Hi Ed,
Could you send me your files test30505.root and test.root as mail attachements?
Rene Brun
Ed Oltman wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have a bunch of files created with win32 version of root 3.05/5. These
> files contain lots of root objects including TF1s. I have recently switched
> to gdk version of root 3.05/7. I can open and read these files (3.05/5
> generated) without problem. However, if after opening one of these files a
> create a new TF1 object and then write that out, I do have a problem: That
> TF1 object becomes unreadable. HEre's the kind of error I Get:
>
> Error in <TBuffer::CheckByteCount>: object of class TF1 read too few bytes:
> 1079 instead of 1151
> Warning in <TBuffer::CheckByteCount>: TF1::Streamer() not in sync with data
> on file, fix Streamer()
>
> Here's how do demonstrate the problem. First, in root version 3.05/5 do the
> following:
>
> TFile *f = new TFile("test30505.root","recreate")
> TH1F *ph = new TH1F("ph","test",100,-5.,5.)
> ph->FillRandom("gaus",100000)
> ph->Fit("gaus")
> ph->Write()
> f->Close()
> .q
>
> Then, run root version 3.05/7 and do the following:
>
> TFile *f = new TFile("test30505.root")
> TH1F *ph = (TH1F *)f->Get("ph")
> ph->Draw() // no problem here!
> //
> // Now, create a new TF1 attached to a new TH1
> //
> TH1F *ph1 = new TH1F("ph1","test1",100,-5.,5.)
> ph1->FillRandom("gaus",100000)
> ph1->Draw()
> ph1->Fit("gaus")
> TFile *f1 = new TFile("test.root","recreate")
> ph1->SetDirectory(f1)
> ph1->Write()
> f1->Close()
> .q
>
> Now run 3.05/7 again and do the following:
>
> TFile *f = new TFile("test.root")
> ph1->Draw()
>
> and the error message appears:
>
> Error in <TBuffer::CheckByteCount>: object of class TF1 read too few bytes:
> 1079 instead of 1151
> Warning in <TBuffer::CheckByteCount>: TF1::Streamer() not in sync with data
> on file, fix Streamer()
>
> Note: if you try to read test.root from version 3.05/5 - it works fine and
> the TF1 is ok!
>
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