• Using ArcView, right mouse click on the desired layer.
• Select Properties.
• Click on the Fields Tab.
• Select the desired field from the Primary Display Field combo box to use as the label.
• Resend the GIS features to Petrel.

When using shape files or SDE layers output in WGS84 from OpenSpirit 2.9.1, and earlier ScanUtility, you must take special care when adding these to an ArcMap project.

The OpenSpirit WGS84 Coordinate System uses an inverse flattening of 298.257222932867 while an ESRI WGS84 uses an inverse flattening of 298.257223563. This results in a positional shift of 4 cm or less.

However, ArcMap will not automatically recognize the datum as WGS84 when applying datum transformations, therefore, a custom datum transformation must be created when these shape files are added to ArcMap if the map display datum is not WGS84. You must define the shift parameters in the ArcMap Layer's Geographic Coordinate System Transformations to convert from GCS_WGS1984, into your Data Frame's coordinate system datum.

In order to find the appropriate datum shift parameters you can find the predefined datum transformation in ArcMap between your map display datum and WGS84 and use the same shift parameters. Please note, however, that the ESRI datum shift is defined to shift the datum to WGS84.

As the custom transformation that you need to define shifts from WGS84 you must negate any translation and rotation parameters.

The Word document Datum_transformations_in_ArcMap.doc provides step by illustrated step instructions on how to set up the transformations.

Error message:
exception caught in OspUtil::doConvert(float): osp_UserException:
Could not return a unit for this acronym.
Details:
Caught an EpTypes::BadArgumentsException in the osp_Unit::getUnit method for acronym: none. The acronym 'none' does not name a know singleton unit.

This is a known issue in Gocad (all versions) when using OpenSpirit v2.8 or greater. As a workaround do the following in each Gocad installation:

• Go to ...EarthDecisionGocadlibapp-defaults
• Open file GoCAD with a text editor.
• Find the following line: ft = 0.3048 m;
  And add this line below it:
  ftUS = 0.30480061 m;

THIS IS JUST FOR OSP v2.5.x and IP 3.0

You need to check to see if the two files msvcr70.dll and msvcp70.dll are in the folder C:WINNTsystem32 (or C:WINDOWSsystem32 for XP).

These two files are runtime libraries used by the .NET framework and must be in the system path. The two files can be found in the .NET framework 1.0 directory (C:WINNTMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv1.0.3705).

Either this directory must be on the system path or the two DLLs must be copied to C:WINNTsystem32 which is by default on the system path. This is a common problem for very many applications using .NET Framework 1.0.

After performing the above, uninstall and reinstall the OpenSpirit .NET package to have the registration done correctly:

• Remove the osp.NET installation using Add/Remove Program in the Control Panel.
• Run the setup.exe program located in %OSP_HOME%externalosp.NET

The GeoFrame catalog controls the codes of log curves. GeoFrame will not allow creating a log curve if the code is unknown to the catalog. When creating log curves in GeoFrame, the OpenSpirit GeoFrame well server creates a log curve with code of 'SHAPE_1D' if:

• The input code is not known to the GeoFrame catalog. (e.g. code = FOO)
• The units input with the data are incompatible with the input code. (e.g. code GR with units of FT)

OpenSpirit then tries to record the actual input by putting the traceKind (code) and the units in the remarks field of the well log.

OpenSpirit 2.8.0 was released before the final release of Kingdom 7.6. You need to replace the OpenSpirit osp_Kingdom_76.dll with the version of the dll created for Kingdom (v7.6, build 4900.27, Sep 16, 2005).

lease note that OpenSpirit 2.8.x is certified for Kingdom v7.6, build 4000.27 only.

Instructions to update the OpenSpirit 2.8.0 Kingdom dll: 

NOTE: must be done on every PC running the OpenSpirit v2.8 client:

• Exit out of OpenSpirit on the PC you are going to patch and select the third option to shut down the user server and all data servers.
• Download and uncompress osp_Kingdom_76.zip on the PC.
• Navigate to the OpenSpirit PC installation directory, bin subdirectory (usually C:Program FilesOpenSpiritbin) and rename the osp_Kingdom_76.dll to something like osp_Kingdom_76.dll.old.
• Copy the new osp_Kingdom_76.dll to the OpenSpirit installation directory, bin subdirectory
  (usually C:Program FilesOpenSpiritbin).

You need to set both Petrel and OpenSpirit to only send and listen for data selection events. In Petrel, under the OpenSpirit Setting Dialog select Listen to Data Selection Events only.

In the OpenSpirit DataSelector, under the DataSelector Preference dialog set the Send Events to Data Selection events.

To get the OpenSpirit / Petrel link working you need to install a patch in your Petrel installation.

• Download the OpenSpirit 2.7 Petrel 2003SE patch zip file.
• Shutdown Petrel
• Unzip the OPS27_Petrel2003SE_patch.zip file into you Petrel top level directory
  (e.g. C:Program FilesSchlumbergerPetrel 2003SE)
• Re-start Petrel