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. Path to the Finnee folder if related to one, otherwise empty
• AdiParam. Structure that can be used to store any supplementary information.

Data

    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