Opening a File

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Use the File/Open File function to load a Temprecord data file from disk and display it in graph form.  You can use this function to inspect Temprecord data files previously saved on disk.

 

Temprecord data files have the filetype or extension of .TR. In Explorer and they will show in the Open Dialog with this icon:

 

 

By default the Temprecord data file open dialog only shows .TRX files, even though other file types may be present in the folder.  You open a file by selecting it and clicking the Open button.  You can also open a Temprecord data file by double-clicking it in the File Open dialog.  You can open several files at once by selecting them each (hold the Ctrl key down and click on each one you want to open) and then clicking the Open button.

 

There are other ways to open Temprecord data files:

 

From explorer, drag the data file onto the Temprecord icon on your desktop.

You can open multiple files this way by selecting them in explorer and dragging the group onto the icon.

Drag a file or group of files onto the Temprecord window.

Double click a file in explorer.  If Temprecord is not running it will start and load the file.  If it is already running the file will be loaded.

 

Each time you open a file, Temprecord opens another window to display the file in.  The number of files you can have displayed is limited only by the amount of memory your computer has, but in practice is many more than you would normally want.  You can alter the way each of these windows is displayed with the View menu.

 

You can alter the view mode of the window to any one of summary, values, statistics, or graph by using the View menu, or from the pop-up menu that displays when you press the right-mouse button

 

You can open the same file more than once and have it displayed in two or more windows simultaneously.  This allows you to view and compare different parts of the graph for example, or have the data displayed in graph view in one window, and in values view in another.  See the topic How do I see my data as a graph and as a set of values at the same time ?.

 

Unless you explicitly specify it, the file type of Temprecord data files is always assumed to be  ‘.TR’.  You can change this if you wish, but it is not recommended, as other Temprecord functions assume the use of this filetype.

 

You can also open a file by clicking on this speed button on the toolbar displayed along the top of the Temprecord main window, or from the pop-up menu that displays when you press the right-hand mouse button.

 

The File/Open File function only reads files in Temprecord format.  You cannot load an ASCII file or a file that was created with the File/Export function.  If you try to load a file that is not a Temprecord data file, an error message will be displayed.

 

See also:

Opening Web Files

Reading a Logger

Saving a File

Renaming a File

Closing a File

Changing the View Mode

Pop-up Menus

 


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