[Getdp] Launching GetDP from another program

[John_V]

Thanks Ruth. Unfortunately, I did also try this, with the same result.
--John


On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Ruth V. Sabariego <r.sabariego at ulg.ac.be>wrote:

>  I often launch GetDP from Matlab without any problem.
> Try with:
> getdp_sparskit sample -sol EleSta_v
>
> Ruth
>
> getdp_sparskit sample -pre EleSta_v -cal
>
> On 26/11/10 20:25, John_V wrote:
>
> Has anyone successfully launched GetDP from another program?
>
> I have a Java program that writes problem specification files for GetDP and
> then attempts to launch it. I don't understand GetDP's ""Missing number""
> error message.
>
> Here's the SHORT VERSION of my story. GetD itself reports:
>
> Running 'getdp_sparskit sample -pre EleSta_v -cal'
> Info    : Started on Fri Nov 26 13:29:57 2010
>
> Then it produces error output as follows:
>
> Error   : Missing number
>
> Does anyone know what is the "Missing number" to which GetDP is referring?
> The reported command, 'getdp_sparskit sample -pre EleSta_v -cal', does run
> properly if I type it manually at a DOS prompt or put it in a batch file.
> (getdp_sparskit is my renamed getdp executable after compiling with the
> sparskit library.)
>
> If instead I change the command line to 'getdp_sparskit sample -pre
> EleSta_v -cal 1>output.txt 2>errout.txt' there is more progress before it
> fails. I get the following normal output followed by error message:
>
> Info    : Started on Fri Nov 26 13:28:24 2010
> Info    : Unknown option: '2>errout.txt'
> Info    : Loading problem definition 'sample.pro'
> Info    : Loading problem definition 'Jacobian_Lib.pro'
> Info    : Loading problem definition 'Integration_Lib.pro'
> Info    : Loading problem definition 'EleSta_v.pro'
> Info    : Selected Resolution 'EleSta_v'
> Info    : Loaded Geometric data 'sample.msh'
> Info    : System 'Sys_Ele' : Real
> P r e - P r o c e s s i n g . . .
> Info    : Loding Pre-Processing data 'sample.pre'
> Info    : (CPU = 10.4375s)
> E n d   P r e - P r o c e s s i n g
> P r o c e s s i n g . . .
> Info    : Generate[Sys_Ele]
> Info    : Loading parameter file 'solver.par'
> Error   : Unknown solver parameter 'pre EleSta_v'
>
>  The solver.par file in my working directory works OK when I run from the
> command line, and it does not contain the characters EleSta_v, so this error
> message is also mysterious.
>
> I would appreciate any insights.
>
> John
>
>
> DETAILED VERSION. Below is one version of the code I use to launch GetDP
> from my Java program and the resulting output. (I wrote a second version,
> using Java's ProcessBuilder class in hopes of seeing a different result, but
> the output was identical.)
>
> My Java code:
>          String[] command = new String[] {
>             "getdp_sparskit",
>             "sample",
>             "-pre EleSta_v",
>             "-cal"
>          };
>
>          Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
>          Process child = runtime.exec(command, null, new File(feaFolder));
> /* feaFolder is working directory with sample.pro, etc.*/
>          InputStream is = child.getInputStream();
>          InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
>          BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
>          BufferedReader brErr = new BufferedReader(new
> InputStreamReader(child.getErrorStream()));
>          String line;
>
>          System.out.printf("Output of running %s is:",
>              Arrays.toString(command));
>
>          while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
>            System.out.println(line);
>          }
>
>          System.out.printf("Error output of running %s is:",
> Arrays.toString(command));
>
>          while((line = brErr.readLine()) != null) {
>             System.out.println(line);
>          }
>
>          int exitVal = child.waitFor();
>
> The exitVal = 1 indicates a not-normal exit.
>
> Output and error message:
> Output of running [getdp_sparskit, sample, -pre EleSta_v, -cal] is:
> Info    : Running 'getdp_sparskit sample -pre EleSta_v -cal'
> Info    : Started on Fri Nov 26 13:29:57 2010
> Error output of running [getdp_sparskit, sample, -pre EleSta_v, -cal]
> is:Error   : Missing number
>
> The longer, more successful message reported above resulted from changing
> the definition of command to
>          String[] command = new String[] {
>             "getdp_sparskit",
>             "sample",
>             "-solve EleSta_v",
>             "1>output.txt",
>             "2>errout.txt"
>          };
>
>
>
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> Dr. Ir. Ruth V. Sabariego
> University of Liege, Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science,
> Applied & Computational Electromagnetics (ACE),
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