Macro for Batch Export of CSV in C.01.10

That is correct. If you'd like you can create a file named user.mac and in that file simply put the command to load the export macro. Put the user.mac file in the CORE folder along with the export macro and it will be loaded every time you launch ChemStation. 

As for the CSV output, that is something you could change by customizing the selected Intelligent Report. The one I used was only an example. I've not done too much with IR, but you should be able to edit the Short_Area report template I used and get what you need. There are also lots of post on the community about customizing reports in IR, so that would be something to consider. 

Hi howard_sanford, 

Thanks for that option. The report CSV doesn't really give me all that I am looking for, and then would require a good bit of deletion in order for my macro in excel to work. 

One question about the Signal CSV export option. It appears that each time I close and reopen Chemstation, I will need to reload the macro into the command bar in order for the signal CVS files to be export. Does this seem accurate

Thanks a lot for sharing. Recently I am trying to install this script in our OpenLab system by following what the post described. But seems that cmd from OpenLab cannot recognize the CSVxport file, which I think might be because the file needs to be a true .mac file, and modifying the format by changing the name would not work. Do you have any comments and suggestions?

Hi biocatchen,

For ChemStation the standard macro .mac file is a plain text file, so the instructions above for changing the extension on the attached file from .txt to .mac will allow ChemStation to load the macro file. There are also 'compiled' .mcx macro files, and only changing the extension on a file will not produce one of these macro files, but it is not necessary for the macro to be in this format. 

Are you trying to get this macro to work on OpenLab ChemStation edition, or on OpenLab CDS 2.x? The macros discussed in this post are only for ChemStation edition. There is some discussion in this post about preforming x,y chromatogram exports in OpenLab CDS that may be helpful if you are using that product. 

Thanks a lot, howard_sanford for the prompt reply. It works now and initially, the macro file was somehow named as .mac.txt file rather than .mac file. Now it generates a list of separate cvs files with each sample having three signal files (DAD1A, DAD1B, FLD1A). Just wondering if there is a way of only generating one signal file like DAD1A. I greatly appreciate it.

Chao

biocatchen,

The macro prints all loaded chromatograms, so you can edit your method to only load the DAD1A chromatogram and that will be the only one exported. Otherwise you could edit the macro so that a particular chromatogram type is the only one exported.