Operational Procedures; Creating File Templates - Micromeritics ASAP 2020 Confirm Operator's Manual

Creating File Templates

This chapter contains step-by-step procedures for operating the ASAP 2020 Confirm
program. It does not provide detailed descriptions of the fields in the dialogs used to perform
these procedures. Refer to Chapters 4 through 7 for field descriptions.
Some procedures cannot be performed by the Analyst; these procedures are marked
accordingly.
Creating File Templates
An Analyst is not authorized to create sample and parameter file templates.
When you create a sample or parameter file, a dialog containing templates is displayed so that
you can choose one on which to base your file. Several predefined templates have been
included with the Confirm program. A new template can be created using the values from
existing sample files. If you create a template from a completed sample file (one used in an
analysis), you cannot edit the values. For example, you may wish to create a template from a
sample file that you used with a sample material that you analyze on a routine basis.
You can also create a template from a sample file that has been created but has not been used
with an analysis (No analysis status). This method allows you to edit file parameters as
desired before saving the contents as a template. This is the method used in our example
below.
A template itself cannot be edited; however, the values in the sample file you create using a
template can be edited.
Perform the following steps to create a template using a sample file with a No Analysis
status:
1. Select File > Open > Sample information; the Open Sample Information dialog is
displayed.
2. Click on the Status drop-down list and choose No Analysis; this allows only the sample
files that have not been used with an analysis to display in the Files window. You cannot
create a template from a file of any other status.
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3. OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES

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