[Equest-users] file format error! is all my work lost?

[Maria Karpman]

I had the same problem on Vista a few times. In my experience it only
happens with large projects that had parametric runs, which matches Umesh's
observation. The most unpleasant symptom was the loss of the main inp file,
with its size going to ~0. Overcoming initial shock, I found that it is not
too hard to recover from this by using one of the inp files created during
simulation. 

 

Let's say the lost project was named <MyProject>. To recover the inputs, I'd
go to the project folder and locate <MyProject>-Baseline.inp file. If this
file was not affected by the problem (has a reasonable file size), I create
a copy of the file and name it <MyProjectX>.inp. If <MyProject>-Baseline.inp
is also lost, I pick an inp file created by eQUEST for a parametric run
which has the most in common with the main model and that was run recently,
and create a copy of this file naming it <MyProjectX>.inp. (The original
file would be named <MyProject>-<Parametric Run Label>.inp). When using  inp
file for a parametric run to recover a project, you need to remember to
revert the parameters that were changed in the parametric run back to the
original values once you are able to open the project in the detailed
interface. Note also that inp file for a parametric run is only generated
when you run calculations for this run, so when using this option you may
have to recapture all the changes that were made since the parametric run
was last calculated. To get a fresh start, I always create a new PD2 file
for the project following the steps described by Brian Fountain in the post
on 9/7/2011, and imports <MyProjectX>.inp into this new project. To recover
parametric runs, create a copy of <MyProject>.prd file naming if
<MyProjectX>.prd and place it in the folder with the rest of the recovered
files. I also always restart computer after a crash like that. 

 

Good luck,  

 

Maria 

 

From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Umesh Atre
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:14 AM
To: Pasha Korber-Gonzalez; Walker, Matthew
Cc: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] file format error! is all my work lost?

 

Thanks Pasha. Let me try this on the Windows 7 machine. But I am getting the
same errors on XP too. My models keep disappearing.

What I have noticed though is that this problem might be somehow tied to
parametric runs. I have not lost any data from models

that did not have any parametric runs. Any ideas?

 

 

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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Pasha
Korber-Gonzalez
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 6:19 PM
To: Walker, Matthew
Cc: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] file format error! is all my work lost?

For those of you that are using Windows 7, have you set the "compatibility"
settings within eQuest?  If you set eQuest to be compatible with XP Service
Pack 3 (or 2) this will help eQuest to work smoothly within Windows 7
operating system and against all other programs that you might have running
at the same time as eQuest.

If you need to be talked through the steps to get this set feel free to give
me a call at 308-763-1593--it will take 3 minutes to talk you through it and
do some checks on your files.

I run 3.64 on both a Windows XP laptop and Windows 7 laptop, and I haven't
encountered these issues anymore.

Cheers,
Pasha

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Walker, Matthew
<Matthew.Walker at tetratech.com> wrote:

A fellow co-worker and I have also experienced this frustrating message a
few times now.  

Both of our computers are less than 2 weeks old with windows 7, and we
downloaded eQUEST 3.64 last week.  

 

The problem is happening on new projects that we started last week, so it's
not an issue with old and new versions. just this new version.

 

Please let me know if anyone is finding a solution to this.

 

Matthew Walker, PE, LEED AP | Energy Management Consultant


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