[Ifeffit] Importing data to Athena crashes on WinXP

[Ravel, Bruce]

Hi Bradley,

This appears to be an example of a problem that I thought I had fixed some time ago.  The thing making Athena unhappy is the length of the line of column labels in your file.  This triggers a mistake in how Athena communicates with Ifeffit.

I will fix this for the next release.

For the short term, the best work-around I can suggest is delete the line with the column labels and replace it with hash (#) character.  This will avoid the mistake Athena is making and present the column labels as numbers (1 2 3 etc) in the column selection dialog.  Obviously that will be a hassle if you have a mountain of data....

B

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From: ifeffit-bounces at millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov [ifeffit-bounces at millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov] on behalf of BradleyW Miller [Miller.BradleyW at epamail.epa.gov]
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 9:22 AM
To: XAFS Analysis using Ifeffit
Subject: [Ifeffit] Importing data to Athena crashes on WinXP

Hi,

I've looked through the FAQ and help pages but don't see any comments about my issue. When importing new data into Athena it crashes on my Window XP computer. The column selection window opens and it freezes. I've attached a file for you. I don't have the same problem with project files. If I create a prj file in the old Athena I can then import it to the newest version of Athena and operate with no problems. I know at least one other person who has the same issue. Thanks for your time.

(See attached file: As_P2.002)


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