[Bldg-sim] [Fwd: RE: Projekt opening problem]

[Marlin Addison]

The symptoms you describe sound like you may have used eQUEST to open the
project using only the INP file rather than the PD2 file. Normally, you will
have both a PD2 file (contains wizard inputs) and an INP file (a DOE-2.2
file which is what's viewed and edited in eQUEST's Detailed Interface). 

To launch eQUEST, I normally double click on the project PD2 file. As a side
note, if you have multiple versions of eQUEST installed, double clicking on
the PD2 file will only launch the last version of eQUEST that ran on your
machine. If you have multiple versions of eQUEST installed on your machine,
be sure to launch the preferred version, e.g., from the Start-> All Programs
menu or a desktop shortcut, etc., then open the preferred PD2 file. 

If the only eQUEST project file available is an INP file, this can also be
opened using eQUEST by first launching eQUEST and then from within eQUEST
(via file open) browsing to the INP file. As eQUEST opens the INP file in
this manner, eQUEST will expect to find a PD2 file by the same name as the
INP file in the same folder. If it does not find a PD2 file by the same name
as the INP just opened, the user is prompted to identify some minimum
information, e.g., preferred weather file among other things, which
information is used to create a new PD2 file. A PD2 file created in this
manner will be almost entirely empty, containing no wizard inputs describing
the original project used to create the INP file opened in the first place.
In this situation, the only mode made available is the detailed edit mode. 

If you want access to the wizard inputs from your project, you must open the
PD2 used to define the building in the first place. Another side note, if
all you have is a PD2 file (e.g., INP file missing), when you first launch
eQUEST using the PD2 file, eQUEST will look to find an INP file by the same
name, in the same folder. Not finding an INP file with a matching name, the
project will open into the Detailed Interface (eQUEST always opens an
exiting project into the Detailed Interface, never directly into any of the
Wizards) with no project info at all, i.e., all screens in the Detailed
Interface will initially appear blank. In this case, you must go (back) into
the wizard and hit the 'Finish' button to regenerate an INP file which will
then be displayed upon return to the Detailed Interface.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Ümit Esiyok [mailto:umit.esiyok at uni-dortmund.de] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 7:12 AM
To: bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org; marlin.addison at doe2.com
Subject: [Fwd: RE: [Bldg-sim] Projekt opening problem]

Fogot to send group sorry, send again.

------------------------ Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------------------------
Betreff: RE: [Bldg-sim] Projekt opening problem
Von:     Ümit Esiyok <umit.esiyok at uni-dortmund.de>
Datum:   Mi, 6.02.2008, 15:04
An:      "Marlin Addison" <marlin.addison at doe2.com>
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Marlin,
we installed new version of e-quest but now under Mode "wizard data edit"
is inactive thats why we can not change building data. Do you have any
idea what can be the problem here?


> Umit,
> It may be that you are using an older version of eQUEST to open a PD2 file
> that was created using a newer version of eQUEST. Check the version of
> eQUEST used to create the PD2 file by opening the PD2 file using any text
> editor (e.g., right click on the PD2 file, select "open with" & use
> Notepad). The version number will be noted on the second line of the PD2
> file. Use a version of eQUEST that is at least as current to open the
> project.
> Marlin Addison
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
> [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Ümit Esiyok
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:23 AM
> To: bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
> Subject: [Bldg-sim] Projekt opening problem
>
> Dear all
>
> I tried to open a projekt from a friend but couldnt open it because of
> "File Format" error and then I tried to import the file the file is opened
> but the "wizard data Edit" was inaktiv, I cant open the building creation
> wizard.
>
> I am going to attach the error, anybody has an experience with this error?
>
> have a sunny day
>
>
> --
> Ümit Esiyok
>
>


-- 
Ümit Esiyok
Dr.-Ing., MSc. Arch.

Mobile: +49 17624362519
e-mails: umitesiyok at gmx.de
         umit.esiyok at uni-dortmund.de


-- 
Ümit Esiyok
Dr.-Ing., MSc. Arch.

Mobile: +49 17624362519
e-mails: umitesiyok at gmx.de
         umit.esiyok at uni-dortmund.de