Mukund, On Mar 10, 2011, at 9:16 AM, Mukund Rajamony wrote:
> Peter, > Thank you. I was trying to figure out the C++ API for softlinking. I am > currently using the api below to link > > H5Lcreate_soft(meshSpElementDataSetPath.str().c_str(), file.getId(), > plyElemSetPath.str().c_str(), H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT); > > When I view the created h5 file, I get the same softlinked behaviour I want. > It seems curious that there is no C++ API for this. > Bringing 1.8 features into the C++ wrappers library have a very low priority for our group due to the lack of funding (and there is a workaround as you've figured out). Elena > Thanks, > Mukund > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Peter Cao > Sent: March 9, 2011 9:22 AM > To: HDF Users Discussion List > Subject: Re: [Hdf-forum] Sample code for linking datasets > > The best way to create a link in HDFView is to use the following steps: > 1) right-mouse click on a group > 2) "new" --> "Link" > > > Thanks > --pc > > > On 3/9/2011 7:46 AM, Mukund Rajamony wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I am trying to link two datasets, in the HDF viewer, I expect one of the >> datasets to appear with a "Link to Target" General Property >> The code I am writing for it is >> ..... >> //Create the plyElemSet. >> >> hsize_t dim[] = { indices.size() }; >> >> H5::IntType plyElemSetType( H5::PredType::NATIVE_INT ); >> >> H5::DataSet plyElemSet = file.createDataSet( >> >> plyElemSetPath.str().c_str(), plyElemSetType, H5::DataSpace( 1, dim ) ); >> >> //write it to the meshElementSetPath >> >> H5::DataSet meshElementSet = file.createDataSet( >> >> meshSpElementDataSetPath.str().c_str(), plyElemSetType, H5::DataSpace( 1, >> dim ) ); >> >> meshElementSet.write( &(indices[0]), plyElemSetType ); >> >> //link plyElemSet to meshElementSetPath >> >> plyElemSet.reference((void*)&meshElementSet, >> meshSpElementDataSetPath.str().c_str()); >> >> .... >> >> It doesn't link the way I would like it to. Any help, examples would be most >> useful. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mukund Rajamony, >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. >> [email protected] >> http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org > _______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > [email protected] > http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org
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