Campbell Scientific RTDAQ Software - Manual (Page 122)

Section 6. View Pro
6.3 Opening a File
View Pro provides three ways to open a file. The one you use depends on the
type of file being opened. Use File | Open to open a data file, File | Open as
Text to open other types of files, or File | Open as Hex to view a binary or text
file in hexadecimal format.
A file that has been recently opened, can be quickly opened again by selecting
it from the File | Recent Files list. The file will be opened in the same format
as it was originally opened (data, text, or hex).
No matter what option is used to open a file, it is closed by selecting File |
Close from the menu or pressing the red X in the upper right-hand corner of
the data file window.
6.3.1 Opening a Data File
To open a data file, click the File Open icon or select File | Open from the
menu. (TOACI1, TOA5, TOB1, TOB2, and TOB3 data files can be opened
with View Pro.) When a file is first opened, it is displayed in the data panel in
a tabular format.
6.3.2 Opening Other Types of Files
To open a file that is not a data file (*.DLD, *.CSI, *.PTI, *.FSL, *.LOG,
*.CRX) select File | Open As Text from the menu. Files opened in this mode
cannot be graphed.
A file opened in this mode can be viewed only in its original format (i.e., as
text). This mode is most often used to open files other than data files (or to
quickly open data files, but without any of View Pro's graphing capabilities).
In text mode, data can be copied to the Windows clipboard and pasted into
other applications. This is done by highlighting the text and choosing Edit |
Copy from the menu.
6.3.3 Opening a File in Hexadecimal Format
To open a file in hexadecimal format select File | Open As Hex from the menu.
This may be useful when viewing binary files.
6.4 Viewing a LoggerNet Database Table
A LoggerNet database table created using LNDB can be viewed in View Pro
by selecting View LoggerNet Database Table from View Pro’s File menu.
You will need to select a database and then a table from that database.
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