3.2 Installing the DLL
Whether you get the pre-built DLL or build your own, you'll then have
to install it somewhere so that your other programs can find it and
use it.
There are standard places to put DLLs, the Windows\System folder
(Windows 98/ME) or Windows\System32 folder (Windows2000/XP), or you
can leave them wherever you want, and every development project that
uses the dll will have to be told to search the netCDF directory when
it's linking.
On the .NET platform, there is also the global assembly cache (see
MSDN topic “Global Assembly Cache”).
Following Windows conventions, the netCDF files belong in the
following places:
| File(s) | Description | Location
|
| netcdf.dll | C and Fortran function in DLL
| Windows\System (98/ME) or Windows\System32 (2000/XP)
|
| netcdf.lib | Library file?
| Windows\System (98/ME) or Windows\System32 (2000/XP)
|
| ncgen.exe, ncdump.exe | NetCDF utilities
| Windows\System (98/ME) or Windows\System32 (2000/XP)
|
| netcdf-3\src | netCDF source code
| Program Files\Unidata
|
