import zosapi crashes ipython kernel???

[Jashcraf]

I think this has been on the backburner long enough. Let's revisit this problem so that we can use BatchRayTrace.dll.

Here's a snippet from MichaelH

_"I think the problem is there is a significant change in the ZOSAPI_Interfaces DLL between when the RayTrace.dll was compiled & uploaded vs the version of OpticStudio that you are trying to run. I would suggest unzipping the BatchRayTrace_VisualStudioSolution, opening up the .sln file, adding the updated references for the ZOSAPI.dll and ZOSAPIInterfaces.dll, and recompile the RayTrace.dll."

Here's the .sln file. It contains no apparent references to the ZOSAPI_Interfaces.

If we go one folder deeper, I found a .csproj file that had some encouraging text.

Let's look at where these might be. We might be able to get rid of the ZOSAPI.dll files in poke altogether.

[Jashcraf]

Same ZOSAPI

[Jashcraf]

This one is correct

[Jashcraf]

This is where the zosapi package says it is stored

[Jashcraf]

Looking more at it, it looks like every time the connection happens it installs the ZOSAPI.dll and ZOSAPI_Interfaces.dll or something? I wonder if we can watch that happen. Regardless, it may be sufficient to just re-build raytrace.dll with the updated directory.

[Jashcraf]

Fixed a while ago, just need to wake up the zosapi in the ipykernel