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CF2XY / XY2CF CurveFit 4.27,3.15A Utilities
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Introduction:
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CF2XY and XY2CF are designed to accompany the CurveFits
program written by John Arkins. It is requested that these files
not be distributed separately from the CurveFits program because
they are probably useless to any other program. You are free to
use and distribute CF2XY and XY2CF so long as you follow the
guidelines outlined by John Arkins in his documentation of
CurveFits.
The author of CF2XY and XY2CF is not liable for any hardware
or software damage incurred while using CF2XY, CurveFits, or XY2CF.
What You Should Have:
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In addition to the CurveFits files, you should also have:
CF&XY.DOC -> this file
CF2XY.EXE -> convert CurveFits .DAT file to X-Y format
XY2CF.EXE -> convert X-Y format to CurveFit .DAT file
If you are missing one or more of these files, you do not have
the entire CF&XY utility package. Please contact the author if
this occurs.
What CF2XY And XY2CF Do:
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CurveFits is a very powerful tool for analyzing two
dimensional data, but has one flaw that has kept myself and others
from using it regularly: a non-text storage method for its .DAT
files. This forces the user to use only CurveFits' internal editor
instead of his or her favorite text editor. Not only that, but
data can not be exported to a spread sheet or a word processor.
The author of CurveFits provided me with its internal data
structure, and from that data comes the CF&XY utilities. CF2XY
will take the original data file and write it to the file name of
your choice (or the screen or printer... more later). XY2CF will
convert an X-Y data file to CurveFits format.
Command Line:
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CF2XY [infile] [[outfile]]
XY2CF [infile] [[outfile]]
Running either program without parameters will cause the
program to ask for the filenames itself. If the second, or
"outfile", name is not given the program will ask for only that
name. In other words, the first parameter will be considered the
input file name and the second parameter will be considered the
output file name.
Note!!!:
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XY2CF will NOT accept .CSV (comma separated value) files! In
the case that you wish to convert that kind of file, use your
favorite text editor's search and replace utility. Simply search
for "," and replace it with " ". If you want commas in your output
file (using CF2XY), again use your favorite text editor, specifying
a search for " " (two spaces) to be replaced by ", " (a comma and
a space).
The CurveFit file naming convention will only accept .DAT
files for its data. Therefore, no matter what extension you give
XY2CF's outfile name, XY2CF will assign it a .DAT extension. Since
there's always the chance you may be working with a backup
CurveFits data file, with say an extension of .BAK or .OLD, CF2XY
does not assume a default extension and it must be supplied. For
example:
XY2CF DATAPTS.XY DATAPTS.$$$
... will write to the file DATAPTS.DAT, no matter what,
including even if the file already exists!
To view a CurveFits file, simply type, for example:
CF2XY INPUT1.DAT
... and enter a blank for the output file name. The data will
dump to the screen. Also,
CF2XY INPUT1.DAT PRN
... will dump to the printer.
Registering:
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You are not required to register the CF&XY utilities
separately from CurveFits' registration.
The Credits:
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CF2XY and XY2CF were compiled using Borland Turbo Pascal 6.0 and
compressed using PKLITE. Turbo Pascal is a trademark of Borland
International, Inc. PKLITE is a trademark of PKWARE, Inc.
CurveFits 427 is (c) 1994 John Arkins. CurveFits 315A is (c) 1993 John Arkins.
CF2XY and XY2CF and this documentation are (c) 1993,1994 Nathan Chaffee.