From lloydt@watson.ibm.com Wed Nov 6 09:22:27 1996 Path: solitaire.cv.nrao.edu!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!uunet!in3.uu.net!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!lloydt From: lloydt@watson.ibm.com (L.Treinish) Newsgroups: sci.data.formats,comp.graphics.apps.data-explorer Subject: Re: DX to NetCDF converter Date: 4 Nov 1996 16:54:02 GMT Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Lines: 46 Message-ID: <55l73a$113c@watnews1.watson.ibm.com> References: <550v3n$nd6@news-e2d.gnn.com> <327918EB.41C6@sdsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hawhlp1.watson.ibm.com X-newsreader: xrn 8.01 To: Jeff Scuba , dxsupp@watson, enakata@dalvmic1 Originator: lloydt@watson.ibm.com Xref: solitaire.cv.nrao.edu sci.data.formats:1707 comp.graphics.apps.data-explorer:722 NetCDF is built into DX via the Import module -- format="netCDF". I'll send you a summary document that describes the level of support. The same material is available in the DX documentation. An abstract of this support is on the Unidata web site in the discussion about software that can use data in netCDF. However, this support is Import-only, not Export. The problem with Export of DX objects into netCDF is that netCDF won't support most structures that DX does. For some, you would have to create elaborate conventions with netCDF, which wouldn't be known to a typical netCDF reader, and probably couldn't be handled by the application. If, however, the data were fairly simply (i.e., regular grids that netCDF handles well), you could use Export to output raw arrays. Once on disk, you could use ncgen to create a netCDF from the output files. In article <327918EB.41C6@sdsc.edu>, Jeff Scuba writes: |> Hi: |> |> I have several data files in Data Explorer 3.1 format, and I would like |> to have them in NetCDF format. I've searched the web and sent email |> to NetCDF support and DX support with no success at finding a converter. |> Is there one available in the public domain anywhere? |> |> Also, if I can't find a converter, I may want to write a specific use |> converter to convert the DX files I have to NetCDF. How much trouble |> would it be to write one myself -- I'm not familiar with either of the |> formats right now? |> |> Thanks, |> |> Jeff -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lloyd A. Treinish lloydt@watson.ibm.com IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center 914-784-5038 (voice) Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 914-784-5038 (fax) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lloyd A. Treinish lloydt@watson.ibm.com IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center 914-784-5038 (voice) Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 914-784-5038 (fax) From dwells@nrao.edu Thu Nov 21 10:31:40 1996 Path: solitaire.cv.nrao.edu!news.cv.nrao.edu!dwells From: dwells@nrao.edu (Don Wells) Newsgroups: sci.data.formats Subject: Re: WKS, WK1, DBS etc. Date: 21 Nov 1996 15:12:16 GMT Organization: nrao Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <56cark$11b@news00.btx.dtag.de> <56f409$436@highway.leidenuniv.nl> <56fskb$9q7@news00.btx.dtag.de> <56pob8$hmi@highway.leidenuniv.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: fits.cv.nrao.edu In-reply-to: Schaap@rullf2.medfac.leidenuniv.nl's message of 18 Nov 1996 13:29:12 GMT >>>> I'm looking for information on the structure of Lotus WKS, WK1, >>>> MS-XLS, Dbase etc. worksheet formats. Does anybodyknow wher to obtain >>>> those? I need these infos to be able to program an import/export >>>> filter for one of the programs I've written. .. WKS,WK1,WK3,DIF,SIF,DBF,DBT are discussed in "The File Formats Handbook" G\"{u}nter Born International Thomson Computer Press (London,Boston) c1995 ISBN=1-850-32128-0 LOC=QA76.9.F5B67.1995 -- Donald C. Wells Associate Scientist dwells@nrao.edu http://fits.cv.nrao.edu/~dwells National Radio Astronomy Observatory +1-804-296-0277 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2475 USA