Compiling the POP File

At the end of the setup file, use the command COMPILE_EXPERIMENTS followed by the name of your POP file to compile the data in that file and save it to the current PARROT workspace file. Note that you must first have opened or created a new PARROT workspace file before you compile your POP file. The other argument to the command can typically be given default values with comma signs (,):

COMPILE_EXPERIMENTS AL2O3-ZRO2.POP,,,

If Thermo‑Calc encounters errors in the syntax of the POP file, then error messages are displayed in the console. Normally, the compilation also stops when syntax errors are encountered. If this happens, then you must correct the errors and recompile the file. It is useful to have two console windows open when you do this. That way, you can use one console for editing the experimental data and another console for compiling and reading any further error messages.