BSL PRO Software Guide - Biopac

196 Part DClipboardEach clipboard command involves copying data from the Biopac Student Lab PRO to the standard Windowsclipboard, where the contents of the clipboard are made available for other applications. Data can be copied to theclipboard in two formats: alphanumeric and graphic. The Copy Measurement and Copy Wave Data commandssave information to the clipboards in text/numeric format, whereas the Copy Graph transfers the image on thescreen to the clipboard in .WMF graphic format. In either case, transferring data through the clipboard allows you tocopy data to other applications even after you have closed the graph window and/or quit the Biopac Student LabPRO.Copy MeasurementCopies the contents of all visible measurement pop-up menus, along with the values associated with these windows.By default, three windows are displayed (on most monitors); you can change this by increasing or decreasing thewidth of the window. Once the measurements have been copied, they can be pasted into any application that allowspaste functions, including word processors, drawing packages, and page layout programs. A sample ofmeasurements pasted from the BSL PRO into a word processor follows:BPM = 85.714 BPM delta T = 0.700 sec p-p = 0.8170 VoltsCopy Wave DataCopies wave data (in numeric form) for all channels into the clipboard and includes a header line. When an area isselected, only the data in the selected area will be copied to the clipboard. For example:Hand Dynamometer EMG-0.0293386 -0.0228271-0.0579655 -0.0170898When multiple channels of data are copied to the clipboard, the data is stored in columns and rows, with data fromeach channel stored in a separate column with the channel label as the header for each column. For a four-channelrecord, four columns of data will be copied to the clipboard.As with a text file, the BSL PRO software will insert a delimiter between each column of data. The default delimiteris a tab; you can change the delimiter to either a space or comma in the Options dialog of the File > Save as Textoption (see page 7184).Transferring data through the clipboard performs essentially the same function as saving data as a text file (using theFile > Save As command), with the obvious exception that transferring data through the clipboard does not savedata to disk.Once the data is stored in the clipboard, it can be pasted into virtually any application.Visit the online support center at www.biopac.com