Name: H5Topen1
Signature:
hid_t H5Topen1( hid_t loc_id, const char * name )

Purpose:
Opens a named datatype.

Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Topen2.

Description:
H5Topen1 opens a named datatype at the location specified by loc_id and returns an identifier for the datatype. loc_id is either a file or group identifier. The identifier should eventually be closed by calling H5Tclose to release resources.

Parameters:

Returns:
Returns a named datatype identifier if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran90 Interface: h5topen_f
SUBROUTINE h5topen_f(loc_id, name, type_id, hdferr) 
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id    ! File or group identifier 
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name    ! Datatype name within file or
                                          ! group
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(out) :: type_id  ! Datatype identifier 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr          ! Error code
                                          ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
END SUBROUTINE h5topen_f
	

History:
Release     C
1.8.0 The function H5Topen renamed to H5Topen1 and deprecated in this release.