DoIgorMenu and Save Experiment Copy

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Mon, 01/12/2015 - 07:55 am

Hi,

Is it possible to set the default file name in the dialog box of the save experiment copy?

I am creating a tool interface/ analysis package for a client and I am looking to use the DoIgorMenu to handle the save function for the sample run. The one refinement I would like to do is the have the sample id used as the default name in the dialog box. The user has previously entered it into the interface and I have the string. The current implementation uses the base experiment name.

i.e. it comes up with
Master Template V4.pxp

and I would like it to be
ABC123.pxp

as the default file name in the dialog box. Is this possible?

Andy
Why not use SaveExperiment directly with the /C flag rather than DoIgorMenu?

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J. J. Weimer
Chemistry / Chemical & Materials Engineering, UAHuntsville

January 12, 2015 at 08:23 am - Permalink

The downside of saveexperiment is that it it overwrites. I was hoping to avoid having to write code to check for an existing file and then handle a dialog box with a new name.


Andy

January 12, 2015 at 09:01 am - Permalink

You _could_ just build a new file name by default, with a date+time stamp appended to it. It would be a poor man's version of versioning (no pun intended).

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J. J. Weimer
Chemistry / Chemical & Materials Engineering, UAHuntsville

January 12, 2015 at 09:06 am - Permalink