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Creating a CDF Manually on a Personal Computer
Each USB flash drive that comes with a new CodeSet has a CDF template loaded onto it in the folder
titled "CDFData". If you received your RLF in an email from Bioinformatics, that email will also
contain the CDF template that comes on the USB drive for CodeSets. Although this works for
generating CDF files, it can be prone to errors due to formatting or using restricted characters.
Therefore, it is recommended to use the CDF Utility tool to generate CDF files on a personal
computer (see
Users can modify this CDF template to contain personalized sample information; it can be imported
and modified in Microsoft Excel or Notepad for Windows (TextEdit for Macintosh). Depending on a
user's system setup, it may also be necessary to enable the display of file type extensions. Follow
the instructions provided below.
Display File Type Extensions
1.
Open File Explorer and select the Options
from the View menu (Figure 58).
2.
Under the Options menu, select Change folder
and search options.
3.
The 'Folder Options' window will appear (Figure 59). Select the View tab and uncheck the option
Hide extensions for known file types.
4.
Click OK.
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Creating a CDF Using the CDF Utility on a Personal
Computer).
Figure 58: Location of the Options button.
Figure 59: The 'Folder Options' window.
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