[FLASH-USERS] Problem in installing Flash View

[Brad Gallagher]

M.A.,

I would also second Randy's advice however, Visit has a lot more  
functionality.
--Brad
On Jan 29, 2008, at 1:45 PM, Brad Gallagher wrote:

> M.A. ,
>
> The "hssize_t" type was deprecated sometime in the hdf5 1.6.x  
> series, so one way to fix this would be to edit flashhdf5.C and  
> change all types of "hssize_t" to "hsize_t" , this should allow  
> FlashView to compile against a 1.6.x hdf5 library. I'll look into  
> getting this changed in the release distribution. Thanks for  
> pointing this out and please let us know if you still have problems.
>
> --Brad
> On Jan 29, 2008, at 5:05 AM, M.A. Latife wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> Dear all,
>> I am trying to install flash view on my pc. i have installed all  
>> libraries required for it but when i "make" .......... it gives the  
>> following error.
>> In member function ‘int FlashHDFFile::GetGlobalIds(int, int*)’:
>> /Users/users/latife/Data/flashview/FlashView/FlashHDF5/flashhdf5.C: 
>> 358: error: invalid conversion from ‘hssize_t*’ to ‘const hsize_t*’
>> /Users/users/latife/Data/flashview/FlashView/FlashHDF5/flashhdf5.C: 
>> 358: error: initializing argument 3 of ‘herr_t  
>> H5Sselect_hyperslab(hid_t, H5S_seloper_t, const hsize_t*, const  
>> hsize_t*, const hsize_t*, const hsize_t*)’
>> any body has experienced this problem?
>> what could be the possible solution?
>> kind regards
>> M.A.Latife
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