Teledyne 10 manual Modifying Template, General Editing Rules

BioOptix™ 10 Appendix A Method Templates

A.2 Modifying the

Template

5.Check the box labeled Always use this program to open these files.

6.Click OK.

After doing so, double-clicking on any file with the .tpl filename extension will open it in the selected text editor.

Once open in a text editor, the template file can be modified. Refer to Figure A-2 and the discussion following for instructions on modifying the template.

[Blocks]

Count=5

[Block1]

Name="Equilibrate"

Type="Fluid"

AskPause="Yes"

.

.

.

[Other]

Wavelength=280

;Use 254 nm for

;nucleic acids.

Block Count = total number of blocks (value range: 1 to 10)

Name = Descriptive block title (length: 0 to 20 characters)

Type = Block function (options: Fluid, Load, Gradient)

AskPause = Pause after completion? (options: Yes, No)

Wavelength = Detection wavelength (value range: 190 to 360)

Comment = precede notes with a semicolon as the first character on each line.

Figure A-2 Customizable values in the Standard.tpl file

	After modifying the template, save the file. If saved as
	Standard.tpl in the same folder as the biooptix.exe program file,
	all new method files will be created according to your changes.
A.2.1 General Editing Rules	There are three types of changes that can be made to the file.
	• Numeric values – Numeric values follow an equal sign
	and do not use quotes. Enter a numeric value within the
	acceptable range.
	Count=5 in Figure A-2 is an example of a numeric value.
	• Text entries – Text entries are enclosed in quotes and
	follow an equal sign. Enter text between the quotes,
	observing the string length or option requirements. Any
	printing ASCII character may be used. Nonprinting
	characters such as returns, line feeds, tabs, must be
	avoided. Entries are not case-sensitive.
	Name=”Equilibrate” in Figure A-2 is an example of a text entry.
	• Comments – Comments can be added to the file to
	annotate changes, special instructions, author info, etc.
	; Use 254 nm… in Figure A-2 is an example of a comment.

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