[FLASH-USERS] Problem parsing HDF5 FLASH outputs

[John ZuHone]

Hi Vincenzo,

I would just like to point out that these tools have not likely been updated in a long time and are very out of date. 

The yt project is currently probably your best option for visualizing FLASH data, and has many more capabilities than the old IDL routines:

http://yt-project.org <http://yt-project.org/>

Best,

John

> On Mar 29, 2019, at 11:30 AM, Vincenzo Antonuccio-Delogu <vincenzo.antonuccio at inaf.it> wrote:
> 
> I am using IDL 8.7 to visualize HDF5 3D ouputs produced using FLASH 4.3, and I am 
> incurring in the following error (please note: when I run IDL 8.4 on a different system 
> everything works smoothly): 
>  IDL> xflash3
> % Compiled module: XFLASH3.
> initializing xflash3
> ... IDL version = 8.7.0
> ... PNG graphics will be used
> % Compiled module: GET_XFLASH_PATH.
> ... current path is access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
> ... XFLASH_DIR is /home/vantonuccio/software/FLASH/FLASH4/FLASH4.3/tools/fidlr3.0/
> % Compiled module: XFLASH_DEFAULTS.
> % Compiled module: VAR_INDEX.
> % Compiled module: COLOR_INDEX.
> % Compiled module: CW_FIELD.
> % Compiled module: CW_BGROUP.
> % Program caused arithmetic error: Floating overflow
> IDL> 
> filenameBase is: 
> /home/vantonuccio/projects/jet_ism/simulations/virgo/v0030/Run0030/virgoS12cone_h
> df5_plt_cnt_
> oldFilenameBase is: 
> % Compiled module: DETERMINE_FILE_TYPE.
> % Loaded DLM: HDF5.
> % Compiled module: DETERMINE_FILE_DIMENSIONALITY.
> ndim is:        3
> % Compiled module: DETERMINE_FILE_PRECISION.
> % Compiled module: DETERMINE_FLASH_VERSION.
> % Compiled module: DETERMINE_FILE_VERSION.
> % H5_PARSE: Attempt to call undefined function: 'ORDEREDHASH'.
> % Execution halted at: DETERMINE_FILE_VERSION   38 
> /home/vantonuccio/software/FLASH/FLASH4/FLASH4.3/tools/fidlr3.0/determ
>   ine_file_version.pro
> %                      DETERMINE_FLASH_VERSION   18 
> /home/vantonuccio/software/FLASH/FLASH4/FLASH4.3/tools/fidlr3.0/deter
>   mine_flash_version.pro
> %                      DETERMINE_FILE_PRECISION   30 
> /home/vantonuccio/software/FLASH/FLASH4/FLASH4.3/tools/fidlr3.0/dete
>   rmine_file_precision.pro
> %                      XFLASH_EVENT      111 
> /home/vantonuccio/software/FLASH/FLASH4/FLASH4.3/tools/fidlr3.0/xflash3.pro
> %                      WIDGET_PROCESS_EVENTS
> %                      $MAIN$  
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