Show the values of string datasets as well

2 files changed, 31 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 758fcc35..bb192be1 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ process_hkl_SOURCES = process_hkl.c sfac.c statistics.c cell.c utils.c \
 process_hkl_LDADD = @LIBS@
 
 if HAVE_GTK
-hdfsee_SOURCES = hdfsee.c displaywindow.c render.c hdf5-file.c
+hdfsee_SOURCES = hdfsee.c displaywindow.c render.c hdf5-file.c utils.c
 hdfsee_LDADD = @LIBS@
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/hdf5-file.c b/src/hdf5-file.c
index c1f4f70e..bd30ff7d 100644
--- a/src/hdf5-file.c
+++ b/src/hdf5-file.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "image.h"
 #include "hdf5-file.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 
 
 struct hdfile {
@@ -283,23 +284,44 @@ char *hdfile_get_string_value(struct hdfile *f, const char *name)
 	hid_t class;
 
 	dh = H5Dopen(f->fh, name, H5P_DEFAULT);
-	if ( dh < 0 ) {
-		return NULL;
+	if ( dh < 0 ) return NULL;
+
+	type = H5Dget_type(dh);
+	class = H5Tget_class(type);
+
+	if ( class == H5T_STRING ) {
+
+		herr_t r;
+		char *tmp;
+		hid_t th;
+		hsize_t size;
+
+		size = H5Dget_storage_size(dh);
+
+		tmp = malloc(size+1);
+
+		th = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+		H5Tset_size(th, size+1);
+
+		r = H5Dread(dh, th, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, tmp);
+		if ( r < 0 ) goto fail;
+
+		tmp[size] = '\0';
+		chomp(tmp);
+
+		return tmp;
+
 	}
 
 	sh = H5Dget_space(dh);
-	if ( H5Sget_simple_extent_ndims(sh) != 1 ) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	if ( H5Sget_simple_extent_ndims(sh) != 1 ) goto fail;
 
 	H5Sget_simple_extent_dims(sh, &size, &max_size);
 	if ( size != 1 ) {
 		H5Dclose(dh);
-		return NULL;
+		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	type = H5Dget_type(dh);
-	class = H5Tget_class(type);
 	switch ( class ) {
 	case H5T_FLOAT : {