[NeXus-code-tickets] [NeXusCode] #7: Problem readining 2D NX_CHAR data with Nexus3.0.0

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#7: Problem readining 2D NX_CHAR data with Nexus3.0.0
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 Reporter:  Tieman  |       Type:  defect 
   Status:  new     |   Priority:  major  
Milestone:          |   Keywords:  NX_CHAR
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 I have about 1 gagillion files created with Napi1.3.2 that wrote a file
 name list as a 2D NX_CHAR array to the HDF4 format files.

 While upgrading my code to Nexus3.0 it was discovered that I can no longer
 read these files.  The new version of napi.c appears to limit the reading
 of NX_CHAR arrays to 1 dimension.

 <snip>
   NXstatus CALLING_STYLE NXgetinfo (NXhandle fid, int *rank,
                     int dimension[], int *iType)
 ...
     if ( (*iType == NX_CHAR) && (*rank > 1) )
     {
     NXIReportError(NXpData,
       "WARNING: multi-dimensional character arrays are not really
 supported");
     }
 ...
 </snip>

 I have not been able to deternin if the same restriction applies to
 writing files--if so, that would need to be fixed as well...

 This bug is preventing me from upgrading to newer releases of Nexus.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.nexusformat.org/code/ticket/7>
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