Identifying MOs by pointers if not named

[michelpons]

A number of PMEs are not naming Material Objects or are giving the same name to all their Material Objects. This prevents a proper analysis of the logging made on whatever involves MOs. The idea would be to allow the end-user to ask for pointers to be printed instead of names for MOs.

[michelpons]

From michaelhalloran private communication:
COLTT does not set names so I think that HYSYS must use \"MO Name\" as a default. In that case the option to use pointer values as names would override what the PME is doing.

I suggest something like:

COLTT.MaterialObject.UsePointersforName=1

Which would have the effect that the log would report a pointer value as the object name, like this:

MaterialObject <00FBAC40> : Call to GetCompoundList

GetCompoundList returns:

Name CAS No Formula TBP MW
Hydrogen 1333-74-0 H2 20.39 2.01588
Methane 74-82-8 CH4 111.66 16.043
Benzene 71-43-2 C6H6 353.24 78.114
Toluene 108-88-3 C7H8 383.79 92.141
Biphenyl 92-52-4 C12H10 528.15 154.211

MaterialObject <00FBAC40> : Return from GetCompoundList -Succeeded

This one option would apply to 1.0 and 1.1 Material Objects. They are different in COLTT and could be distinguished in the option, but I think a simulation is either using one or the other and if you have the name problem you probably don't care whether it's 1.0 or 1.1. Is that right?

The option could also be extended to other object types using the same style.

Initially I would only put the option in the .ini file, because the Controller dialog is getting crowded and because object-specific options could require a new dialog altogether.

[michelpons]

From private communication of Michael Halloran:

I committed fix 283 this evening which implements this option. Please try and let me know if there are any problems.

Just add the line:

COLTT.MaterialObject.UsePointersForNames=true

to the ini file to activate it, and:

COLTT.MaterialObject.UsePointersForNames=false

to switch it off.

[michelpons]

With build 283, I get indeed a pointer as a replacement to the name, but strangely enough it is always the same pointer which appears. Since the flowsheet used involves several streams, I am puzzled by the fact that a single pointer appears all along the log file. Log file provided by other means than SourceForge TRAC since too large.