This command is found on the Home tab of the ribbon bar, or in the File menu when using the toolbar and menu display.
Use this option to select an FCS listmode or delimited text file you want to open into WinList for display and analysis. When selected, the Open dialog box appears, allowing you to navigate to the correct folder to select files.
The dialog allows you to select one or more files from a folder. If you select more than one file, the program automatically creates a"batch" containing the selected files. When the Open button is clicked, the first file will be read. To process the additional files, use the Next Batch File and Previous Batch File commands, or edit the batch with the Open Batch command.
If the listmode file contains more than one dataset, the Choose Dataset dialog is displayed to select the dataset of interest. When there is only one dataset in the file, the Choose Dataset dialog does not appear.
If the selected file is a text file (comma- or tab-delimited), WinList will attempt to translate the file into an FCS file. For information about supported formats, see Reading Delimited Text Files,
After selecting a file to open, the Create Multiple Histograms dialog box is displayed to provide a quick and efficient means for selecting any number and types of histograms for display. This dialog can simply be canceled if you prefer to create histograms one at a time.
You can select Open FCS File more than once to display more than one file at a time, or multiple copies of the same file. WinList is designed to handle any number of data sources. Your computer's memory, disk resources, and the demands of other applications that may be running limit the actual number you can display.