Hello J. Zhao,
I had a similar issue recently, here are a few steps I hope would be helpful:
- Be sure to write the code correctly. You can use the template file of creating new types found in your trnsys directory. You can also use the programmer's guide documentation.
- You should have a compiler that can be integrated in the VS. In my case, I used the Intel Visual Fortran Composer XE 2011.
- If you do, open the VS with Fortran supported coding. Next you can open the already available project (.sln) found in the directory: \Trnsys17\Compilers\IvfCXE2011. If another compiler is used, I think you should use the specific file for that compiler
(4 files are available).
- Now the project will appear in the Solution Explorer window. Add your type under TRNDLL\Source Files\Types, compile it and set the TRNDLL as startup project.
- Rebuild the TRNDLL with debug and release configurations. The new DLLs will be created in \Trnsys17\Compilers\IvfCXE2011.
- Copy the TRNDLL.dll created in the release folder into \Trnsys17\Exe
folder. (Don't delete the original .dll but keep it with different name in case something wrong happened)
In fact, I followed those steps to modify certain component and it worked, so I thought I could share my experience. I hope it would be useful information. You can always refer to the documentation (programmer's guide) for more detailed instructions.
Regards,
Houssein.
Dear TRNSYS users,
Did anyone successfully create a new component in TRNSYS using Microsoft visual studio?
I followed this:
Create a new component in TRNSYS 17 – export as a FORTRAN file - Edit the FORTRAN file in VS – Use Release configuration – Build solution
I kept on receiving an error…
I have also tried another way:
Using the existing solution file in C:\Trnsys17\Compilers\IvfCXE2011 – add the export FORTRAN file to the solution - Recompile the solution using
MyType as the project file
The compilation seemed to always skip compiling Mytype….
Does anyone have a method for creating a simple component in TRNSYS 17 using VS?
A brief of steps would be much appreciated!!!