Importing Data
 FlexPro
has a powerful import filter for the binary formats of many measurement
systems and data acquisition packages. The list of supported formats
is constantly expanding. The fastest way for you to import your data
is just by using drag & drop to drag the files from Windows Explorer
into FlexPro Explorer. FlexPro automatically recognizes the current format
and imports your data complete with comments and units. Using a customizable
binary import product, you can also read in formats not directly supported
by FlexPro. For importing you can copy the data into the FlexPro database
or create links to the original files. In the second instance you can
acquire objects in the database that you can use like datasets, but which
read your data from the original files.
With the text data import wizard, you can import data from ASCII files.
The wizard supports a manual import method with which you can set the
import for each column separately, and an automatic import method with
which a dataset is automatically created for each column. The current
file is automatically analyzed in both cases so that usually you do not
have to make any changes to the settings. If you would like to repeat
importation of similar files, you can save all of the settings as an
import schema. FlexPro then automatically recognizes the file in the
future and can import it directly.
 To access databases, FlexPro uses an ODBC import interface. The ODBC
standard is supported by almost all databases available under Windows.
Here you can also either import the data as a copy in FlexPro or create
links to the database columns.
Not only can FlexPro import Excel tables but it can also directly open
them using Excel. To do this, the Excel table is displayed in the Explorer
data view. Now you can highlight areas in the Excel table and use the
analyses and graphics from FlexPro in addition to those of Excel. FlexPro
creates data links for accessing the data, which are displayed in the
list view. You can use these links in FlexPro as datasets.
 There are special modules available for the popular DasyLab, LabView,
Agilent VEE and TestPoint data acquisition packages that you can use
to export data directly to FlexPro and even send some commands to FlexPro
to update an analysis or to print a document, for instance. The communications
modules are installed directly into the respective acquisition software.
Communication is based on the FlexPro FPAccess interface, which uses
the Windows COM standard. Since the FPAccess interface is also available
as a DLL variant, you can even add FlexPro databases with it and provide
data without having FlexPro installed.
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