YSI Data Scout Advanced - Manual (Page 18)

3.4 THE FILE MENU FUNCTIONS
The File menu selection, on the main menu bar, leads to a two-section submenu containing four “site network maintenance” functions
and three “overall” Data Scout Advanced functions (figure 3.4).
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Figure 3.4
3.4.1 SITE NETWORK MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS
The main purpose of the Site Net Map is to show information about each Level Scout defined on the current site network after
querying it. See section 3.3 for more information.
The File | New Site Net function causes the current site network to be erased. This clears the Site Net Map, and Data Scout Advanced
will not be very useful until at least one transducer is defined by using either the Add or Auto Discover functions. These functions may
be found on the Configure menu or on the Site Net Map context menu.
The File | Open Site Net function allows the user to choose any existing Site Network (.net) file previously defined and saved in the
Data Scout Advanced Ini subfolder. Selecting it opens an Open File dialog window. This dialog will show only available Site Network
(.net) files in the Data Scout Advanced Ini subfolder. The default file named DSAdv.net is the one always used to save the current site
net when Data Scout Advanced is closed. Open the desired file by selecting it and then clicking the Open button on that window.
The user may create uniquely named “site network” files by first using the File | New Site Net function, and then saving the finally
edited Site Net Map with the File | Save Site Net As function to give it a unique “site-descriptive” name.
The File | Save Site Net function causes the current contents of the Site Net Map to be saved to any named .net file (in the Data Scout
Advanced Ini subfolder) from which that current site net might have originated. If it simply originated from the default system file,
DSAdv.net, it is saved there instead.
The File | Save Site Net As function is similar to the previous function, but causes a Save As dialog window to open to allow the user to
name or rename the file which will save the current Site Net Map. Simply enter the new name in the File name: box, and click the Save
button. Thus, this function provides the ability to make new copies of existing site networks under different site-descriptive names.
Then, the user can open each file, and edit it uniquely for the particular site named.
3.4.2 OVERALL DATA SCOUT ADVANCED FUNTIONS
The File | View Files (DSAdv) function opens a Windows
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Open dialog box, showing all the subfolders (and files) of the current path.
Its Look in: box permits the user to navigate anywhere on a hard disk, removable, or network drive. However, the dialog generally
starts in the Current Directory (normally the Main Base Path where Data Scout Advanced keeps its main working file subfolders).
Highlighting a file will make its name show up in the File name: box. Clicking the Open button will open that selected file as a text file
with NotePad, WordPad, or any text editor that Data Scout Advanced has been configured to use. Click the Cancel button to close the
dialog without viewing a file.
The File | Archive Files (DSAdv) function opens a special Archive window (figure 3.5). Its principal function is to provide an easy way
to view, delete, copy, or move any files in the Data Scout Advanced subfolders, and to back them up on an a alternate archive medium.