Public Member Functions
void	GamsLib (string model)
	Retrieves model from GAMS Model Library.

void	TestLib (string model)
	Retrieves model from GAMS Test Library.

void	EmpLib (string model)
	Retrieves model from Extended Math Programming Library.

void	DataLib (string model)
	Retrieves model from GAMS Data Utilities Library.

void	ApiLib (string model)
	Retrieves model from GAMS API Library.

void	FinLib (string model)
	Retrieves model from Practical Financial Optimization Library.

void	NoaLib (string model)
	Retrieves model from Nonlinear Optimization Applications Library.

void	PsoptLib (string model)
	Retrieves model from Power System Optimization Modelling Library.

	GAMSWorkspace (string workingDirectory=null, string systemDirectory=null, DebugLevel debug=DebugLevel.Off)
	Constructor.

	GAMSWorkspace (GAMSWorkspaceInfo wsInfo)
	Constructor.

GAMSDatabase	AddDatabaseFromGDX (string gdxFileName, string databaseName=null, string inModelName=null)
	Database creation from an existing GDX file.

GAMSDatabase	AddDatabase (string databaseName=null, string inModelName=null)
	Empty Database creation.

GAMSDatabase	AddDatabase (GAMSDatabase sourceDatabase, string databaseName=null, string inModelName=null)
	Database creation from existing database.

GAMSJob	AddJobFromString (string gamsSource, GAMSCheckpoint checkpoint=null, string jobName=null)
	Create GAMSJob from string model source.

GAMSJob	AddJobFromFile (string fileName, GAMSCheckpoint checkpoint=null, string jobName=null)
	Create GAMSJob from model file.

GAMSJob	AddJobFromGamsLib (string model, GAMSCheckpoint checkpoint=null, string jobName=null)
	Create GAMSJob from model from GAMS Model Library.

GAMSJob	AddJobFromTestLib (string model, GAMSCheckpoint checkpoint=null, string jobName=null)
	Create GAMSJob from model from GAMS Test Library.

GAMSJob	AddJobFromEmpLib (string model, GAMSCheckpoint checkpoint=null, string jobName=null)
	Create GAMSJob from model from Extended Math Programming Library.

GAMSJob	AddJobFromDataLib (string model, GAMSCheckpoint checkpoint=null, string jobName=null)
	Create GAMSJob from model from GAMS Data Utilities Library.

GAMSJob	AddJobFromFinLib (string model, GAMSCheckpoint checkpoint=null, string jobName=null)
	Create GAMSJob from model from Practical Financial Optimization Library.

GAMSJob	AddJobFromApiLib (string model, GAMSCheckpoint checkpoint=null, string jobName=null)
	Create GAMSJob from model from API Library.

GAMSJob	AddJobFromNoaLib (string model, GAMSCheckpoint checkpoint=null, string jobName=null)
	Create GAMSJob from model from Nonlinear Optimization Applications Library.

GAMSJob	AddJobFromPsoptLib (string model, GAMSCheckpoint checkpoint=null, string jobName=null)
	Create GAMSJob from model from Power System Optimization Modelling Library.

GAMSCheckpoint	AddCheckpoint (string checkpointName=null)
	Create GAMSCheckpoint.

GAMSOptions	AddOptions (GAMSOptions optFrom=null)
	Create GAMSOptions.

GAMSOptions	AddOptions (string optFile)
	Create GAMSOptions.

Public Attributes
string	ScratchFilePrefix = "_gams_net_"
	A string used to prefix automatically generated files.

Properties
string	Version `[get]`
	GAMS Version used.

int	MajorRelNumber `[get]`
	GAMS Major Release Number.

int	MinorRelNumber `[get]`
	GAMS Minor Release Number.

int	GoldRelNumber `[get]`
	GAMS GOLD Release Number.

static string	APIVersion `[get]`
	API Version used.

static int	APIMajorRelNumber `[get]`
	API Major Release Number.

static int	APIMinorRelNumber `[get]`
	API Minor Release Number.

static int	APIGoldRelNumber `[get]`
	API GOLD Release Number.

double	MyEPS `[get, set]`
	Reset value to be stored in and read from GAMSDatabase for Epsilon, default is double.Epsilon.

string	WorkingDirectory `[get]`
	Get the working directory.

string	SystemDirectory `[get]`
	Get the system directory.

Detailed Description

The GAMSWorkspace is the base class in the GAMS namespace. Most objects of the GAMS namespace (e.g. GAMSDatabase and GAMSJob) have to be created by an "Add" method of GAMSWorkspace.

Unless a GAMS system directory is specified during construction of GAMSWorkspace, GAMSWorkspace determines the location of the GAMS installation automatically. This is a source of potential problems if more than one GAMS installation exist on the machine (see below).

Furthermore, a working directory (the anchor into the file system) can be provided when constructing the GAMSWorkspace instance. All file based operation inside a GAMS model should be relative to this location (e.g. $GDXIN and $include). There are options to add input search paths (e.g. IDir) and output path (e.g. PutDir) to specify other file system locations. If no working directory is supplied, GAMSWorkspace creates a temporary folder and on instance destruction removes this temporary folder.

In a typical .NET solution a single instance of GAMSWorkspace will suffice, since the class is thread-safe.

Note: If you use multiple instances of the GAMSWorkspace in parallel, you should avoid using the same WorkingDirectory. Otherwise you may end up with conflicting file names.

Working with different GAMS Versions on one Machine

When creating a new instance of GAMSWorkspace, one way of defining the GAMS system directory is setting the systemDirectory parameter of the constructor accordingly. If it is not set, it is tried to be defined automatically. However, this can be tricky if there is more than on version of GAMS installed on a machine and especially if there are different applications running with different GAMS versions.

The automatic identification relies on information left in the Windows registry by the GAMS installer. Hence the system directory of the last GAMS installation will be found in this automatic identification step. One way of resetting the information in the registry is running the executable "findthisgams.exe" from the directory that should be detected automatically. While this can be done from the outside of the application it is not much more convenient than the SystemDirectory argument in the GAMSWorkspace constructor. With MONO, first the PATH and then the (DY)LD_LIBRARY_PATH instead of the registry is checked for a valid GAMS system directory.

If one has a very structured way of organizing the GAMS installations (e.g. following the GAMS default installation location) one can construct from the GAMS assembly information enough information to point to the best matching GAMS system directory:

string sysdir = @"C:\GAMS\" + GAMSWorkspace.APIMajorRelNumber;

GAMS.GAMSWorkspace

Definition: GAMSWorkSpace.cs:218

GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.APIMajorRelNumber

static int APIMajorRelNumber

API Major Release Number.

Definition: GAMSWorkSpace.cs:649

This avoids the automatic identification of the GAMS system directory but might be the most convenient solution for systems running multiple applications using different versions of the GAMS.NET API together with different versions of GAMS.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ GAMSWorkspace() [1/2]

GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.GAMSWorkspace	(	string	workingDirectory = `null`,
		string	systemDirectory = `null`,
		DebugLevel	debug = `DebugLevel::Off`
	)

inline

Constructor.

Parameters

workingDirectory	GAMS working directory, anchor for all file-based operations (determined automatically if omitted, in user's temporary folder)
systemDirectory	GAMS system directory (determined automatically if omitted)
debug	Debug Flag

◆ GAMSWorkspace() [2/2]

GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.GAMSWorkspace ( GAMSWorkspaceInfo wsInfo )

inline

Constructor.

Parameters

wsInfo GAMSWorkspaceInfo defining GAMS working directory, GAMS system directory and Debug Flag

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddCheckpoint()

GAMSCheckpoint GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddCheckpoint ( string checkpointName = null )

inline

Create GAMSCheckpoint.

Parameters

checkpointName Identifier of GAMSCheckpoint or filename for existing checkpoint (determined automatically if omitted or set to empty string)

Returns: Reference to GAMSCheckpoint

◆ AddDatabase() [1/2]

GAMSDatabase GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddDatabase	(	GAMSDatabase	sourceDatabase,
		string	databaseName = `null`,
		string	inModelName = `null`
	)

inline

Database creation from existing database.

Parameters

sourceDatabase	Source GAMSDatabase to initialize Database from
databaseName	Identifier of GAMSDatabase (determined automatically if omitted)
inModelName	GAMS string constant that is used to access this database

Returns: Reference to GAMSDatabase

◆ AddDatabase() [2/2]

GAMSDatabase GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddDatabase	(	string	databaseName = `null`,
		string	inModelName = `null`
	)

inline

Empty Database creation.

Parameters

databaseName	Identifier of GAMSDatabase (determined automatically if omitted)
inModelName	GAMS string constant that is used to access this database

Returns: Reference to GAMSDatabase

◆ AddDatabaseFromGDX()

GAMSDatabase GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddDatabaseFromGDX	(	string	gdxFileName,
		string	databaseName = `null`,
		string	inModelName = `null`
	)

inline

Database creation from an existing GDX file.

Parameters

databaseName	Identifier of GAMSDatabase (determined automatically if omitted)
gdxFileName	GDX File to initialize Database from
inModelName	GAMS string constant that is used to access this database

Returns: Reference to GAMSDatabase

◆ AddJobFromApiLib()

GAMSJob GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddJobFromApiLib	(	string	model,
		GAMSCheckpoint	checkpoint = `null`,
		string	jobName = `null`
	)

inline

Create GAMSJob from model from API Library.

Parameters

model	Model name
checkpoint	GAMSCheckpoint to initialize GAMSJob from
jobName	Job name (determined automatically if omitted)

Returns: Handle to new instance of GAMSJob

◆ AddJobFromDataLib()

GAMSJob GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddJobFromDataLib	(	string	model,
		GAMSCheckpoint	checkpoint = `null`,
		string	jobName = `null`
	)

inline

Create GAMSJob from model from GAMS Data Utilities Library.

Parameters

model	Model name
checkpoint	GAMSCheckpoint to initialize GAMSJob from
jobName	Job name (determined automatically if omitted)

Returns: Handle to new instance of GAMSJob

◆ AddJobFromEmpLib()

GAMSJob GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddJobFromEmpLib	(	string	model,
		GAMSCheckpoint	checkpoint = `null`,
		string	jobName = `null`
	)

inline

Create GAMSJob from model from Extended Math Programming Library.

Parameters

model	Model name
checkpoint	GAMSCheckpoint to initialize GAMSJob from
jobName	Job name (determined automatically if omitted)

Returns: Handle to new instance of GAMSJob

◆ AddJobFromFile()

GAMSJob GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddJobFromFile	(	string	fileName,
		GAMSCheckpoint	checkpoint = `null`,
		string	jobName = `null`
	)

inline

Create GAMSJob from model file.

Parameters

fileName	GAMS source file name
checkpoint	GAMSCheckpoint to initialize GAMSJob from
jobName	Job name (determined automatically if omitted)

Returns: Handle to new instance of GAMSJob

◆ AddJobFromFinLib()

GAMSJob GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddJobFromFinLib	(	string	model,
		GAMSCheckpoint	checkpoint = `null`,
		string	jobName = `null`
	)

inline

Create GAMSJob from model from Practical Financial Optimization Library.

Parameters

model	Model name
checkpoint	GAMSCheckpoint to initialize GAMSJob from
jobName	Job name (determined automatically if omitted)

Returns: Handle to new instance of GAMSJob

◆ AddJobFromGamsLib()

GAMSJob GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddJobFromGamsLib	(	string	model,
		GAMSCheckpoint	checkpoint = `null`,
		string	jobName = `null`
	)

inline

Create GAMSJob from model from GAMS Model Library.

Parameters

model	Model name
checkpoint	GAMSCheckpoint to initialize GAMSJob from
jobName	Job name (determined automatically if omitted)

Returns: Handle to new instance of GAMSJob

◆ AddJobFromNoaLib()

GAMSJob GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddJobFromNoaLib	(	string	model,
		GAMSCheckpoint	checkpoint = `null`,
		string	jobName = `null`
	)

inline

Create GAMSJob from model from Nonlinear Optimization Applications Library.

Parameters

model	Model name
checkpoint	GAMSCheckpoint to initialize GAMSJob from
jobName	Job name (determined automatically if omitted)

Returns: Handle to new instance of GAMSJob

◆ AddJobFromPsoptLib()

GAMSJob GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddJobFromPsoptLib	(	string	model,
		GAMSCheckpoint	checkpoint = `null`,
		string	jobName = `null`
	)

inline

Create GAMSJob from model from Power System Optimization Modelling Library.

Parameters

model	Model name
checkpoint	GAMSCheckpoint to initialize GAMSJob from
jobName	Job name (determined automatically if omitted)

Returns: Handle to new instance of GAMSJob

◆ AddJobFromString()

GAMSJob GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddJobFromString	(	string	gamsSource,
		GAMSCheckpoint	checkpoint = `null`,
		string	jobName = `null`
	)

inline

Create GAMSJob from string model source.

Parameters

gamsSource	GAMS model as string
checkpoint	GAMSCheckpoint to initialize GAMSJob from
jobName	Job name (determined automatically if omitted)

Returns: Handle to new instance of GAMSJob

◆ AddJobFromTestLib()

GAMSJob GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddJobFromTestLib	(	string	model,
		GAMSCheckpoint	checkpoint = `null`,
		string	jobName = `null`
	)

inline

Create GAMSJob from model from GAMS Test Library.

Parameters

model	Model name
checkpoint	GAMSCheckpoint to initialize GAMSJob from
jobName	Job name (determined automatically if omitted)

Returns: Handle to new instance of GAMSJob

◆ AddOptions() [1/2]

GAMSOptions GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddOptions ( GAMSOptions optFrom = null )

inline

Create GAMSOptions.

Parameters

optFrom GAMSOptions used to initialize the new object

Returns: Reference to GAMSOptions

◆ AddOptions() [2/2]

GAMSOptions GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.AddOptions ( string optFile )

inline

Create GAMSOptions.

Parameters

optFile Parameter file used to initialize the new object

Returns: Reference to GAMSOptions

◆ ApiLib()

void GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.ApiLib ( string model )

inline

Retrieves model from GAMS API Library.

Parameters

model Model name

◆ DataLib()

void GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.DataLib ( string model )

inline

Retrieves model from GAMS Data Utilities Library.

Parameters

model Model name

◆ EmpLib()

void GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.EmpLib ( string model )

inline

Retrieves model from Extended Math Programming Library.

Parameters

model Model name

◆ FinLib()

void GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.FinLib ( string model )

inline

Retrieves model from Practical Financial Optimization Library.

Parameters

model Model name

◆ GamsLib()

void GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.GamsLib ( string model )

inline

Retrieves model from GAMS Model Library.

Parameters

model Model name

◆ NoaLib()

void GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.NoaLib ( string model )

inline

Retrieves model from Nonlinear Optimization Applications Library.

Parameters

model Model name

◆ PsoptLib()

void GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.PsoptLib ( string model )

inline

Retrieves model from Power System Optimization Modelling Library.

Parameters

model Model name

◆ TestLib()

void GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.TestLib ( string model )

inline

Retrieves model from GAMS Test Library.

Parameters

model Model name

Member Data Documentation

◆ ScratchFilePrefix

string GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.ScratchFilePrefix = "_gams_net_"

A string used to prefix automatically generated files.

Property Documentation

◆ APIGoldRelNumber

int GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.APIGoldRelNumber

staticget

API GOLD Release Number.

◆ APIMajorRelNumber

int GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.APIMajorRelNumber

staticget

API Major Release Number.

◆ APIMinorRelNumber

int GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.APIMinorRelNumber

staticget

API Minor Release Number.

◆ APIVersion

string GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.APIVersion

staticget

API Version used.

◆ GoldRelNumber

int GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.GoldRelNumber

get

GAMS GOLD Release Number.

◆ MajorRelNumber

int GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.MajorRelNumber

get

GAMS Major Release Number.

◆ MinorRelNumber

int GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.MinorRelNumber

get

GAMS Minor Release Number.

◆ MyEPS

double GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.MyEPS

getset

Reset value to be stored in and read from GAMSDatabase for Epsilon, default is double.Epsilon.

◆ SystemDirectory

string GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.SystemDirectory

get

Get the system directory.

◆ Version

string GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.Version

get

GAMS Version used.

◆ WorkingDirectory

string GAMS.GAMSWorkspace.WorkingDirectory

get

Get the working directory.

Public Member Functions

Public Attributes

Properties

Detailed Description

Working with different GAMS Versions on one Machine

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ GAMSWorkspace() [1/2]

◆ GAMSWorkspace() [2/2]

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddCheckpoint()

◆ AddDatabase() [1/2]

◆ AddDatabase() [2/2]

◆ AddDatabaseFromGDX()

◆ AddJobFromApiLib()

◆ AddJobFromDataLib()

◆ AddJobFromEmpLib()

◆ AddJobFromFile()

◆ AddJobFromFinLib()

◆ AddJobFromGamsLib()

◆ AddJobFromNoaLib()

◆ AddJobFromPsoptLib()

◆ AddJobFromString()

◆ AddJobFromTestLib()

◆ AddOptions() [1/2]

◆ AddOptions() [2/2]

◆ ApiLib()

◆ DataLib()

◆ EmpLib()

◆ FinLib()

◆ GamsLib()

◆ NoaLib()

◆ PsoptLib()

◆ TestLib()

Member Data Documentation

◆ ScratchFilePrefix

Property Documentation

◆ APIGoldRelNumber

◆ APIMajorRelNumber

◆ APIMinorRelNumber

◆ APIVersion

◆ GoldRelNumber

◆ MajorRelNumber

◆ MinorRelNumber

◆ MyEPS

◆ SystemDirectory

◆ Version

◆ WorkingDirectory