iCys User Guide

May 6, 2005 iCys Cytometric Analysis Software Application Overview
Menu Bar Overview
This section describes the menu options available from the iCys menu bar.
File Menu
❑ File Menu, page 3-3
❑ Setup Menu, page 3-5
❑ View Menu, page 3-5
❑ Instrument Menu, page 3-6
❑ Window Menu, page 3-7
❑ Help Menu, page 3-7
The options in the File menu allow you to open, close, save, and print files and
Workspaces.
When you select any option from this menu that opens a Workspace, the Save
Workspace, or Save Workspace As window displays, allowing you to save the
previous Workspace, as discussed in “Saving Workspaces” on page 3-87.
For more information about Workspaces, see “Workspaces and Workspace Files” on
page 3-86.
The File menu options are as follows:
❑ New Run—Allows you to set up a new Run. You can specify a workspace to use.
For more information on Run files, see page 3-10. The New Run command is also
available from the Setup section of the task bar.
❑ Open Run—Opens a Run and its Workspace. If a previous Run is open, that Run
and its associated Workspace are closed. Additional information on iCys file types
can be found in “Data Structure” on page 3-86.
Depending on certain file parameters and other information, you can use the Run
file to either:
❍ Reanalyze raw data or
❍ Analyze event data.
The Open Run command is also available from the Setup section of the task bar,
(see page 3-15.)
❑ Close—Closes the currently open Run file.
When you close a Run, the Workspace is also closed. You will be prompted to
save any changes you have made to the Workspace. For additional information
about Run files, see “Data Structure” on page 3-86.
❑ Open Workspace—Opens an existing Workspace, closing the current
Workspace. You are prompted to save changes to the current Workspace.
❑ Save Workspace—Saves the current Workspace in the WorkFiles folder. You
cannot overwrite the template workspaces provided with iCys or a workspace
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