MATLAB Programming

7 Working with Scientific Data Formats
Step5: ClosingHDFFilesandtheHDFImportTool
To close a file, select the file in the contents pane and click Close File on the
HDF Import Tool File menu.
To close all the files open in the HDF Import Tool, click Close All Files on the
HDF Import Tool File menu.
To close the tool, click Close HDFTool in the HDF Import Tool File menu or
click the Close button in the upper right corner of the tool.
If you used the hdftool syntax that returns a handle to the tool,
h = hdftool('example.hdf')
you can use the close(h) command to close the tool from the MATLAB
command line.
Using the HDF Import Tool Subsetting Options
When you select a data set, the importing and subsetting pane displays the
subsetting options available for that type of data set. The following sections
provide information about these subsetting options for all supported data
set types. For general information about the HDF Import tool, see “Using
the HDF Import Tool” on page 7-35.
• “HDF Scientific Data Sets (SD)” on page 7-41
• “HDF Vdata” on page 7-41
• “HDF-EOS Grid Data” on page 7-43
• “HDF-EOS Point Data” on page 7-48
• “HDF-EOS Swath Data” on page 7-48
• “HDF Raster Image Data” on page 7-52
Note To use these data subsetting options effectively, you must understand
the HDF and HDF-EOS data formats. Therefore, use this documentation
in conjunction with the HDF documentation (www.hdfgroup.org) andthe
HDF-EOS documentation (www.hdfeos.org).
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