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Release Notes : Prior Release Notes (Versions 1.0 to 9.3) : Release Notes Version 1.0 : Model Loading and Saving
Model Loading and Saving
Name Enforcement
Names of objects and slots are now limited to lowercase letters (a through z), capital letters (A through Z), spaces ( ), and underscores (_). Models previously built under versions of PRSYM may contain illegal characters in their slot or object names. These characters are now converted to legal text representations during model loading. A List Notice window is generated to indicate the illegal names detected.
The converted names are displayed in the Diagnostics Output Window next to the old names. The RiverWare assigned names may be changed to any other legal name once the model is loaded. Renaming automatically updates expression slots, but will not update constraints, DMIs, or rules. A regular expression search-and-replace is recommended to easily update external files. Illegal characters are converted to the character name surrounded by underscores as below:
 
!
converts to
_exclamation_
@
converts to
_at_sign_
#
converts to
_pound_sign_
$
converts to
_dollar_sign_
%
converts to
_percent_
^
converts to
_carrot_
&
converts to
_ampersand_
*
converts to
_asterisk_
(
converts to
_left_parenthesis_
)
converts to
_right_parenthesis_
-
converts to
_dash_
+
converts to
_plus_
=
converts to
_equal_
|
converts to
_pipe_
\
converts to
_backslash_
~
converts to
_tilde_
{
converts to
_left_bracket_
}
converts to
_right_bracket_
[
converts to
_left_square_bracket_
]
converts to
_right_square_bracket_
:
converts to
_colon_
;
converts to
_semicolon_
<
converts to
_left_arrow_
>
converts to
_right_arrow_
,
converts to
_comma_
.
converts to
_dot_
?
converts to
_question_mark_
/
converts to
_slash_
Quick Saving
The Model Save command now saves the workspace over the currently loaded file without invoking a file chooser. Output values are saved with the model by default. To save the model under a different name, or to prevent output values from being included in the model file, select Model Save As..., and follow the Saving procedure as in previous versions of PRSYM. The last Save As... parameters are then used for all subsequent Save commands. This new behavior is consistent with other standard software packages, but may confuse long-time users of PRSYM. It is recommended to write-protect important model files to protect them from accidental loss.
Summary Info
A new Summary Info... command is available from the Model menu in the main RiverWare workspace window. The command generates slot instantiation diagnostics and memory usage statistics in the Diagnostics Output Window. The messages provide information on the number and visibility status of instantiated slots as well as the number of slot proxies for each object on the workspace. Summary Info also provides total model memory usage statistics for each type of slot, including their total number and the memory required for an empty slot.
Revised: 12/06/2024