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Viewing Catalogs and Saving Files
Saving a File
7. Activate trace 3 by pressing Trace (3), Clear Write. Your analyzer display should look similar to
Figure 4-5.
Figure 4-5. Viewing Traces 1, 2, and 3
Step 2. Save the file
1. To access the Save menu, press, File, Save.
2. Select the type of file you want to save. In this example you are saving a trace; press
Type, Trace.
NOTE Trace files are not bitmap files. Files saved as Trace cannot be imported into other
applications or converted. If you require the use of other applications, for example
Microsoft‚ Word or Microsoft‚ Excel, be sure to save your files as .gif or .wmf formats
using Screen for your file Type.
3. Select the trace you wish to save (1, 2, 3, or all traces). In this example you will save trace 3; press
Source (softkey), Trace 3.
4. Select the format you wish to use for saving the trace, either trace plus state (
Trace + State) or
comma separated value (
CSV). In this example you will save as trace plus state; press Format, Trace
+ State
.
5. Enter a filename by pressing
Name. The Alpha Editor appears. For this example you will name the
file, “TEST1”. (The numeric keypad is also available for the filename.) Note that the file extension is
always set by the system and for this file type the extension is TRC. You must now press the
Enter
(hardkey) to get back to the
Save menu.
NOTE You need to use a filename that does not already exist in the current directory. The