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22<TABLE BORDER BGCOLOR="#FFFF40" ALIGN=RIGHT>
23<TR><TH><A  Href="expgui.html">EXPGUI top</A> 
24</TH></TR></TABLE><BR CLEAR=ALL>
25
26<center><h1>
27<HR noshade width="75%" size="2" align="center">
28EXPGUI Informational, Warning and Error Messages
29<HR noshade width="75%" size="2" align="center">
30</h1></center>
31This page contains additional information about various warning
32and error screens that may occur in EXPGUI as well as descriptions
33for a number of utility functions.
34
35<a name="Info"></a>
36<H2>Informational Messages</H2>
37<a name="Overwrite"></a>
38<h3>File has been modified...</h3> 
39<DL><DL>
40This message occurs when EXPGUI detects that the experiment file has
41been changed by another program. (EXPGUI only tracks the file
42modification date, so that the file could have been opened for writing,
43but no actual changes were made.) This can be normal behavior -- for example
44after a refinement cycle has been run,
45or this can signal a problem, such as two people
46or sessions trying to edit the same .EXP file.
47This warning is made because a choice must be made: to keep the version
48currently displayed in EXPGUI, or to use the new version
49written by the other program.
50On UNIX, this message can be avoided by setting the
51<a href="expguic.html#Autoupdate">Autoupdate EXP</a> flag
52to "on" causes .EXP files to be loaded automatically after GSAS
53programs are run, eliminating most occurrences where this message is
54displayed, but with the disadvantage that a bad refinement run can not
55be reversed easily.
56<UL>
57<LI>
58If you choose to keep the
59currently displayed version and make changes and then save the file, either
60by using the File/Save menu option or by running a GSAS program,
61the new version just written will be lost,
62if any changes are made in EXPGUI and are then saved.
63This can be useful -- to discard the
64results of a refinement that has gone awry --
65but in other cases may not be desirable.
66<LI>
67If you opt to load the new .EXP file, by pressing "Load new",
68the version currently displayed in
69the EXPGUI window will be lost. This is normally what you will want to do,
70but if you unsure, you can select "Continue with old", use File/Save As to
71save the version in EXPGUI and then use "EXPNAM" to load the new version,
72so they can be compared.
73</UL>
74If changes have been made to the experiment file in EXPGUI
75since it was last saved, and
76the file is changed by an external program, the message "you have made
77changes to this version" is added and a third button,
78"Save edited version", is shown. Under this circumstance, the usual action,
79pressing "Load new" could result in valuable changes being lost. Pressing
80"Save edited version" results brings you to the File/"Save as" menu,
81where the modified version of the experiment file in EXPGUI can be
82saved under a new name.
83<br clear=all>
84</DL></DL>
85
86<a name="lock"></a>
87<h3>Please wait while GSAS program finishes...</h3> 
88<DL><DL>
89A window labeled "<font face="courier">Please wait while GSAS program finishes."
90If a problem occurs, close the DOS box and press the "Continue" button</font> 
91is created in Windows-9x while GSAS programs are run. As this window
92is created, a "lock" file (<font face="courier">expgui.lck</font>) is also created. When the
93DOS batch file running the GSAS program completes, this file is deleted.
94The EXPGUI process waits until the <font face="courier">expgui.lck</font> lock file
95is deleted. Should the DOS process crash before the file is deleted,
96the "Continue" button can be pressed. This causes
97EXPGUI to continue and deletes the lock file.
98<br clear=all>
99</DL></DL>
100
101<br clear=all>
102<a name="Inputtitle"></a>
103<h3>Input a value for the title</h3> 
104<DL><DL>
105A dialog with "Enter a value for the title for experiment..."  appears
106when a new experiment is created. Note that this title can be edited
107later on the
108<a href="expgui1.html">Least Squares Control Page</a>.
109</DL></DL>
110
111
112
113<br clear=all>
114<a name="ChooseCIF"></a>
115<h3>Choose CIF Block</h3> 
116<DL><DL>
117When coordinates/cell parameters are read from a CIF, all blocks in the file
118are read. If more than block containing coordinates is found, a message
119saying "More than one block in CIF contains coordinates. Select the block to use."
120One must then select one of these blocks from the list of blocks.
121The blocks with coordinates are listed, both numbered and with the
122block (data_) name. The "CIF Browser"
123button can be pressed to view the data names and their values for each block.
124</DL></DL>
125
126
127<br clear=all>
128<a name="open"></a>
129<h3>Open Experiment File</h3> 
130<DL><DL>
131The Open Experiment windows is displayed to select a
132experiment file to read or write, as well as a
133directory to use. When the message at the top reads
134"Select an experiment file to read" either an
135existing experiment file should be selected, or a new
136name may be typed in at the box at the bottom to enter
137a name manually. If the file is not found,
138you will be warned and given the option of
139creating a new experiment with that name.
140
141When the message at the top reads
142"Select an experiment file to create",
143typically after a "Save as" command,
144the directory may be changed, but typically
145a file name will be typed into the bottom box.
146If the file exists, you will be warned before the
147file is overwritten and you will have the option
148to enter a different file name.
149<P>
150Note that the files in the list can be sorted
151alphabetically or can be sorted by the date the
152experiment file was last modified, according to
153the checkbuttons to the upper right.
154<P>
155The "Include Archived Files" checkbox allows archive files
156named <xxxxxx>.Onn to be read
157(see the
158<A href="expguic.html#archive">archive option</A>).
159See the <A href="#LoadArchived">Load Archived File</A>, below, for
160further discussion.
161</DL></DL>
162
163<br clear=all>
164<a name="LoadArchived"></a>
165<h3>Load Archived File</h3> 
166<DL><DL>
167When a archived experiment file is read, the "Load Archived File"
168window is displayed to select the name to be used for the experiment.
169There are two choices. One is to reuse existing name.
170This will cause the current version of the experiment file to be
171archived so that it is not lost. The selected [older] archived
172version will then be read and will be saved as the latest version of the
173experiment file.
174The other option is to save the experiment
175under a new name.
176</DL></DL>
177
178<br clear=all>
179<a name="ExcludeRegion"></a>
180<h3>Exclude Data...<BR>Delete Region...</h3> 
181<DL><DL>
182This message is shown before adding or deleting an excluded region using
183<a href="excledt.html">EXCLEDT</a> to confirm an action.
184See the <a href="excledt.html#AddRegion">discussion on Adding Regions</a>
185in EXCLEDT.
186Note that this
187confirmation message can be eliminated if desired, (see the
188EXCLEDT Options menu item <a href="excledt.html#prompt">Prompt on add/del</a>.)
189<br clear=all>
190</DL></DL>
191
192<br clear=all>
193<a name="ProcessRegions"></a>
194<h3>The upper (lower) limit has changed...<BR>The excluded regions have changed...</h3>
195<DL><DL>
196This message is shown
197if the upper data limit is raised (or d-min ls lowered) so that
198<a href="excledt.html">EXCLEDT</a> can display the data that have been added.
199It is also shown when
200<a href="excledt.html">EXCLEDT</a> exits so that the new data limits
201can be processed. GENLES will not run properly until POWPREF is run.
202</DL></DL>
203
204<br clear=all>
205<a name="RegionTooBig"></a>
206<h3>The upper (lower) data point...</h3>
207<DL><DL>
208This message is shown when the upper data limit (lower d-min limit)
209well outside the range of data.
210It is probably best to accept this suggestion. See the
211<a href="excledt.html#LimitTooHigh">discussion on data limits</a>
212in the EXCLEDT web page for more information.
213</DL></DL>
214
215<br clear=all>
216<a name="ProcessUse"></a>
217<h3>You have changed histogram flags...</h3>
218<DL><DL>
219This message is shown
220after changing histogram flags so that a different set of histograms
221will be included or excluded in a refinement.
222GENLES will not run properly until POWPREF is run.
223</DL></DL>
224
225<a name="Warn"></a>
226<H2>Warning Messages</H2>
227
228<br clear=all>
229<a name="AbandonEditConstraints"></a>
230<a name="AbandonAtomConstraints"></a>
231<h3>Abandoning Constraint Editing</h3> 
232<DL><DL>
233If the "Cancel Changes" button is pressed when
234a profile or atom constraint is being edited or created, a message saying
235"Do you want to lose any changes made to this constraint?" is displayed, even
236if no changes have been made to the constraint. Changes are recorded only when the
237"Save" button is pressed.
238</DL></DL>
239
240
241<br clear=all>
242<a name="OpenErr"></a>
243<h3>File ... does not exist in ...</h3> 
244<DL><DL>
245When an attempt is made to open a file that does not
246already exists, for example when the EXPNAM command
247is used, this warning is displayed. The answer can be
248"Select other" or "Create", where "Select other" will
249return you to a file selection dialog and "Create"
250will create a new dialog with this name.
251</DL></DL>
252
253<br clear=all>
254<a name="OverwriteErr"></a>
255<a name="OverwriteCnv"></a>
256<h3>File ... already exists in ... OK to overwrite?</h3> 
257<DL><DL>
258When an attempt is made to using the File/"Save As"
259command to write the current experiment file
260with a new name, but
261a file with the newly specified name already exists,
262this message is displayed. Choose "Select other"
263to specify a different file name or "Overwrite"
264to use this name in which case the older file
265is replaced.
266<P>
267A similar warning will occur in UNIX when converting files.
268If the intended output file already exists,
269this message is displayed. Choose "Cancel"
270to specify a different file name or "Overwrite"
271to use this name in which case the older file
272is replaced.
273This message can be seen in Windows when converting files,
274for slightly different reasons. When files are converted, the
275converted file keeps the same name as the original version. However,
276th original file is renamed to XXXX.ord, where XXXX.YYY is the
277original file name. If a file named XXXX.ord already exists, this message
278is displayed.
279</DL></DL>
280
281<br clear=all>
282<a name="NoValidHist"></a>
283<h3>No histograms are ready to plot. Run GENLES and try again.</h3> 
284<DL><DL>
285This happens when LIVEPLOT is run but no valid histograms are available
286to plot. LIVEPLOT can plot histograms only when they have been processed by
287both POWPREF and GENLES.
288</DL></DL>
289
290<br clear=all>
291<a name="Customizewarning"></a>
292<h3>Error reading localconfig or .gsas_config:</h3> 
293<DL><DL>
294This happens when an invalid command is encountered in file localconfig
295or .gsas_config. Some or all of the commands in these files
296will be skipped over,
297but nothing serious wrong will likely result. Note that the
298localconfig file is located in the expgui directory
299(typically /home/gsas/expgui/localconfig or
300C:\gsas\expgui\localconfig) and the .gsas_config is located in your
301home directory (~/.gsas_config or C:\.gsas_config in windows).
302If you rename each file to something else, the error should go away.
303At that point you can decide if you want to track the error down to retain
304your <a href="expgui_cfg.html">customizations</a>.
305</DL></DL>
306
307<a name="Error"></a>
308<H2>Error Messages</H2>
309
310<br clear=all>
311<a name="NoPGPLOT"></a>
312<h3>Unable to find file GRFONT.DAT...</h3> 
313<DL><DL>
314The file <font face="courier">grfont.dat</font> is expected to be in the ...\gsas\fonts directory
315in DOS/Windows platforms and files <font face="courier">grfont.dat</font> and
316<font face="courier">pgxwin_server</font> are expected to be found in the .../gsas/pgl directory
317in UNIX. If these files cannot be found, GSAS will not be able to produce
318graphics in programs such as POWPLOT, RAWPLOT,...
319If GSAS and EXPGUI are correctly installed this error will not occur
320(see the installation notes for
321<A HREF="expgui_Win_readme.html">Windows</A>
322and
323<A HREF="expgui_Unix_readme.html">UNIX</A>.
324
325</DL></DL>
326
327<br clear=all>
328<a name="ConvNotFound"></a>
329<h3>Sorry, file ... not found in ...</h3> 
330<DL><DL>
331The specified input file was not found for conversion
332</DL></DL>
333
334<br clear=all>
335<a name="ConvSameName"></a>
336<h3>Sorry, filenames must differ</h3> 
337<DL><DL>
338For UNIX file conversions, the input and output file names
339must be different. You have specified the same name twice.
340</DL></DL>
341
342<br clear=all>
343<a name="NoRename"></a>
344<h3>Unable to rename <I>XXXXX</I>.LST</h3> 
345<DL><DL>
346This message is displayed if the GSAS .LST file could not
347be renamed prior to running DISAGL in a separate window.
348On Windows it appears that LSTVIEW can prevent EXPGUI
349from renaming the .LST file. Either exit LSTVIEW
350while running DISAGL or reset the DISAGL option
351DISAGL so that output goes to the .LST file.
352</DL></DL>
353
354<br clear=all>
355<a name="OldEXPTOOL"></a>
356<h3>You must upgrade the EXPTOOL program...</h3> 
357<DL><DL>
358The original version of the EXPTOOL program used within
359EXPGUI to add histograms does not work with dummy histograms.
360Versions of GSAS distributed prior to October 2001 do not contain this updated
361routine. A more recent version of the EXPTOOL program can
362be downloaded from
363<A Href="ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/exe_win/">
364ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/exe_win/</A>,
365<A Href="ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/exe_linux/">
366ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/exe_linux/</A> or
367<A Href="ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/exe_sgi/">
368ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/exe_sgi/</A>.
369Alternately, EXPEDT can be used to add dummy histograms.
370</DL></DL>
371
372<br clear=all>
373<a name="TCLDUMPError"></a>
374<h3>Error running TCLDUMP (LIVEPLOT or BKGEDIT)</h3> 
375<DL><DL>
376The program TCLDUMP (or program HSTDMP if TCLDUMP is not found) is used to read
377the binary <I>expnam</I>.Pxx and <I>expnam</I>.Rxx files produced by
378POWPREF and GENLES so that refinement results can be plotted.
379If there is an error reading these files, an error message is produced
380reading "There was an error running the TCLDUMP program..."
381and the text of the error message reads something like
382"Invalid command name 'FORTRAN'".
383The most common reason for this error is that the
384<I>expnam</I>.Pxx and <I>expnam</I>.Rxx files do not exist (because you have
385not run POWPREF or have moved/renamed the .EXP file. It is possible,
386but less common for this error to occur if TCLDUMP tries to read files
387produced by an older version of GSAS (since the internal format of the
388binary files sometimes changes). If you see this message, run POWPREF & GENLES
389to force these files to be written. If the GSAS results can be plotted in
390POWPLOT, but not in LIVEPLOT or BKGEDIT, please contact Brian Toby at
391<a href="mailto:brian.toby@nist.gov">Brian.Toby@NIST.GOV</a>.
392</DL></DL>
393
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396<h3></h3> 
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