The GUI OUTPUT Command

The OUTPUT command allows the current ROI to be save to a user specified file. If all of the data is to be saved, make sure that the ROI is set to all of the data prior to using the OUTPUT command. The OUTPUT command file format choice menu is shown in Figure 21.

Figure 21: The GUI OUTPUT Command File Format Menu

The presently available commands are:

?: Short description of each of the available choices

CANCEL: Exit menu without saving data

BINARY: Save ROI as pure binary ``dump'' with a choice of data types.

BSL/OTOKO: Daresbury BSL / Hamburg OTOKO: KOHALA format

CHIPLOT: 1-D row or column output for X/Y graph plotting in a simple ASCII column format

DENZO MAR: Output format in Mar format for input to DENZO

FIT2D FORMAT: Self describing readable binary for re-entry to FIT2D

GSAS: GSAS powder diffraction format

SPREAD SHEET: ASCII, one line of ROI in one record

TIFF 8 BIT: TIFF integer pixel storage with 1 byte per pixel. This is suitable for exporting data to image display programs such as xv.

TIFF 16 BIT: TIFF integer pixel storage with 2 bytes per pixel

Depending on the format chosen, further prompts and graphical forms may appear. The name of the output file will be defined.