Hello: Yes, that's correct. Some years ago we were working on estimating coefficients for large numbers of varieties at once, a task requiring several million runs. We had to write a master program which directed multiple networked processors to do the required runs, 100 at a time. Steve Welch On 12 Apr 2005 at 14:09, Margarita Ruiz Ramos wrote: > Hello, > as far as I know the maximum number is 99 and you have to build other > experiment file for simulating more treatments. 99 treatments per exp > file > > Margarita Ruiz-Ramos > > At 01:42 12/04/2005 +0000, you wrote: > >Hello, > > > >What is the maximum number of treatments that can be simulated within > >a single experiment file? > > > >I am trying to simulate maize yield for a large number of cultivars > >(N >100) within a single experimental file. DSSAT runs fine on the > >first 100 treatments, but then it quits giving me the following > >error: "Error in field inputs. check format. File: ZZ018484.MZX > >line 232 Error key: IPFLD" > > > >I would appreciate any suggestions that people have on how I can fix > >this problem. Also, if anyone has created an experimental file with > >more than 100 treatment levels I would appreciate it if you would be > >willing to send me a copy. Maybe by looking at the format of a > >working experimental I can figure out where the read error is > >occurring. > > > >Thanks in advance, > >Steven Quiring > > > >======================================= > >Steven Quiring > >PhD Candidate > >Department of Geography > >216 Pearson Hall > >University of Delaware > >Newark, DE > >19716-2541 > >Phone: (302)831-2344 > >Fax: (302)831-6654 > >Email: [log in to unmask] > >Homepage: http://udel.edu/~squiring/ > >======================================= > > > > > > > Margarita Ruiz-Ramos > Dpto. Producción Vegetal:Fitotecnia > ETSIA-UPM > Ciudad Universitaria > 28040 Madrid > Tel: +34 91 5491122 > Fax: +34 91 5449983 > > http://www.etsia.upm.es > http://www.upm.es > > Spanish junior researchers fight for better employment rights > http://www.precarios.org >