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impEP

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Menu Information

EarthProbe (EPA)

Brief Information

Import EarthProbe (EPA) file. Now only EPA file is supported for EarthProbe data.

Command Line Usage

1. impEP fname:="sample.EPA";

2. impEP fname:="sample.EPA" orng:=[Book3]Sheet2;

Variables

Display
Name 		Variable
Name 		I/O
and
Type 		Default
Value 		Description
File Name fname

Input

string

fname$

The file(s) to be imported. Click the browse button beside the list box to open one or more files. Then the file names will be listed in the box.

File Info trFiles

Input

TreeNode

<unassigned>

This is used in the dialog for displaying the basic information of the file. Only the size of the data file will be displayed.
See more details in Description table

Import Options options

Input

TreeNode

<unassigned>

This is the TreeNode for the import filter, which is hidden from the GUI. Users are not advised to use this variable.
See more details in Description table

Output orng

Output

Range

<active>

The range for where the data should be imported into. See the syntax here.

Header Info finfo

Output

TreeNode

<optional>

This is for outputting the header information, which is hidden from the GUI. Users are not advised to use this variable.
See more details in Description table


Description

Origin will always import the EarthProbe data into a matrix, so a new matrix window will be created for the data if no output matrix is specified and the active window is a worksheet.

Details on Some Dialog Options

Please see this page for more details.

Examples

1. The following example imports an EarthProbe (EPA) data file into a new book and renames the book with the filename:

a. From the Origin menu, select File: Import: EarthProbe (EPA). This opens the Open File dialog for you to choose the import file.
b. Browse to the folder where your data file is. Select the file and click the Add File(s) button. Click OK to close the dialog box.
c. Specify the import mode as the requirement. Click Ok to close the dialog.

2. The following script command imports an EarthProbe file (c:\Sample.dat) without opening the dialog:

fname$="c:\Sample.EPA";
impEPA;

Related X-Functions

impASC, impFile, impinfo, cd, dlgFile