This is the CDF V3.1 software distribution directory for Windows NT/95/98/ME/2000/XP 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 V3.1. CDF31_SETUP.EXE This self-installation file contains everything CDF offers except for the CDF Perl APIs. It is built using MS V++ 6.0 compiler. It contains the following items: - CDF library - CDF C, Fortran, and Java APIs - C and Java version of the CDF tools - CDF XML tools CDF31_SETUP-NET2005.EXE This self-installation file is similar to the above CDF31_SETUP.EXE. It is built using MS VC++ .Net 2005 (V8.0) compiler. You can use either one if you don't plan to use Fortran or Perl. If you use Digital/Compaq Fortran (V.6.0/1), then select CDF31_SETUP.EXE, instead. If you are using the newer Intel Visual Fortran, then use this one. Similarly, if you use VC V8.0 based Perl module, use this one along with the following PerlCDF31-NET2005.EXE. Select CDF31_SETUP.EXE and PerlCDF31.EXE if VC V6.0 based Perl module is used. CDF31SRC.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. CDF31TOOLS32_SETUP.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 CDF31_SETUP.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. PerlCDF31.EXE This self-extracting file contains all compiled code for Perl-CDF APIs. Two test Perl scripts are also included. This is for Perl module built from VC++ V6.0 or pre-build binary downloaded from ActiveState Corp. PerlCDF31-NET2005.EXE This self-extracting file contains all compiled code for Perl-CDF APIs. Two test Perl scripts are also included. This is for Perl module built from VC++ V8.0. CDF31MinGW.EXE This self-extracting file contains pre-built CDF library for MinGW port. The library can be called from C and Fortran program.