Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 15:08:03 -0600
Subject: Re: Quantiview: bl0std is screwy
From: Ray Guillemette
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John,
You may be experiencing the same problem that I had a couple of years ago when
I created some new block definitions. What you describe occurred when I had a
pure element standard defined. The newer SX software versions require that a
"1.000" wt fraction value be inserted; older versions were happy when the wt
fraction was omitted completely in the case of pure element standards.
With no value entered, the software reports no error message but simply stops
reading the list at the previous entry. This behavior would probably also
happen if a typo or "glitch" occurred on one of the standard entry lines; check
the line following the last one visible on the visual display.
Regards,
Ray Guillemette



In message <9612121623.AA13280@ice.geology.wisc.edu> writes:
> Friends:
>
> Maybe someone out there is SX-land can shed some light on this. I stumble
> thru this every 2 months when I get a chance to do my own research and it
> really makes my day start right.I have a block of ~30 primary and secondary
> glass standards we use for tephra analysis. I have defined the block bl0.
> Maybe that is a reserved name--I doubt it. Maybe it is jinxed. Anyway, I
> have gone thru the process of installing the std names into the block using
> the Standards Positions panel. OK, the name tags show up on the block and I
> can click on them and move around. However, when I quit Quantiview and come
> back later, only a fraction of the labels are present on the visual display
> (or if I click right on name inthe Std Pos panel). However, if I look at
> the bl0std.dat file, they are all there! Case in Point: there are 21 stds
> shown in the bl0std.dat file, but only 6 of them show up on the visual
> display.
>
> Has anyone else seen this problem in Quantiview?
>
> Can the Cameca software people provide any assistance?
>
> John
>
>
> John Fournelle
> Electron Microprobe Lab Internet:johnf@geology.wisc.edu
> Dept of Geology & Geophysics Office: (608) 262-7964
> University of Wisconsin Lab: (608) 265-4798
> 1215 West Dayton Street Fax: (608) 262-0693
> Madison, WI 53706 Amateur radio: WA3BTA/9
> http://geology.wisc.edu/~johnf/sx51.html
>
> "The first rule of all intelligent tinkering is to save all the pieces."
> Aldo Leopold
>
>
>


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Dr. Ray Guillemette
Associate Research Scientist
Electron Microprobe Lab
Dept. of Geology & Geophysics
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3115

Phone: (409) 845-6301
FAX: (409) 845-6162
e-mail: microprobe@tamu.edu