Place these files in the same folder. If using the TGZ option place those file here also. The HDF518WindowsRWDICMAKE.cmake is an example configuration to build a SHARED version of hdf5 on a Windows 64 machine with VS2010 as a "Release With Debug Information" configuration and expects the external libraries to be TGZ files. Edit this file to change machine information and configure options. The source of HDF5 will be a subdirectory here (i.e. hdf5_1_8). Execute the following line from a command prompt: ctest -S HDF518WindowsRWDICMake.cmake,hdf5_1_8 -C RelWithDebInfo -V -O hdf5.log NOTE: 1. This is the script version of ctest "-S". 2. HDF518WindowsRWDICMake.cmake is the configuration file which calls CTestScript.cmake. 3. hdf5_1_8 is the hdf5 source folder. The HDF518WindowsRWDICMake.cmake expects it to exist. This can be changed inside the HDF518WindowsRWDICMake.cmake file. 4. "-C RelWithDebInfo" must match the setting "CTEST_BUILD_CONFIGURATION" in the HDF518WindowsRWDICMake.cmake file. 5. "-V" indicates verbose, more verbose would be "-VV". 6. "-O hdf5.log" is to save output to a log file.