Save As Dialog (Sequence, Chromatogram, Calibration, Method)

This is a universal dialog for saving files where the new name can be entered or a new directory selected. As it differs somewhat in appearance from the standard window for file selection of the Windows operating system, it is described in more detail below.

Save As Dialog

 

Icons in the right upper corner ⓐ serve for quick navigating through useful folders, e.g. Data, Calib, Common. What folders are shown is dependent on the currently opened dialog, as stated in the following table:

Icons for navigating through folders

Icon Description Appears in dialog
Displays files from the current Project Save Sequence As, Save Method As
Displays files from the COMMON directory Save Calibration As, Save Sequence As, Save Method As
Displays files from the Calib folder within the current Project Save Calibration As, Save Chromatogram As
Displays files from the Data folder within the current Project Save Chromatogram As
Transfers you up to the parent directory Any File Save As dialog
Returns you to the previous directory Any File Save As dialog

 

Note:

There are some other save as dialogs, which do not contain any of the specified icons in the right upper corner ⓐ.

List of files

Displays all files of the selected File Type from the previously opened directory.

Files are sorted and displayed in conformity to their previous setting. The layout can be changed by using the button to access the Detailed View menu. In the Detailed View layout you can change the sorting order by clicking on the heading of the desired column. A second click reverses the order. The type and method of file sorting is indicated by a small arrow next to the column name.

The mode in which files are displayed and the ordering method are automatically saved in the current desktop file (*.DSK).

Note:

In the non-protected mode all settings are the same for the entire station. However, in the protected mode each user may have a dedicated *.DSK file.

File Name

The name under the file is saved is entered here. The name can be entered directly or selected from the list of file names. When the name is being entered directly, only files whose names begin with the characters already entered will be displayed. The files and directories that match the so-far entered letters in the given actual directory will be shown in the listbox on the File Name row.

Note:

If a file of that name already exists and has been opened on other Instrument or window, the name cannot be used. Moreover, in the protected mode , a user may not overwrite a file he/she is not entitled to modify (see the User Account command).

Note:

If you search for files containing only some characters, enter an asterisk (* - which stands for any number of characters) or several question marks (? - substitutes for a single character) before those characters.

 

Note:

In Clarity there are some other types of Save As dialogs where the file type of the file is different from the typical Clarity file types (*.prm, *.met, etc.) , for example when Print to PDF dialog is invoked data are saved as PDF document, when in Print.. the Print To File checkbox is checked the data are saved as *.prn file type.