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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Hello,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I have a problem when I try to use GENOPT for my research.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I tried the example case introduced in the manual by using TRNSYS 16-1, and it shows there is error and the optimal results is different with the results shown in the manual.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The error message is:</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Optimization terminated with error.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Error message:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">**************</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">genopt.lang.OptimizerException: </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Program error. Attempted to delete non-temporary file.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">GenOpt terminated with error.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Could someone give me some hint about the error?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Is that possible</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">because</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> my jave folder</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">is different with the required directory in the manual</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">? Mine is</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Thanks.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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