imppClamp

1 Menu Information
2 Brief Information
3 Command Line Usage
4 Variables
5 Description
- 5.1 Details on Some Dialog Options
6 Examples
7 Related X-Functions

Menu Information

pCLAMP (ABF, DAT)

Brief Information

Import pCLAMP file. It supports pClamp 9 (ABF 1.8 file format) and pClamp 10 (ABF 2.0 file format).

Command Line Usage

1. imppClamp;

2. imppClamp fname:="C:\pClampData\Sample.abf";

3. imppClamp fname:="C:\pClampData\Sample.abf" orng:=col(1);

Variables

Display Name	Variable Name	I/O and Type	Default Value	Description
File Name	fname	Input string	fname$	Filename of the file to be imported
File Info And Data Selection	trfiles	Input TreeNode	<unassigned>	Treenode that specifies the information of the file and data. For more details, please refer to trfiles.
Import Options	options	Input TreeNode	<unassigned>	Treenode that specifies importing options
Output	orng	Output Range	<active>	This is used in the dialog for displaying the file information and the data information (channels and episodes) in the file. The channels and episodes can See the syntax here.
Header Info	trheader	Output TreeNode	<optional>	Use this to specify the output range.
Repeat Import	reimp	Input int	import	Control how to repeat import the data. Option list: import:Import Import a new data file direct:Direct Reimport Reimport the data directly graph:Reimport From Graph Reimport the data from the graph
Theme Settings of FIle Info And Data Selection	thm	Input TreeNode	<unassigned>	This variable is not designed for users and not available in the GUI as well, which just used to improve the theme settings for the File Info variable and Data Selection variable.

Description

This X-Function can be used to import pCLAMP (ABF, DAT, ab?) data file.

Details on Some Dialog Options

Import Options(options)

Please see this page for more details.

Examples

1. The following example imports a pClamp data and plot the graph:

a. From the Origin menu, select File: Import: pCLAMP (ABF, DAT). This opens the open pClamp 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. In the imppClamp dialog box, expand Import Options. Make sure the checkbox of Show X-Function Panel for Making Plots is selected. Click Ok to execute the X-Function.

d. Now the data will be imported into the worksheet and a dialog was attached to it. This is the dialog of X-Function plotpClamp. Click the Plot button to plot the imported data.

2. The following script command imports a pClamp file (assume it is C:\pClampData\Sample.dat) without opening the dialog:

fname$="C:\pClampData\Sample.dat";
imppClamp;

For more examples, please refer to XF Script Dialog (press F11).

Related X-Functions

plotpClamp, impinfo