Trace: properties and methods

Introduction

Trace is aimed at any two-dimensional data. It is used to stored MS spectrum, either profile or centroid format, but also profiles. A trace can either contain the data or link to the binary file and only records the index to the data

General Properties

• Title. Title of the Trace
• FigureTitle. Title to be displayed in the figure Title
• TraceType. Type of trace. The possibilities are SEP - Chromatogram, electropherogram or any separation profile; CTR - MS centroid scan; PRF - MS profile scans; OTR - Other
• AxisX. Information about the X axis (label, unit precision)
• AxisY. Information about the X axis (label, unit precision) Path2Fin % Link to the Finnee folder Precision % 'inFile' only; Precision in the binary files Path2Dat % 'InFile' only; Address to the file where % the data are stored Index % 'inFile' only; Index to the part of the file of interest StoredData % 'inAxis' only; The data DataStorage % Define how and where the data are stored % 'None' : No Data % 'intrace' : data are within the class % 'inFile' : data are stored in an associated binary file AdiParam % Place to put parameter for any normalisation/correction % should be a structure with two filed, Uses and Values