This is the CDF V2.7 software distribution directory for 
Windows NT/95/98/ME/2000 systems.  This directory contains the following files:

AAREADME.txt	This is the AAREADME.txt file. 

CHANGES.txt     This file describes the changes made for the current release.

Release.notes	This file describes the changes for CDF V2.7.

CDF27_SETUP.EXE	This self-installation file contains the CDF library, the CDF
		Java APIs, Graphical User Interface (GUI) version of the
                CDF utilities (i.e., cdfedit, cdfexport) and the CDF Markup
                Language (CDFML) tools.  This file contains the lastest 
                version of everything you need for a non-developer or those 
                who are planning to develop CDF applications in C, Fortran, 
                or Java.

CDF27SRC.EXE	This self-extracting file contains all source programs  
		used for creating the CDF library and tools. Download this
		file only if you want to build a CDF library on your own. 

CDFTOOLS32.EXE  This self-extracting file is an optional file and contains 
                the command-line based CDF utilities (e.g. cdfedit, cdfexport,
                etc.).  The command-line based tools can be useful if you want
                to process files in a batch mode.  It can be used to replace 
                the MS VC++-based CDFso.exe and CDFfsi.exe programs 
                distributed in CDF27.EXE.

                You need to download and install the basic Cygwin package 
                before you can use interactive tools like cdfedit.  To obtain 
                more information about Cygwin or download the Cygwin package,
                please go to http://www.cygwin.com. 

PerlCDF27.EXE   This self-extracting file contains all compiled code for 
                Perl-CDF APIs. Two test Perl scripts are also included.

CDF27MinGW.EXE  This self-extracting file contains pre-built CDF library for
                MinGW port. The library can be called from C and Fortran
                program.