FlightStream Scripting Spreadsheet Export Yields Wrong Binary Format

coopertomcook
coopertomcook Altair Community Member
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While writing some scripts for automating analysis, I have discovered that when I use the command:
"""EXPORT_SOLVER_ANALYSIS_SPREADSHEET

(path)"""

The resulting text file data is saved in UTF-8, but the file is encoded as UTF-16. This results in garbage data when opened by a standard text editor.

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I can get around this by forcing reading in UTF-8, but this also results in a couple garbage characters.

Screenshot 2024-11-18 160839.png

This problem does not exist when I manually export the spreadsheet through the GUI. Is there another command I can enter to get the proper file format?

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  • CoryG
    CoryG
    Altair Employee
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    No worries! Thanks for checking that. We'll keep an eye on this issue. Hopefully we can find a solution so your workflow stays simpler.

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  • CoryG
    CoryG
    Altair Employee

    The NUL characters in the output are commonly seen. I wouldn't worry about those.

    The encoding does seem odd though. Are you running the script through the GUI or the terminal?

  • coopertomcook
    coopertomcook Altair Community Member
    edited November 26

    Hi Cory,

    Sorry for the late reply. I just tested the script on both, and it does happen regardless of running through the GUI or the terminal.

    It's not a big problem since I can always choose the alternate decoder, but it is sort of unusual.

    Thanks,

    Cooper

  • CoryG
    CoryG
    Altair Employee
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    No worries! Thanks for checking that. We'll keep an eye on this issue. Hopefully we can find a solution so your workflow stays simpler.

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