Major Enhancements
* GH #121 Updated all icons with transparency
Major Bug Fixes
* GH #119 (crashes opening HDF4 file) has been fixed. The problem was
that the HDF4 xdr.dll file was not copied from the hdf4 install location.
***** Previous fixes *****
* HDFVIEW-284 (crashes on NETCDF-4 grids) has been fixed. The problem was
that references in variable-length containers were trying to be handled
like strings. Upon investigation, the problem was found to extend to
references in any container. The table display code for vlen references
also changed to account for the hdf5 Java API fixes.
The fix required that variable-length types in the Java wrappers in the
hdf5 library for read and write also be fixed.
HDFView-221 Add support for true Variable-length types in Java
Sub-issue HDFView-222 fixed the read/write support for variable-length
in the Java wrappers. This fix involved handling the data object as
a list of lists and using the datatype of the list.
Sub-issue HDFView-222 fixed the object library to handle the List of Lists
concept.
Sub-issue HDFView-223 updated the DataProviders, DataDisplayConverters
and DataValidators to work with variable-length List of Lists.
Minor Bug Fixes
* Corrected how the program updates changes to the fonts made in the User Preferences
dialog. There are still issues with having to trigger a visual refresh.
* GH #73 (Check aarch64 in machine.arch property) fixed by adding a section to
for aarch64.
* GH #147 (HDFView 3.3.0 shows incorrect references in compound types in datasets)
fixed by adding a start index into the object reference array of data read from a
compound type.
Limitations / Known Problems
* HDFView currently cannot nicely handle large datasets when using the
default display mode, as the data is loaded in its entirety. To view
large datasets, it is recommended to right click on a data object and
use the "Open As" menu item, where a subset of data to view can be
selected.
* HDFView also cannot nicely handle large numbers of objects, because of
a design issue that requires HDFView to visit all the objects in a file.
* Object/region references can't be opened by a double-click or by
right-clicking and choosing "Show As Table/Image" when inside a compound
datatype.
* If a file is opened in read-only mode, right-clicking on a dataset in
in the tree view and choosing any of the options under the
"Export Dataset" menu item will fail with a message of
'Unable to export dataset: Unable to open file'. The current workaround
is to re-open the file in read/write mode.
* The 'Recent Files' button does not work on Mac due to a cross-platform
issue with SWT.
* Selecting and changing individual points in PaletteView for an image
palette is broken.
* Logging and optional HDF4 requires rebuilds from source.
* Automatically opening HDFView and displaying a file selected still does
not display the file on a mac.
