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H5D..::..open Method (H5FileOrGroupId, )

Opens an existing dataset. http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/RM_H5D.html#Dataset-Open

Namespace:  HDF5DotNet
Assembly:  HDF5DotNet (in HDF5DotNet.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Shared Function open ( _
	groupOrFileId As H5FileOrGroupId, _
	dataSetName As String _
) As H5DataSetId
C#
public static H5DataSetId open(
	H5FileOrGroupId groupOrFileId,
	string dataSetName
)
Visual C++
public:
static H5DataSetId^ open(
	H5FileOrGroupId^ groupOrFileId, 
	String^ dataSetName
)
JavaScript
HDF5DotNet.H5D.open = function(groupOrFileId, dataSetName);

Parameters

groupOrFileId
Type: HDF5DotNet..::..H5FileOrGroupId
IN: Identifier of the file or group within which the dataset to be accessed will be found.
dataSetName
Type: String
IN: The name of the dataset to access.

Remarks

H5Dopen opens an existing dataset for access in the file or group specified in groupOrFileId. name is a dataset name and is used to identify the dataset in the file.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
HDF5DotNet..::..H5DopenException throws H5DopenException on failure.

See Also