[netCDF #SNB-841615]: windows help with netcdf

> Dear Ed,
>
> >
> >Well this will not work. Visual FORTRAN has it's own, proprietary
> >build system, and we don't support that. So you will not be able to
> >build the netCDF library within visual FORTRAN, and that includes
> >the examples as well.
> >
> >You will be able to develop code that calls netCDF, you just won't
> >be able to build the netCDF examples unless you cope with the visual
> >fortran environment and figure out how to build them.
> >
> >It doesn't matter where the .mod file is, as long as visual fortran
> >knows where to find it. There will be a way of setting directories
> >to search in the properties window of visual fortran for your
> >project.
>
>
> Ok, well that explains that.....
>
> >
> >
> >Sorry, what I should of asked was: are you installing netCDF? Or
> >netCDF already exists on your machine and you are trying to use it?
>
>
> Well, I guess not installed - I think I am confused about that
> part. I don't think I
> am understanding the manual when it comes to installing it.
>
> >
> >
> >Doesn't IDL already have the capability to read netCDF files? I
> >don't use IDL, but a quick google shows me that it's supposed to be
> >able to read netCDF already.
>
>
> Ok, as is typical, I discovered this yesterday, but it reads it in
> using a macro,
> and I then have limited control, and worse yet, have to do a bunch of
> time wasting
> stuff to get it in, and then when I shut it down, have to do the same
> time wasting stuff
> when I open it back up. Someone recommended not using the macro, but
> to do that,
> I need to understand what format the data set I created on the
> website is. Which takes
> me back to my original problem. Really, all I am trying to do is do a
> header dump!
>
> The pc guy came yesterday, and got the precompiled version working - so we
> were able to dump, but since I am not using unix, it is very hard to
> cut off the
> file creation without getting all the data too. But, progress.

There is a -h option to ncdump which will cause it to only print out the
header.

Thanks,

Ed

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: SNB-841615
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed