Understanding Your Agilent ChemStation 17
Agilent ChemStation Features
1
About the ChemStation Software
The following reserved device names cannot be used as the name of a file:
• CON, PRN, AUX, NUL
• COMx (where x is a number from 1 to 9)
• LPT1x (where x is a number from 1 to 9)
Also avoid these names followed by an extension (e.g. Nul.txt).
Maximum Length of ChemStation file names and subdirectories
The Agilent ChemStation specifications for file names and subdirectories are
listed below:
NOTE
English, Japanese, and Chinese operating systems are used to test naming conventions.
Agilent cannot give a support statement for non-English operating systems and their
special characters.
Table 2 Maximum Length of ChemStation file names and subdirectories
DataFile/Subdirectory/Path Max. Input
Length
Auto
append
Example
Data file name 38 .D Demodad.d
Data file name using prefix/counter 15 .D longname000001.d
Method Sequence Hypersequence
Libraries Customized Report Templates
40 . M
. S
. HYP
. UVL
. FRP
def_lc.m
def_lc.s
def_lc.hyp
demodad.uvl
areapct.frp
Data file subdirectory 40 demo (in sample info)
Data sequence subdirectory 40 demo (in sequence
parameters)