<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: style=" font-size:="" 12pt;="" color:="" #000000"=""><div>Dear FLASH users,</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>After installing, I could successfully run FLASH using the command: <strong>mpirun -np 8 flash4 </strong><b>-par_file flash.par</b></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I could see that the output files are produced as mentioned in user guide section 2.4.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Thereafter, I followed the guidelines to set the environment variables for xflash3 routine in my .bashrc file:</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><strong>export XFLASH3_DIR=/home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0</strong></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><strong>export IDL_PATH=$XFLASH3_DIR:$IDL_PATH </strong></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>However, when I type xflash3 and hit Enter in the idl prompt, following error messages appear instead of main widget of xflash3:</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 216</div><div><br></div><div>fstartSuffix = cw_field(suf_base, title = 'suffix: ', value = '1', $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1770</div><div><br></div><div>fendSuffix = cw_field(suf_base, title = 'to', value = '1', $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1772</div><div><br></div><div>fstep = cw_field(suf_base, title = ' step', value = '1', $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1774</div><div><br></div><div>out_buttons = cw_bgroup(outputBase, output, column = 3, $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1792</div><div><br></div><div>hsize = cw_field(size_base, title = 'Plot size, horizontal: ', $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1799</div><div><br></div><div>vsize = cw_field(size_base, title = ' vertical: ', value = 600, $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1801</div><div><br></div><div>varMin = cw_field(rangeBase, title = 'Data range: ', $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1824</div><div><br></div><div>varMax = cw_field(rangeBase, title = 'to: ', xsize = 12, uvalue = 'varMax', $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1827</div><div><br></div><div> /nonexclusive, $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1836</div><div><br></div><div> label_left = 'Parallel Block Distribution: ', $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1847</div><div><br></div><div> /nonexclusive, $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1858</div><div><br></div><div>opt_buttons = cw_bgroup(optBase, options, column = 4, $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1877</div><div><br></div><div>slicePlane = cw_bgroup(zoomBase, slice_options, column = 3, $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1891</div><div><br></div><div>xmin = cw_field(xbase, title = ' xrange: ', xsize = 9, $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1904</div><div><br></div><div>xmax = cw_field(xbase, title = 'to ', xsize = 9, $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1907</div><div><br></div><div>ymin = cw_field(ybase, title = ' yrange: ', xsize = 9, $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1911</div><div><br></div><div>ymax = cw_field(ybase, title = 'to ', xsize = 9, $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1914</div><div><br></div><div>zmin = cw_field(zbase, title = ' zrange: ', xsize = 9, $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1918</div><div><br></div><div>zmax = cw_field(zbase, title = 'to ', xsize = 9, $</div><div> ^</div><div>% Syntax error.</div><div> At: /home/amar/Downloads/FLASH/FLASH4.7.1/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro, Line 1921</div><div>% Compiled module: XFLASH3.</div><div>% Attempt to call undefined procedure/function: 'XFLASH3'.</div><div>% Execution halted at: $MAIN$ </div><div>% Program caused arithmetic error: Floating overflow</div></div><div><br></div><div>Is it because of a different IDL version in my system (I have <strong>IDL Version 7.0.6 (linux x86 m32). (c) 2008, ITT Visual Information Solutions</strong> )</div><div>I shall be highly thankful for any explanation of this issue and any possible solution.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>With best regards,</div><div>Amar</div></div>
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