[Symphony] How to get the solutions in MSVC++ IDE

[Yiqing Zhong]

Hi! Menal,

Thank you very much for your answer. Followed with your instruction, I  
can execute the project now. However in the 'VRP' project, there still  
some problems:

I set the arguments "-F ..\..\sample.vrp" to try to check the sample  
solution under the VRP folder, but the error is shown:

"PROBELM NAME: ei151
  TYPE: CVRP
  DIMENSION: 51
  ERROR: Number of trucks not specified or computed for VRP"

I also try other samples, the same problem is happened. I check the  
file 'vrp_main.c' and 'vrp_master.c', but where the vrp model(i.e.  
objective function and constraints) is given? Another, are the relaxed  
solutions and values of VRP given by 'vrp_lp.c'?


About the problem "GLPK", I tried it in the project of 'symphony':

I download and install the 'Glpk' in my compuer, I set the path of  
GLPK library in the project propeties and contain the file of  
'glpk.h'. In the 'main.c', I added

'#define USE_GLPMPL' and '#include "glpk.h" ',

but the Building process gives the error:

"glpmpl.h" cannot be found, which is happened in 'sym_lp_solver.h'.

So my questions are:

Can "glpmpl.h" be replaced by "glpk.h", or not? How to exactly "add  
the GLPK library to the solution"? I set the path of GLPK library, it  
seems not working.

Thank you!

Bests!

Terry


Quoting Menal Guzelsoy <megb at lehigh.edu>:

> Hi Terry,
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Yiqing Zhong <yiqing.zhong at ugent.be>wrote:
>
>> Hi! Everyone,
>>
>> We are trying the SYMPHONY 5.1.0 in the version of Visual C++ 2005
>> Express Edition. Following the "SYMPHONY 5.1.10 User's Manual"
>> (Chapter 5, pp.57), we try to test the VRP project in the folder of
>> "Applications". Building solution is no problem, and "Start without
>> Debugging" call a immediate window, we cannot do nothing since we
>> connot input anything. And we cannot find "set the progam arguments"
>> under the "Debug" tab, also connot find "Execute" from the build menu.
>> We did not get any solver, no slution shown! So maybe the
>> developers could give me a kind hint or somebody else who encountered
>> similar problems can teach me! :)
>>
>
> Those instructions are for v6 and soon will be updated. For the Express
> Edition, you need to look at the properties menu of vrp project to set the
> arguments. Another way is to use a command line window: just go in to the
> dir where the vrp executable is in and run the executable followed by your
> arguments.
>
>
>>
>> Another, anyone who has the experience that installed the "GLPK" in
>> MSVC++, particular in Visual C++ 2005 Express, can help me do that? I
>> was followed with the instructions, tried to install GLPK and wanted
>> to enable GMPL reader option, but it did not work, I connot read GMPL
>> model so for...
>>
>
> Can you give us more details about the problem? Are you following the
> instructions in INSTALL file? Can you build the executable? If not, what
> error msgs do you get?
>
>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>> Bests!
>>
>>
>> Terry
>>
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>
>
> Menal.