Animating transient profile crashes with "Unable to get liquid specific gravity from HOF File."


Product(s):HAMMER
Version(s):23.00.00.16
Area:Output and Reporting

Problem

When attempting to animate a profile in the Transient Results Viewer in HAMMER, the program crashes and the following details are seen in the crash log. This happens with all models, on a computer with Windows Regional/language options set to non-English.

System.Exception: Unable to get liquid specific gravity from HOF File.

vid Haestad.HAMMER.TransientResultsViewer.Support.HammerHOFUtilities.GetLiquidSpecificGravity()
vid Haestad.HAMMER.TransientResultsViewer.Support.HammerHOFUtilities.LoadProfileAnimationDataForTime(Int32 aprofileId, Int32 atimeIndex)
vid Haestad.HAMMER.TransientResultsViewer.Components.TransientAnimationToolbarControl.EnsureAnimationLoaded()
vid Haestad.HAMMER.TransientResultsViewer.Components.TransientAnimationToolbarControl.HandleTimeStepValueChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
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Solution

This is a known issue related to the processing of the decimal separator symbol. To fix this, upgrade to a newer version when available, or contact Support for the latest cumulative patch set for version 23.00.00.16.

Reference # 1301251