Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matice.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matice.py	(revision 25169)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matice.py	(revision 25170)
@@ -158,5 +158,5 @@
         WriteData(fid, prefix, 'object', self, 'class', 'materials', 'fieldname', 'rheology_B', 'format', 'DoubleMat', 'mattype', 1, 'timeserieslength', md.mesh.numberofvertices + 1, 'yts', md.constants.yts)
         WriteData(fid, prefix, 'object', self, 'class', 'materials', 'fieldname', 'rheology_n', 'format', 'DoubleMat', 'mattype', 2)
-        WriteData(fid, prefix, 'data', self.rheology_law, 'name', 'md.materials.rheology_law', 'format', 's')
+        WriteData(fid, prefix, 'data', self.rheology_law, 'name', 'md.materials.rheology_law', 'format', 'String')
         WriteData(fid, prefix, 'object', self, 'class', 'materials', 'fieldname', 'lithosphere_shear_modulus', 'format', 'Double')
         WriteData(fid, prefix, 'object', self, 'class', 'materials', 'fieldname', 'lithosphere_density', 'format', 'Double', 'scale', 10.**3.)
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/slr.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/slr.py	(revision 25169)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/slr.py	(revision 25170)
@@ -143,5 +143,5 @@
         md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'slr.hydro_rate', 'NaN', 1, 'Inf', 1, 'size', [md.mesh.numberofvertices])
         md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'slr.degacc', 'size', [1, 1], '>=', 1e-10)
-        md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'slr.requested_outputs', 'srow', 1)
+        md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'slr.requested_outputs', 'stringrow', 1)
         md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'slr.horiz', 'NaN', 1, 'Inf', 1, 'values', [0, 1])
 
@@ -202,4 +202,4 @@
             outputscopy = outputs[0:max(0, indices[0] - 1)] + self.defaultoutputs(md) + outputs[indices[0] + 1:]
             outputs = outputscopy
-        WriteData(fid, prefix, 'data', outputs, 'name', 'md.slr.requested_outputs', 'format', 'sArray')
-    # }}}
+        WriteData(fid, prefix, 'data', outputs, 'name', 'md.slr.requested_outputs', 'format', 'StringArray')
+    # }}}