Importing FlashLine data

Flash functionalities have been implemented in the Misura™ Browser.

FlashLine saves each data item in a separate file. This large number of files is then organized in a hierarchy of directories. FlashLine data strcuture cannot be directly opened by Misura™ Flash: a conversion procedure will be needed in order to compress every data file into a single test file.

Data import functionalities are available from the Data Sources base tab in the Browser.

The import procedure will start when the TestInformation.xml file either dragged and dropped onto the gray area in the Databases tab, or selected from the filesystem after clicking the Import... button. Other files which will trigger the import procedure are the shot files with .fw0 or .fw1 extensions (like 00101001.fw0).

Opening any other file will abort the procedure.

When the import starts, a progress bar will appear in a popup-up window. A Log button allows to follow the conversion of each file and each shot.

Upon successful completion, the resulting file is directly opened in a new browser tab.

Double import

In the case the user attempts to import a file which was already converted in the past,
and still existing on the file system, a dialog will prompt the user to choose what to do.
  • Open, will just open the already converted file, without converting it again
  • Rename, will import the file again, and save it with a different name
  • Overwrite, will delete the old file and import all the data again
  • Cancel, abort any action and just exit the dialog (same effect as clicking X button)

Most of the times it is advisable to just Open the old file and save the long import procedure.

Locating the converted file

The converted file will be added to the default database index, so that the user will be able to query all previously converted tests. Available database indexes are visible in the second column of the Data Sources subwindow. If the user has not configured additional indexes, only the default one is visible.

During the conversion, data is copied from the original location into a compressed and optimized HDF5 file. By default, the file is in the user folder on the local computer, under a flash subfolder in the default database directory.

The location of the default database is MisuraData under the user home folder. On most modern windows systems, it will be something like C:\Users\<username>\MisuraData.

The default database name and location is visible under Default Database preference.