The Vdata Interface


This group of tutorials is an introduction to the Vdata interface. You can either start from the beginning or select a topic from the list of tutorials. To understand terminology used in this tutorial, it helps to have read at least section 4.2 in Chapter 4 (Vdatas) in the HDF User's Guide.

List of Tutorials:

  • Vdata Programming Model
  • Simple Writing to a File
  • Writing Mixed Field Data Types
  • Reading a Vdata
  • Adding Attributes to a Vdata and its Fields
  • Getting Information About a Vdata
  • Related Information:
  • Compiling a Program that uses HDF
  • Download Programs used in This Tutorial