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Mustafa,<br>
The TRNSYS kernel and TRNSYS types communicate with each other in
a fundamentally different way between Trnsys16 and Trnsys17. In
Trnsys16 the kernel passed certain pieces of relevant information
(like the list of parameters, inputs, outputs, and certain flags for
where the simulation is in its overall process) to the Types whereas
in Trnsys17 the Types query the kernel for the information that they
need. That said, the Trnsys17 kernel is able to communicate with
Trnsys16 Types using the "passed information" method so long as the
Types identify themselves as being written using the Trnsys16 coding
standard. I don't think that the problem you are facing lies here.
More likely the issue is in either the compiler project settings not
matching up with those of the Visual Studio Fortran project that is
used to compile the DLL or that your project cannot access the
compiled libraries that contain the definitions of all the functions
and data structures that your Type needs but that are contained and
declared in the TRNDLL. I have not written any C++ components for
TRNSYS so I am afraid that I can't offer any hints on how to resolve
the problems. If any other users have experience with this, I would
greatly appreciate hearing about it.<br>
kind regards,<br>
David<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/23/2016 14:47, Mustafa Ahmed Syed
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m using TRNSYS 17, MATLAB R2012b
(32-bit), and Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 to build a TRNSYS DLL
which will compile a Simulink project.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m using a dissertation written by Saleh
Nasser Al-Saadi, titled “<i>Modeling and Simulation of
PCM-Enhanced Façade Systems”
</i>as a guide to help me (I’ve linked the paper to this
question and the guide starts on p. 475 of the pdf).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261633240_MODELING_AND_SIMULATION_OF_PCM-ENHANCED_FACADE_SYSTEMS">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261633240_MODELING_AND_SIMULATION_OF_PCM-ENHANCED_FACADE_SYSTEMS</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A brief summary of guide is:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
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style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Compile the Simulink project and
generate the C++ files<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
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style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Open the .makefile in Microsoft
Visual Studio 2008<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Build the solution<o:p></o:p></p>
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generated in TRNSYS’ Release DLLs folder<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In our case, we were unable to build the
solution in Microsoft Visual Studio. The output window in
Microsoft Visual Studio had a bunch of errors and warnings
which I can’t make any sense of.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The only reason why the solution won’t
build – that I can think of – is that the person who wrote the
dissertation was using TRNSYS 16 (confirmed by the author)
instead of TRNSYS 17.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If anyone has had a similar problem and
were able to rectify the issue, please let me know. Your help
will be greatly appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p>
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