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#21

alphaMELTS for MATLAB/Python / Re: How to solve 'Can not find...

Last post by ll863628123 - October 08, 2025, 01:34:51 AM

Thank you for your reply, Paula. The system PATH variable should be set correctly, but I couldn't find any .dll files on https://github.com/magmasource/alphaMELTS. Perhaps the libalphamelts.dll file needs to be downloaded from somewhere else. Could you please tell me where to get it?

#22

alphaMELTS for MATLAB/Python / Re: How to solve 'Can not find...

Last post by Paula - October 07, 2025, 06:39:07 PM

You might need to set the Path, as well as the PYTHONPATH. See the RUNNING alphaMELTS for Python part of the Windows installation guide:

https://github.com/magmasource/alphaMELTS/wiki/alphaMELTS-installation-and-testing#installing-on-windows-2

Substitute 'MELTS_Matlab\package' with the name of the folder that you extracted the python and .dll files to.

#23

Windows / Re: Nothing seems to work

Last post by Paula - October 07, 2025, 06:25:39 PM

I just tried it again and it worked fine (both the file that I downloaded in August and another copy that I downloaded today). I had to follow these instructions:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/a-potentially-dangerous-macro-has-been-blocked-0952faa0-37e7-4316-b61d-5b5ed6024216

Paula

#24

Windows / Re: Nothing seems to work

Last post by CHN_L - October 05, 2025, 09:48:39 AM

however i just download the latest version "MELTS_Excel-2025Aug11.xlsm", it still not work, displaying "server returned no results".

#25

alphaMELTS for MATLAB/Python / How to solve 'Can not find lib...

Last post by ll863628123 - September 29, 2025, 05:14:47 AM

Hi, I am a beginner to use Melts, and just downloaded files for python from https://github.com/magmasource/alphaMELTS. However, when I run 'liquidus=MELTSdynamic(1)', the error, 'Could not find module libalphamelts.dll (or one of its dependencies)', occured. Could someone tell me how to solve this problem?

#26

easyMelts / Re: [EX] easyMelts version of ...

Last post by mathsimoes - August 27, 2025, 04:17:04 AM

Thanks Paula!

#27

easyMelts / Re: [EX] easyMelts version of ...

Last post by Paula - August 25, 2025, 08:49:06 AM

There isn't really one, though I hope to put something together soon. So check back when you come to publication.

In the meantime, the latest version can be found on the GitHub repo at: https://github.com/magmasource/MAGMA/releases/latest

Best wishes,
Paula

#28

easyMelts / Re: [EX] easyMelts version of ...

Last post by mathsimoes - August 22, 2025, 08:50:32 AM

Hi, which reference do I cite for the use of EasyMelts in a paper?
Thanks,

#29

Windows / Re: Nothing seems to work

Last post by Paula - August 15, 2025, 02:30:52 PM

For MELTS for Excel: there is a new version, uploaded three days ago, at the link that you quote that works fine. It looks like they moved the MELTS for Excel server to the cloud and the older workbook points to the previous location.

For the ENKI hub: the administrator is Mark Ghiorso (ghiorso AT ofm-research DOT org). The video is a little old, but the instructions on the ENKI website (https://www.enki-portal.org) say to email him for access.

I got the Docker image running a few years ago on a Windows desktop, but haven't tried recently as the Windows machines I run now don't have as much storage. It sounds like the Docker image might not be maintained in future.

There is a smaller lightweight locally installable version of Thermoengine being developed. There is a Windows version but I haven't tried it yet, as I don't have Anaconda installed. You can find out more on the ENKI website and see if this is a route you want to take.

Paula

#30

General usage / Re: How to interpret the Phase...

Last post by Paula - August 15, 2025, 01:47:47 PM

It sounds like you are running the alphamelts_win64.exe directly rather than the run-alphamelts.command Perl script. Did you install Perl and run the install.command script? If so, then try working through the tutorial to see how to call alphaMELTS:

https://magmasource.caltech.edu/forum/index.php/topic,975.0.html

Make sure you exit the program before trying to open the output files. This allows the run-alphamelts.command  script to process the Phase_main_tbl.txt file so that it is more understandable.

If you didn't install alphaMELTS, or if you can't get it to work as described in the tutorial example... then please be patient. There is a much easier way to install Perl and alphaMELTS on Windows coming soon that would be worth waiting for - it's not quite ready yet but should be sometime in the next month or so.

In the meantime, you can run the alphamelts_win64.exe file but you should choose the old graphical user interface style of output (which is the same as easyMelts generates). You can do this by adding a line "Output: both" or "Output: tbl" in your .melts file.

Paula