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The program Convert (not an original name...) could be find at:
sol.dmp.csiro.au
(or 192.68.132.2)
in :/pub/xtallography/conv/
There are three files:
convert1.zip
conv_all.zip
convert.txt (this file)
(for the description see bellow).
Happy ftp-ing !
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About CONVERT 1.0
This program can (sometimes..!) convert some ASCII data files. It was
intended to use in X-ray diffraction area (Rietveld analysis or so..)
for converting the data files. There are a lot of programs dealing
with data analysis, fitting profile, Rietveld analysis,... and almost
each program has a different way of reading data (many of them written
in Fortran and asking a "rigid" data file). Sometimes, a user work with
different programs and he needs to convert his data file into
various others (somebody told me :"Who hasn't a data converting program ?").
So, this program will try to convert such data files....
There are also few programs dealing with that too (I found that AFTER
I started to write this program - are there a Murphy rule relating to this ?).
This program is written in Visual Basic 3.0 (you will need a vbrun300.dll
in the windows directory; it's distributed in the package).
It is the user's duty to choose the input format - and the output of course.
There are no header or definition files (I choose this way because
it may be useful to other users -dealing or not with X ray diffraction).
It reads the BIGDIFF data file and convert to fixed step data file
(the interpolation scheme is correct as long as the
difference between the 'real' 2theta and programed one is smaller than
the step...).
You could apply some factors to the data depending with x, y or esd ;
a factor depending with x could apply to y. Look in the help explanation
about that factor. Anyway it must written as:
a_factor*x^another_factor
and it is an ADD factor .
Don't write -x or something like that... Write -1x or -1*x.
(It seems to be rather difficult but I made a routine trying to
convert such an expression to a number...)
If it is needed you will be asked for starting two theta, step...and so on
(if it is not needed don't bother to write something in those fields...).
How many lines can you use ? As many as your computer can store !
Anyway , the author does not assume any responsability .....(in the
help area is a real disclaimer).
For help or bug reports (I'm sure that there are few errors but I couldn't
find them...) or comments or your computer program or a 5$ check (optionally
- for supporting the distribution ) send to:
N. DRAGOE
University of Bucharest
Faculty of Chemistry
Blvd. CAROL I, #13, Bucharest
ROMANIA
or dragoe@imar.ro
dragoe@psisun.u-psud.fr
( and , I hope, other info for a possible future version -
include the complete header description please...)
Thanking you....
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You will need :
convert.exe 75380 10.01.95
vbrun300.dll 401504
convert.ico 766 10.11.94
In
..\conv\conv_all.zip 254992
you will find all the three files.
Very often you already have a vbrun300.dll file. Look in the
..\windows\system directory.If so, download only:
convert1.zip 23366 10.01.95
containing: convert.exe
convert.ico
Good luck !
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