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frmRegExample.AdvancedButton.Value =
GetFromRegistry("Advanced Browse", "Radio",
"AdvancedButton")
End If
'Load Path Section
If GetFromRegistry("Advanced Browse", "Path", "ChosenPath") <>
"" Then
frmRegExample.Path_TextBox.Text = GetFromRegistry("Advanced
Browse", "Path", "ChosenPath")
End If
If GetFromRegistry("Advanced Browse", "Path", "InitialPath")
<> "" Then
frmRegExample.StartPath_Text.Text =
GetFromRegistry("Advanced Browse", "Path", "InitialPath")
End If
End Sub
2.10
DETERMINING SUBFOLDERS OF A CHOSEN FOLDER
There was a time not so very long ago that it was a problem for engineers and scientists to capture
enough valid data to make a critical measurement or determination. In today's world, a different
quandary exists, and that is, with modern machines it is possible to generate enormous quantities
of data. The problem now is not getting enough points just to make a determination, but with all
the data that has been captured,
which
points should be utilized in making a determination.
Subsequent chapters in this topic discuss methods that can be employed to make such determina-
tions, but the focus for the moment is simply how to get to the data.
As is often the case with machines, as they have grown more complex, the methods utilized
for storing the information they gather have grown more complex as well. Many instruments will
give the user the option of storing data in a wide variety of formats such as: comma, tab, or space
delimited, ASCII text, or a proprietary format such as an Excel spreadsheets. It is also common
for instruments to have the ability to organize measurements of a particular item or nature to a
specified subfolder. Such a subfolder will often reside below a folder selected for storage of the
test data. For example, if compound XYZ is run on an HPLC with four methods, each of which
has a different percentage of methanol in solution, say 40, 50, 60, and 70%, the following directory
structure might be created (Figure 2.18).
Top folder: XYZ
Sub folders under XYZ: method40, method50, method60, method70
FIGURE 2.18
Example of possible subfolder nomenclature.
