
    • Reading a simple HDF5 file
    • Reading an HDF5 file containing a compound type