[mcstas-users] Problem about McStas version 1.12

[Peter Willendrup]

(Sorry if you recieve this message twice - realised I attached a BIG  
zip file on last reply - replaced by an http URL this time)

Hello Tom,


On Aug 4, 2008, at 9:04 AM, wokaoyan1981 wrote:

> I updated McStas to version 1.12. Learning to use component  
> Virtual_output and Virtual_input,a problem is met:
> I've got "DataAfterSource_list.p.x.y.z.vx.vy.vz.t.sx.sy.sz"   
> running  the codes below(ncount=1e7):
>
> < Cut >
>
> COMPONENT LDafterSource = L_monitor(
>    filename = "LDafterSource.txt", xwidth = 0.2, yheight = 0.2,
>    Lmin = 0.8, Lmax = 15)
>  AT (0, 0, 0.5) RELATIVE PREVIOUS
>
>   I run it with ncount=1e7(corresponding to repeat_count=1), plot  
> result,format:Scilab. But the expected LDafterSource.sci file is not  
> created. Only a mcstas.sci is made.  Then how can I take a look at  
> the results on detector?

In your LDafterSource definition above, your filename is  
"LDafterSource.txt", ie. with an appended "txt" - could this be the  
source of your problem? (And this is only a problem if you run mcplot  
LDafterSource.txt directly. Running mcplot or mcplot mcstas.sci works  
fine here.) Otherwise, I was perfectly able to run the instrument  
definitions from your last mail, adding in only DEFINE INSTRUMENT  
etc., see http://tmp.mcstas.org/Tom.zip , also including the output  
data from a run on Windows XP and a screenshot of the plot from Scilab.

>   By the way, the "Test McStas installation" does not work properly  
> and files could not be saved under non_English directories.

Running mcrun --test from e.g. c:\ works fine for me.

It is well known that we do not support non-ascii charachters (and  
also spaces etc.) in filenames, this might change in the future. For  
now however, I have no way of testing how McStas runs with asian or  
other special character sets, sorry about that.


Regards,

Peter Willendrup
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