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 How to automatically open Origin with by clicking on a xy data file (ascii)?
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Calico

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Posted - 08/19/1998 :  2:30:00 PM  Show Profile  Edit Topic  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Topic
I want to be able to click on a xy data file (*.dat) and have it automatically
launch Origin and open, without having to first open Origin and then use the
IMPORT command. Is this possible?

Gary Lane

USA
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Posted - 08/19/1998 :  2:32:00 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Double-clicking on DAT file can launch Origin and automatically import DAT file

It is possible (but a bit tricky) to launch Origin by double-clicking on a *.DAT
file (an ASCII data file) and then have Origin automatically import the DAT
file. In order to do this you will need to complete the following three
steps:

1. In your Windows Explorer select View Options, Click on the File Types tab,
select the file extension DAT, click the Edit button, select open in the
Actions list box, click the Edit button, enter C:\Origin50\OpenDat.bat in the
Application used to perform action edit box, click OK and Close until you
return to the Windows Explorer.

2. Create the file OpenDat.bat in your C:\Origin50 folder and type in the
follow DOS batch commands:

@echo off
echo opendat=1;

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