/// <summary>
/// Example of how to append data from one file to another. It is assumed that:
/// <list type="bullet">
/// <item>The files has identical dynamic and static items</item>
/// <item>The last time step of the target file is equal to the first
/// timestep of the sourceFile, and therefor the first time step
/// from the source file is not added to the target file</item>
/// </list>
/// <para>
/// This example uses the generic DFS functionality, and will work for any type
/// of DFS file.
/// </para>
/// </summary>
public static void AppendToFile(string targetFile, string sourceFile)
{
// Open target for appending and source for reading
IDfsFile target = DfsFileFactory.DfsGenericOpenAppend(targetFile);
IDfsFile source = DfsFileFactory.DfsGenericOpen(sourceFile);
// Time of last time step of file, in the time unit of the time axis.
// This is sufficient as long as TimeAxis.StartTimeOffset equals in
// source and target file (it is zero for most files)
double targetEndTime = target.FileInfo.TimeAxis.TimeSpan();
// Do not add initial time step 0 of source to target file,
// so go directly to time step 1 in source
source.FindTimeStep(1);
// Copy over data
IDfsItemData sourceData2;
while (null != (sourceData2 = source.ReadItemTimeStepNext()))
{
target.WriteItemTimeStepNext(targetEndTime + sourceData2.Time, sourceData2.Data);
}
// Close the files
target.Close();
source.Close();
}