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PostView 6-3

Starting PostView

The main ways of starting PostView are:

1) Open PostView directly from the Windows Explorer, Desktop Icon, or Start Run browse feature

(on desktop).

2) From the acquisition program’s main window, click on the toolbar’s PostView button, or select

PostView from the pull-down menu.

Each of these methods is illustrated in the following figure. Actions in the decision diamond are
performed automatically by PostView and require no user action.

Two Basic Methods of Opening PostView

When you first open PostView the program automatically checks for the existence of an

.iot

.txt

data

file (previous figure). If no data file can be found, PostView displays its File Open dialog box so you can
select the desired file. In addition, PostView checks for a Display Configuration File (see Note). If none is
found the File Open dialog box still allows you to select the desired file. In this later case the Chart Setup
Wizard opens, providing a means of setting up a chart display (the number of chart groups, number of
charts per group, channel assignments for each chart, and types of channels).

Note: PostView automatically checks for Data Files. These files are recognized by .iot or .txt filename

extensions.

Note: PostView automatically checks for Display Configuration files. These files are automatically

saved when exiting your data acquisition program. These files are recognized by filename
extensions of: .io# (for binary files) and .tx# (for ASCII files).

Note: Several copies of PostView can be active at the same time; allowing you to view different data

files during the same session. To view a data file from PostView, select Open under PostView’s
File menu, and select the desired data file.

For PostView 3.4 and later, you can start the Chart Setup Wizard from the Chart pull-down
menu. Chart Setup Wizard’s use in PostView is discussed on page -8. PostView Versions earlier
than 3.4, have no Chart pull-down menu. In these versions, you can start the Chart Setup Wizard
from the File pull-down menu.

Method 1: Open PostView Directly from Windows Explorer, Desktop Icon, or Start Run browse

Method 2: Open PostView directly from the Data Acquisition Program

Windows Explorer

PostView

Open

Data1.iot
Data2.iot
Data3.txt

PostView uses
existing Display
Configuration
File (Data1.io#)

PostView opens
Chart Setup Wizard

YES

Does

Display

Configuration

File Exist

Does

Display

Configuration

File Exist

Does

Data File

Exist

File Chart View Acquire Data Window Device Setup

Group 1

Open PostView from the data acquisition
program by using the

button, or by

selecting

from the appropriate

pull-down menu.

PostView

Data1.iot
Data2.iot
Data3.txt

Charting

Buffering in Instrument

Disk

Initializing

Uploading

PostView's File/Open Box

PostView's

File/Open Box