IR_File_Loaders_Mac_2.1.ipf
IR_File_Loaders_Win_2.1.ipf

IR File Loaders 2.1

Created 5/3/03
Primary Author: Jonathan Gutow (gutow@uwosh.edu)

This is an update from version 2.0.

Primary Changes:
1) An identical Windows version.  Thank you to Donald Lavery for going
through and setting all the /B to /B=0.  It is now possible to use search
and replace to alternate between /B=0 and /B=1 and not destroy the
operation of any other functions.

2) In addition to the already tested .abs, .spa and .spc file readers the
Galactic .spc file reader has been tested and debugged.

3) The routines now make sure that the x-values increase with point number
to avoid problems with some IGOR operations and functions that expect that
ordering of the wave scaling.

4) Added read of section 107 data for the Nicolet files.  Thanks again to
Donald Lavery for the information leading to this.

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IR  File Loaders 2.0

Created:4/2/03
Primary Author: Jonathan Gutow (gutow@uwosh.edu)

This package consists of translators that will extract spectra and some of
the associated parameters from some IR instrument manufacturer data files.
The procedure should work on an Macintosh running IGOR 4.xx or above.
***Note to wintel users:  The byte swapping flags on all the read commands
will need to be
reset if you wish to use these procedures.**** Does anyone want to go
through and add the code to check which system the procedures are running
on?

The spectra are loaded into IGOR waves with proper scaling and axis labels.
The parameters such as resolution that are extracted from the file are
stored in the wave notes.  As of this writing only the Mattson .abs format,
Nicolet .spa and Nicolet .spg loaders have been completely tested.  The
other loaders that are included are: JCAMP .DX, Galactic .SPC and Paragon
.SP files.  If you test and fix any of the other loaders please let me know
and I will update this submission.

Important formats that are missing from this list are Bruker, Bomem and
BioRad.  If anybody can add these please do.



Happy file reading!

Jonathan