This is the CDF V3.8.0 software distribution for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7/8/10 systems. This binary packages are built from both MS Visual Studio .Net 2008 VC++ (V9.0) and 2015 VC++ (V14.0) compilers for both 32-bit and 64-bit modes. These two versions should work the same. Please report any issues from 2015 version as in the future, this will be the only version distributed. Choose the files made from the same compiler version. The InstallMate installer will place the package into: C:\CDF_Distribution\cdf38_0-dist directory, by default. This directory contains the following files: AAREADME-380.txt This is the readme text file you're viewing. CHANGES.txt This file describes the changes made for current and previous releases. Release.notes This file describes the changes for CDF V3.8.0. CDF_copyright.txt Information about the CDF copyright. cdf3.8.0_[32|64]bit_VS[2008|2015]_InstallMate_Installer.exe This InstallMate self-installation file contains everything CDF offers, except for the CDF Perl APIs. It contains the followings: - CDF core library and MS Foundation Class-based tools - CDF C, FORTRAN, and Java APIs - Cygwin-based as well as Java version of the CDF tools - CDF XML tools This is either a 32-bit or 64-bit mode version of the distribution. Note: 1. The distributed tool programs include the netCDF-CDF converters. They might not be the latest. Please check out the latest ones in https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/software/cdf/conversion_tools 2. Some anti-virus scanners have blocked this installer due to malware. Please use the WinZip version if this InstallMate version presents a problem. We might use a different installer in the future. cdf3.8.0_[32|64]bit_VS[2008|2015]_WinZip_Installer.exe This is a WinZip-based installer. It works just like the .zip file, except it allows user to change the default directory that it will install the files. It will not set the environment variables as InstallMate installer does. cdf3.8.0_[32|64]bit_VS[2008|2015].zip This WinZip version contains everything as in the InstallMate InstallMate installer for CDF. The main difference is this zip file does not set the system environment variables automatically after installation. Users need to run "setenv.bat" in the top directory of the package to manually set those variables each time a terminal Windows is brought up. Or, users can manually place these environment variables into the Windows system properties (run terminal command: sysdm.cpl from a command window and select "Advanced" and "Environment variables", and manually add/change the variables). csharp-cdf3.8.0-[32|64]bit_VS[2008|2015]_InstallMate_Installer.exe This WinZip self-extracting package contains the pre-built C#-CDF and Visual Basic APIs, sample programs, batch files and documentation. csharp-cdf3.8.0-[32|64]bit_VS[2008|2015]_WinZip_Installer.exe This WinZip self-installer contains everything as in the InstallMate installer for Csharp-CDF. This installer does not set the system environment variables. Users need to run setenv.bat in the top directory of the package to manually set those variables each time a terminal Windows is brought up. Or, users can manually place these environment variables into the system properties. perlcdf3.8.0_[32|64]bit_VS[2008|2015]_InstallMate_Installer.exe This WinZip self-extracting package contains the pre-built Perl CDF APIs. The VS2008 version is built on Perl V5.16.3 and VS2015 version is built on Perl V5.30.1. perlcdf3.8.0_[32|64]bit_VS[2008|2015]_WinZip_Installer.exe This WinZip self-installer contains everything as in the InstallMate installer for Perl-CDF. This installer does not set the system environment variables. Users need to run setenv.bat in the top directory of the package to manually set those variables each time a terminal Windows is brought up. Or, users can manually place these environment variables into the system properties. src_distribution This file directs you to the source code for the CDF V3.8.0. PerlCDF38_0.tar.gz This compressed tarbal contains the source code of Perl-CDF APIs. You need to install the CDF library prior to building and using the Perl APIs. cdfjava.jar This is the latest version of cdfjava.jar that contains the latest Java APIs. This file is also included in cdf38_0_#-setup-[32|64].exe. It is here for those who have already installed the Java APIs, and might not have the latest version. If you are not sure whether you have the latest version of the Java APIs, download this file and replace the one you have in the \lib directory. cdfj.jar This is the latest version of pure Java package that can directly reads/writes CDF files without needing the JNI, like cdfjava.jar does. cdfml.jar This file contains the latest version of the CDF XML utilities (written in Java). This file is also included in cdf38_0_#-setup-[32|64].exe. It is here for those who already have installed an older version of pre-built binary file. If you are not sure whether you have the latest version of the CDF XML tools, download this file and replace the one you have in the \cdfml directory. cdf38_documentation This file points to the documentation of CDF V3.8. checkleapseconds.bat Batch-script to check if the installed leap seconds table is the latest.