The File Menu

NEW
Creates an empty list.

OPEN
Loads a saved list into memory.

SAVE AS
Save the current list to a new file. That file may be loaded at a later date, or used as a GHOST VOLUME in subsequent finds.

CLOSE
Closes the current window and returns you to the FIND dialogue.
ADD TO FILE TYPES MENU
When FINDING or FILTERING, the FILE TYPE menu contains a list of relevant file types to search for. If you would like to customise this list, then select this function. It will display the dialogue box, shown in the picture above. You may type in the four character file type, or press BROWSE, to select an example of the file type you desire. Having done this, enter the text you wish to appear in the FILE TYPE pop-up menu (in the main find dialogue), in the field below it.

ADD TO FILE TYPES MENU
This allows you to choose file types to add to the File Types pop up menu in the find dialog. Make sure you enter a name for the menu item aswell as the Four character file type.

OUTPUT LIST TO FILE
This writes the contents of the list to a text file called ‘SAMPLESEARCH  LIST OUTPUT‘ which is stored in the SampleSearch™ application folder. The list contains the file names and the file sizes separated by a tab and a carriage return. For SampleCell instruments the file size is the sample data size for that instrument.

PRINT
This prints the current list contents.

QUIT
This exits the program and erases the current list from memory. If the list is important, save it before quitting.