Manual

3 VA Database Table

VA Database 2.0

Copy table text to clipboard

VA DATABASE TABLE / Edit / Copy (Ctrl+C)

Copy the selected part of the table (highlighted

lines) to the clipboard. This function can be used

for copying the table fields of the selected deter-

minations to other programs like Microsoft Word

or Excel. The table fields are always separated

by a tab.

Send determinations to VA Trace Analyzer from VA

Table

VA DATABASE TABLE / Determination / Send to COM#

Send the selected determinations (highlighted

lines) to the chosen COM port. The data transfer

is then carried out in the background. If you want

to see the progress of the data transfer, open the

VA COMMUNICATION window.

Note: Before sending determinations, the connection to the 746

VA Trace Analyzer has to be set active (see Opening/closing

COM ports, page 50) and the 746 VA Trace Analyzer has to be

set to receive mode by pressing the softkeys <Copy from> <RS232

Ifc.#> on the dialog pages "DETERMINATIONS" or "DATA CARD".

Export of determination files from VA Table

VA DATABASE TABLE / Determination / Save As...

Save the determination files (binary files with ex-

tension *.dtm) of the selected part of the table

(highlighted lines) into the directory specified in

the SAVE DETERMINATION AS FILE window.

Export of measurement points from VA Table

VA DATABASE TABLE / Determination / Export Measurement

Points...

Save the measurement points of all sweeps of

the selected determinations of the table (high-

lighted lines) into a data file (extension *.dat). The

file contains blocks of X and Y values preceded

by a header line for each sweep. The data files

can be imported into spreadsheet programs like

Microsoft Excel. The table fields are separated

by the default data delimiter set in the General

Preferences (see Export settings, page 21).