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color=#0000ff size=2>Nicole,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=579085006-03032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The command for converting bin file to text file is MKAFT.
This is a batch file that uses the BIN2TXT.exe executable to convert a .bin file
in the weather directory to a text file.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=579085006-03032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Below is an excerpt from the DOE2 weather utilities readme
file - </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=579085006-03032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>MKAFT.BAT Batch file to create a text file from a
binary file using
BIN2TXT<BR>
useage: MKAFT
filename<BR>
filename is DOE-2 binary (filename.bin) in WEATHER (no
extension)<BR>
filename.ft is placed in WEATHER directory<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=579085006-03032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Assuming your bin file name is example.bin, type " MKAFT
example" to create example.ft file in the weather directory.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=579085006-03032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>You may also need to edit the MKAFT.Bat file to set the
path to your DOE weather directory, weather.bin and weather.fmt
files.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=579085006-03032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hope this helps,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#800000 size=2>Abhijeet
Pande</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Project Manager<BR>Heschong Mahone
Group<BR>11626 Fair Oaks Blvd. #302<BR>Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (Sacramento
area)</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>ph (916) 962-7001</FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>x35</FONT><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>fax (916) 962-0101<BR>pande@h-m-g.com<BR>web site:
www.h-m-g.com</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> BLDG-SIM@GARD.COM
[mailto:BLDG-SIM@GARD.COM] <B>On Behalf Of </B>nicole chen<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:54 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
BLDG-SIM@GARD.COM<BR><B>Subject:</B> [BLDG-SIM] how to use doe2 weather
utilities<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear all</DIV>
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<DIV>I am now trying to convert bin weather file to txt file. I tried the
bin2txt.exe downloaded form doe2 website. But I can not open the program.
the following error message is always displayed:"*ERR* IO-09 system file
error--end of file". I am wondering how to use this weather utility. And by the
way the operating system is window2000. would you please tell me how to convert
bin file to txt file.Thank you very much in advance.<BR clear=all></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>-- <BR>Yours<BR>Nicole Chen </DIV><PRE>
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