SureScan System User Guide
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To export a scan protocol
You can export one or more protocols to a file on your hard disk, as a backup, or to import on
another SureScan Microarray Scanner System.
1
Click
Tools > Scan Protocol Editor
.
The Scan Protocol Editor dialog box opens.
2
Click
Export
.
The Export Scan Protocol dialog box opens. A list of protocols in the program is displayed.
3
Click to select a protocol to export.
Or
To select a series of contiguous protocols to export, click to select a protocol, and then hold
down the Shift key and click another protocol.
Or
Click to select a protocol, and then hold down the Ctrl key and select additional noncontiguous
protocols to export.
4
Click
Export
.
The Save As dialog box appears.
5
Browse to the location where you want to save the exported protocols file.
6
Type a name for the exported protocols file, and click
Save
.
To import a scan protocol
1
Click
Tools > Scan Protocol Editor
.
The Scan Protocol Editor dialog box opens.
2
Click
Import
.
The Open dialog box opens.
3
Browse to where the exported protocols file you want to import is located. Exported protocols
files have .exp extensions.
4
Click to select the protocols file, and click
Open
.
The protocols in the file are imported.
NOTE
If a protocol in the file has the same name as an existing protocol, the program
does not import it.
