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5.7. Services
The Services menu (Fig. 209) contains several functions and utilities.
5.7.1. JOB Control...
Most of the functions under the various GammaVision menus can be automated by writing a JOB, which consists of one or more commands written in ASCII text (see Chapter 10 for an in-depth discussion). JOBs allow you to easily perform repetitive
Fig. 209. Services Menu.
tasks and/or define initial conditions at Detector startup. These files are given a filename extension of
.JOB
. To start a JOB or edit a
.JOB
file, select Services/ Job Control... to display the dialog shown in Fig. 210.
To see the list of commands in a particular
.JOB
file, mark the Show Contents checkbox, then click to highlight the desired filename.
To run a JOB, select it and click on Open.
Once a JOB is started, most menu functions will be disabled (gray) to prevent interference with
JOB as it runs. The
.JOB
filename will be displayed on the Title Bar.
If a JOB is running and you try to start another one, the dialog shown in Fig. 211 will show the name of the current JOB and ask if you wish to Terminate or continue running the JOB (click on Close or press <Esc>).
5.7.1.1. Editing a .JOB File
You can edit a
.JOB
file from the Run JOB File dialog or by opening the file in Notepad. To edit in the Run JOB File dialog:
! Select a file from the list and click on the Edit File button. This will open the
.JOB
file in a Windows Notepad window.
! Edit as desired, then use the Notepad Save or Save As command to save the changes (or close Notepad without saving to cancel the changes).
! Close Notepad. The newly edited file will be shown in the Run JOB File dialog’s Show
Contents list box.
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