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Hi Leo, > I just received a copy of the AIA communications standard which uses > netCDF v2.0. I have followed the instructions for proper installation and > compilation of the libraries and everything seemed OK, but not really. > > I am using Microsoft Visual C++ v1.51 to compile the XDR and netCDF > libraries. I have successfully compiled and linked the three utility > programs (NCGEN, NCDUMP, and NCTEST). > > NCGEN seems to work properly, as far as I can see, since I get no errors > from it. I was able to successfully generate the C source code to create > the CDF file for AIA using the CDL template provided by AIA. > > I ran NCTEST to see if the libs were created properly. NCTEST fails after > it creates the test file while trying to open it. Most of the other > function calls fail (primarily when ncopen gets called). > > NCDUMP does not work properly when I ask for a complete conversion of a > netCDF file. If I only include the -h (header info) or -c (header info + > coordinate variables), NCDUMP seems to work. When it tries to produce the > data the following floating point error occurs: > > run-time error M6101: MATH > - floating-point error: invalid > > I don't know where to go next. If there's a newer version or a version > which has presented no complications under Windows using Visual C++ please > let me know where to get it... The latest release is version 2.3.2pl2 available via anonymous FTP from ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf.tar.Z More information is available to WWW browsers from <URL:http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/> or via anonymous FTP from ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/faq.txt Binaries for MSDOS are available via anonymous FTP from ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/msdos/ The best address to use for support questions about netCDF is address@hidden rahter than address@hidden, which is a mailing list for announcements and discussion. ______________________________________________________________________________ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu