HDFView 3.0.0 beta missing C/C++ libraries

Hello.

I downloaded HDFView 3.0.0 beta to do some tests.
My computer works with Windows 7 64 bits.
As some of my files could not be opened with it, though it could be opened with previous versions, I tried to understand why, by modifying the “.bat” in order to use “java” instead of “javaw”.
Then I saw an “UnsatisfiedLinkError” at application start.
By comparing the installation stucture of this beta version with pervious ones, I quickly understood the problem : There is no C compilator dll in this beta. For example, HDFView 2.10.1 came with msvcp110.dll and msvcr110.dll.
It means that, for people like me who don’t have C/C++ compiler installed, this HDFView 3.0.0 beta won’t be able to work properly.

So, please, don’t forget the dll for the upcoming release.

Regards,

Raphaël GIRARDOT

Hello Raphaël,

On the HDFView download page (https://www.hdfgroup.org/downloads/hdfview/) just under the pre-built binaries, it says:

Windows ONLY: HDFView was built with VS 2015, and it requires that the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages be installed on your machine. If you cannot access HDF5 files then you do not have these packages. You can obtain them HERE:

 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145

I’ll see if we can highlight this so that it stands out better!
Downloading the packages should solve the issue.

-Barbara

Hello, and thank you for your answer.
Sorry, my mistake, I did not pay enough attention and misses these lines.

However, would it be possible, like in previous releases, to include the Visual C++ dll, so people don’t need to do an extra download ?

Thanks and regards,

Raphaël GIRARDOT