Results
Abstract
Every time Simfit performs a calculation, the results are written to
a log file, so that you can save a permanent record for retrospective
use.
Details
The following important facts should be noted.
- The Simfit results files are simple ASCII text files with no
formatting for font, wrap round, or tables, but they do have
the usual Windows characters 10 and 13 for hard returns. If you
want to preserve the table formatting for printing or including
in documents, you can do so by selecting a monospaced font, such as
Courier New. However Simfit now provides a facility to extract
tables from results files and transform them into either tabbed
text, html, xml, or LaTeX for importing into documents.
This is by far the easiest way to generate formatted
hardcopy, or to include Simfit results tables in documents, and is
described in the tutorial document called
extracting_tables_from_simfit_results_files.pdf.
- The way that Simfit stores log files for archive purposes will now be
explained.
- Every time Simfit performs data analysis the results are written to
the file
...\ProgramData\Simfit\user\res\f$result.txt
and all previously created results files will be re-named as follows
depending on the current setting,
where there will be xyz + 1 files saved in all.
f$result.xyz is deleted
...
...
f$result.100 is re-named as f$result.101
f$result.099 is re-named as f$result.100
f$result.098 is re-named as f$result.099
...
...
f$result.001 is re-named as f$result.002
f$result.txt is re-named as f$result.001
- From the Simfit program manager you can view, print, edit, or save any
current results files so that you have many opportunities to archive
important results for retrospective use.
- It is easy to keep track of archived results files before they are
eventually deleted as the current list of archived files displays
the name, date of creation, program used to create the file, and
the file size.
- To extract tables from the archived files for importing into documents
you simply view the files to make sure you know the correct file, or
open an archived file, then extract the table required and format it
as necessary. For importing into typical Word processors choose to
extract as *.html or *.xml, but for experts LaTeX output is available.
These choices transform Greek character names into Greek characters
and format superscripts etc. for mathematical expressions, but such
additional facilities are not available with tabbed text. All that is
required to incorporate such tables into a document is to simply
import the files into Word processors, or paste into LaTeX
documents using the clipboard.
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