The FILE SERIES Interface

The commands within the FILE SERIES Interface allow operations on a whole series of files. (This is also possible using macros, but here the most useful operations are ``hard-coded'' and this allows greater efficiency in some cases.) Further commands are likely to be added in the near future, so you may find an expanded menu.

The following commands are available:

EXIT: Exits FILE SERIES interface and returns to main ``scientific interface'' menu. Note: data can be moved from one interface to another.

?: Help text with short explanation of commands.

HELP: Detailed help text on the interface and the available commands.

AVERAGE: Calculates the average value from a series of input files. See below for details of the specification of the file series.

COMPOSITE: Inputs a series of files and displays them all together in a composite image. The composite image is actually formed in the main data array, so can be used for data processing afterwards. See below for details of the specification of the file series.

DISPLAY: Enter the GUI general display menu, assuming that data has been defined. This is used to display the result of an AVERAGE or COMPOSITE operation, in a variety of different styles.

EXCHANGE: transfers data from the ``main program array'' to the ``memory array'', and vice versa. This may be useful to save some data whilst another operation is overwriting the ``main program array''.

INTEGRATE: Integration of a series of images from a file series to a choice of 1-D scans (V9.130). The integration is exactly the same as the INTEGRATE command in the POWDER DIFFRACTION interface (see Section 11.3, Page ). This option is described in greater detail in Section 6.3, Page .

OPTIONS: Starts the general GUI OPTIONS sub-menu (See Section 5.5, Page ) which allows various display options to be modified, and control of the graphical output style. Used to alter the colour table, etc. after data has been input.

OUTPUT: General GUI output menu. Saves the current "region of interest (ROI)" in a selected file with a choice of file formats.

PRINT: Save the currently displayed data image as a PostScript file. You are prompted for the name of the output file to create. After the file is fully written, it may be sent to a PostScript printer for printing. Note: It can take some time to create a file of a large 2-D data-set, and often even longer for the file to be printed.