Import format

Import format is the same as export format with the following changes:

List of fields in the PDA Import caption

Field Description
Version The version of the imported file must be 2 or 3.
Data File The value is ignored, the name of file is filled in by the user during import.
Method The value is ignored - no method is filled into the Acq. method field of the imported chromatogram.
Number of Points The value is ignored, the real number of lines of values is used.
Points per Spectrum The value is ignored, the real number of values in the first line of values is used.
Absorbance Units Allows to set “u“ and “micro“ in place of “µ“, “milli“ in place of “m“ and “V“ in place of “AU“. Furthermore, the “[“, “]”, “ “ and “-“ characters on this row are ignored.
Volume (uL) Fills the Inj. Volume [ml] field on the Chromatogram - Results tab by the value, after the conversion of units.

 

The imported file's caption can also contain any other parameters, but these will be ignored. It is necessary to keep upper and lower case letters for important parameters, otherwise their values will be ignored. Any number of empty lines can be inserted between the caption and lines of values.