Hi Mike: where exactly did you get the binaries? We use Digital Fortran to generate, possibly your Visual FORTRAN 6.1. uses a different name scheme. Try compiling the libraries from source and see if you have the same problem. Let me know what you find John Caron Unidata Support wrote: > > ------- Forwarded Message > > >To: address@hidden > >From: Mike Mueller <address@hidden> > >Subject: > >Organization: dgfz > >Keywords: 200005031125.e43BPkG08580 > > I am using the netCDF binaries (3.4 and 3.5beta3, tried both) on NT with > Visual FORTRAN 6.1. > I can create a file and make dimensions. > When using NF_STRERROR or NF_DEF_VAR I can not link: > > Linking... > W2_MS.OBJ : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _NF_DEF_VAR@24 > Debug/Baerwalde.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals > Error executing link.exe. > > It seems like the name does not exits (spelling?). > > Why do some functions work and some do NOT? > Thanks for some hints. > > Mike > > ------- End of Forwarded Message