Xcalibur XCONVERT Instructions
The Xcalibur file converter supports a range of legacy formats and can be driven from the command line. This Xcalibur utility program converts source files of one data format to destination files having a different data format:
| Source Files |
Extension |
| Xcalibur |
(*.raw) |
| ICIS |
(*.dat) |
| GCQ |
(*.ms) |
| Magnum |
(*.ms) |
| ANDI |
(*.cdf) |
| AutoMass |
(*.spa) |
| Mass Lab 2 |
(*.raw) |
| Lasermat |
(*.*) |
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| Destination Files |
Extension |
| ICIS |
(*.dat) |
| GCQ |
(*.ms) |
| AutoMass |
(*.spa) |
| Mass Lab 2 |
(*.raw) |
| Lasermat |
(*.*) |
| ANDI |
(*.cdf) |
| Text Files |
(*.txt) |
Note: Not all interconversion combinations are currently supported. Xcalibur posts a message whenever an unsupported conversion is requested.
Execution
In the Road Map view of the Home Page window, from the Tools menu, choose File Converter to open the File Converter dialog box. This is the same dialog box that opens if you double-click on XConvert.exe located in the following directory: Xcalibur | System | Programs. You can also run XConvert.exe from the following command lines: in the Sequence Setup view of the Home Page window, from the Actions menu, choose Run This Sample or choose Run Sequence to open the Run Sequence dialog box. Then, use the Pre Acquisition or Post Acquisition command line text boxes.
From the Programs view of the Processing Setup window, use the Program or Macro Name command line text box.
Automatic File Conversion
Xcalibur allows you to automatically convert and store files as they are created by using the Xcalibur Convert.exe application and the following action specified in the Action list box: Run Program. The command line format is:
XConvert /S[Source Type] /D[Destination Type] [Source Path/File] /O[Destination Directory].
where /S[Source Type], /D[Destination Type], and [Source Path/File] are mandatory.
The currently supported source and destination types are:
Source Type: Xcalibur (.raw) file [L], ICIS (.dat) file [I], ANDI (. cdf) file[A]
Destination Type: Xcalibur (.raw) file [L], ICIS (.dat) file [I], ANDI (.cdf) file [A], Text (.txt) file [T]
SS188/200 Formats
To convert a file (myfile.raw), located in the last specified source directory, from Xcalibur (.raw) file format to ICIS (.dat) file format, use the following command line:
XConvert %R /SL /DI, where %R is the current raw file in the path
To convert a file (myfile.raw) located in C:\Xcalibur\data from Xcalibur (.raw) file format to ANDI (.cdf) file format, use the following command line:
XConvert /DA /SL %R, where %R is the current raw file in the path
To convert a file (myfile.raw) located in C:\Xcalibur\data from ICIS (.dat) file format to Xcalibur (.raw) file format with the resulting .raw file being stored in C:\temp, use the following command line:
XConvert /SI /DL C:\Xcalibur\data\myfile.dat /O C:\temp
SS188/200 Formats
Although these formats cannot be read in by the MS module of ACD/SpecManager, they can be converted to ICIS2 format.
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