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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I am trying to use GenOpt in order to optimize a
project. After following all the steps of the first window appeared when
initializing the GenOpt (select input file, select and specify variables, use a
cost equation to minimize and choose the optimization method, browsing the
TRNSYS. ini file) the following message appears without running the project. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Initialize.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>java.lang.Exception:
<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Exception
in executing the simulation program<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Current
command String: 'c:\Program Files\Trnsys16_1\Exe\TRNEXE.EXE "c:\Program
Files\Trnsys16_1\optimization\GENOPT\SIMULATION\GenoptInputFile.DCK" /n
/WAIT '.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Exception
message: <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Error
in executing the simulation program<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Exit
value of the simulation program: 1<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Current
command String              : 'c:\Program Files\Trnsys16_1\Exe\TRNEXE.EXE
"c:\Program
Files\Trnsys16_1\optimization\GENOPT\SIMULATION\GenoptInputFile.DCK" /n
/WAIT '.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Error
stream of simulation program  : Simulation program did not return an error
stream.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>GenOpt terminated
with error.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>See
logfile for further information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Has anyone faced the same problem before?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thank you in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Panagiotis Tsekouras<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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