Technical information on file format compatibilities, limitations imposed by internal data storage conventions, and restrictions imposed by specific data processing software packages assists experienced users in customizing format translations. The program has been tested and found to perform flawlessly under Windows 95. This program imports, exports, and interconversts popular GC and GC-MS file formats. Simultaneous extraction of up to 30 selected ions or ion ranges is supported. Extensive translation operations are facilitated by the batch processing option, which allows up to 200 data files to be selected in one operation.
Many laboratories employ equipment from different vendors.
This introduces the complexes of several, incompatible file formats and data processing approaches, and requires operators to be familiar with a variety of software packages. Often, data reduction can be streamlined by conversion of all data to one single format, which then is processed by the software package of your choice. Poor export capabilities of commercial processing packages restrict your ability to produce high quality slides, publications, etc. Only one native software package supports graphics exports in vector format for colored, high resolution images. This limits you to fuzzy, bit mapped images, screen capture, or dot matrix printouts, which require extensive cutting and pasting.