Files Used by Probe for EPMA
The following files are installed by the Probe for EPMA Setup program. The following section details where they are ultimately installed and what they are used for.
Files that are installed to the Probe for EPMA application directory (usually C: \Probe Software\Probe for EPMA) :
STANDARD.EXE ' Standard database application
PROBEWIN.EXE ' Probe for EPMA main application
PROBEWIN.CHM ' Probe for EPMA help file (Win7)
EVALUATE.EXE ' Application utility for evaluation of standard compositions (for John Fournelle)
STARTWIN.EXE ' Start utility application
USERWIN.EXE ' User database application
STAGE.EXE ' Stage utility application
COAT.EXE ' Coating utility applet
CALCZAF.EXE ' ZAF/Phi-Rho-Z calculation application
DRIFT.EXE ' Standard intensity drift utility
STRIPCHART.EXE ' Application utility that simulates a strip chart recorder digitally
CALMAC.EXE ' Utility to calculate mass absorption coefficients for x-ray emitters and arbitrary ranges of energy
SEARCH.EXE ' Utility to search for probe database files based on a number of user defined criteria
FARADAY.EXE ' Application utility for controlling the faraday cup
TESTFID.EXE ' Fiducial transformation program (for conversion to/from other instrument stage coordinates)
MONITOR.EXE ' System monitor utility (JEOL only)
VACUUM.EXE ' Vacuum status utility
CALIBRATE.EXE ' Instrument calibration utility (JEOL only)
GUNALIGN.EXE ' Gun alignment utility (JEOL/SX100/SXFive only)
PROBEUSERWIZARD.EXE ' Probe for EPMA “Wizard” utility
PROBEWIN.PDF ' Pdf version of this Reference Manual
PROBE FOR EPMA_QUICK START.PDF ' Quick Start manual
GRAPHPPR.HLP ' Plot graphics window help file
PROBEHLP.INI ' Context sensitive help INI file
EQUATION4.RTF ' RTF interference correction equations for debugging
EQUATION4A.RTF ' RTF interference correction equations for debugging
EQUATION4B.RTF ' RTF interference correction equations for debugging
EQUATION8.RTF ' RTF interference correction equations for debugging
Files installed to the Windows SYSTEM32 sub directory (usually C:\Winnt\System32 for WinNT/2000/XP/Vista-32bit/Win7-32bit or Windows\SysWOW64 for Windows 7 or 8 64 bit) :
CSFTPCTL.OCX ‘ Secure socket FTP utility
CSHTPCTL.OCX ' Secure socket HTTP utility
CSMSGCTL.OCX ' Secure socket EMAIL utility
CSMTPCTL.OCX ' Secure socket SMTP utility
CSTCPCTL.OCX ' Secure socket TCP utility
DAO350.DLL ' Microsoft 3.5 DAO
DAO360.DLL ' Microsoft 3.6 DAO
GRAPHS32.OCX ' Graphics Server graph control
GRAPHPPR.HLP ' Graphics Server support file
GSJPG32.DLL ' Graphics Server support file
GSW32.EXE ' Graphics Server support file
GSWAG32.DLL ' Graphics Server support file
GSWDLL32.DLL ' Graphics Server support file
MSCOMM32.OCX ' Microsoft Communication control
MSVBVM50.dll ' Microsoft VB5 support file
Psi_utility.dll ‘ Probe Software utility DLL
Richtx32.ocx ' Microsoft rich text control
VB5DB.dll ' Microsoft 3.6 DAO support file
WSATRACE.DLL ' Secure socket trace utility (for debugging network problems)
Files that are installed to the Probe for EPMA program data directory (usually C: \ProgramData\Probe Software\Probe for EPMA) :
PROBEWIN.INI ' JEOL INI file (sample)
MOTORS.DAT ' JEOL MOTOR file (sample)
SCALERS.DAT ' JEOL SCALER file (sample)
CRYSTALS.DAT ' Crystal data (defined spectrometer crystals)
ELEMENTS.DAT ' Element data
STANDARD.MDB ' Default standard composition database
VERSION.TXT ' ASCII file of version changes
EMPAPF.DAT ' Empirical APF factors ASCII file
EMPMAC.DAT ' Empirical MACs ASCII file
EMPFAC.DAT ' Empirical alpha-factors ASCII file
EMPPHA.DAT ' Empirical PHA ASCII file
XEDGE.DAT ' X-ray absorption edge data binary file
XFLUR.DAT ' X-ray fluorescence yield data binary file
XLINE.DAT ' X-ray emission line data binary file
ABSORB.DAT ' McMaster MAC coefficients ASCII file
CITZMU.DAT ' Cal-Tech (Heinrich) MACs data binary file
LINEMU.DAT ' Henke/Cal Tech MACs data binary file
MCMASTER.DAT ' McMaster MACs data binary file
MAC30.DAT ' Caltech MACs data binary file
XRAY.MDB ' NIST x-ray database ASCII file
TECH1.DOC ' Technical document (Word 97)
TECH2.DOC ' Technical document (Word 97)
TECH3.DOC ' Technical document (Word 97)
GRIDBB.BAS ' Partial OLE script used for creating new scripts (Surfer 6)
GRIDCC.BAS ' Partial OLE script used for creating new scripts (Surfer 7)
TEST3D.DAT ' Sample polygon for polygon grid
LINES2.DAT ' Line and edge energies used for creating MAC30.DAT
DEMO1.BMP ' Demo image for Image Digitize feature
MACMATK.DAT ' Text file of K mass absorption coefficients from Armstrong (used for LINEMU.DAT)
MACMATL.DAT ' Text file of L mass absorption coefficients from Armstrong (used for LINEMU.DAT)
MACMATM.DAT ' Text file of M mass absorption coefficients from Armstrong (used for LINEMU.DAT)
MODAL.DAT ' Sample input file for modal analysis feature
COAT.DAT ' Sample input file for Coat.exe
LINES.DAT ' Text file from Armstrong for creating XLINE.DAT file
MACJTA.DAT ' John Armstrong MAC file (binary format)
BLUERED.FC ' False color palette file
RAINBOW.FC ' False color palette file
THERMAL.FC ' False color palette file
0395_MAGNETITE.BMP ' Demonstration standard bitmap file
0012_MGO.BMP ' Demonstration standard bitmap file
0023_V2O3.BMP ' Demonstration standard bitmap file
0140CALCITE.BMP ' Demonstration standard bitmap file
0298_VG2 GLASS.BMP ' Demonstration standard bitmap file
HOLDERCIW6.WMF ' Demonstration JEOL stage vector file
HOLDERCIW4A.WMF ' Demonstration JEOL stage vector file
CALTECH1.5.WMF ' Demonstration standard bitmap file
NISTBIN2.DAT ' NIST binary k-ratio file for testing matrix correction routines
NISTBIN3.DAT ' NIST binary k-ratio file for testing matrix correction routines
CHANTLER2005-KA.DAT ' Input files for creating FFAST MAC file
CHANTLER2005-KB.DAT ' Input files for creating FFAST MAC file
CHANTLER2005-LA.DAT ' Input files for creating FFAST MAC file
CHANTLER2005-LB.DAT ' Input files for creating FFAST MAC file
CHANTLER2005-MA.DAT ' Input files for creating FFAST MAC file
CHANTLER2005-MB.DAT ' Input files for creating FFAST MAC file
FFAST.DAT ' FFAST MAC file (NIST, 2005)
DHZ.MDB ' DHZ composition database (for matching and searching)
AMCSD.MDB ' American Mineralogist composition database (for matching and searching)
ALL_WEIGHTS-MODIFIED.TXT ' American Mineralogist mineral composition input file
AUAGCU.DAT ' Binary k-ratio test file (NIST, 1979, 52.5 degrees)
AUCU_NBS-K-RATIOS.DAT ' CalcZAF input format k-ratio test file (NIST, 1979, 52.5 degrees)
OLIVINE PARTICLE-JTA-1.0UM.DAT ' CalcZAF input format particle test data file
OLIVINE PARTICLE-JTA-0.5UM.DAT ' CalcZAF input format particle test data file
PKZIP25.EXE ' Unzip utility
DEADTIME_CALC.DOC ' Deadtime spreadsheet documentation (Paul Carpenter)
DEADTIME_CALC.XLS ' Deadtime spreadsheet (Paul Carpenter)
NIST MQ executable (Probe for EPMA program data directory)
MQ.EXE ' NIST Monte Carlo software executable
EDGES.TSR ' NIST Monte Carlo line table
MCARLO.BAT ' NIST Monte Carlo batch file for input
MCARLO.INP ' NIST Monte Carlo sample input file
CDONLY.DAT ' NIST Monte Carlo data file for MCARLO.BAT
Files that are installed to the Probe for EPMA program data directory but also copied to the Userdata directory (usually C:\UserData) :
DHZ.DAT ' standard compositions from DHZ (1st Ed.)
ORE.DAT ' standard compositions from Dana's
SRM.DAT ' standard compositions from NIST SRMs
CALCZAF.DAT ' ZAF/Phi-Rho-Z sample data
GRIDMIN.DAT ' sample boundary data for demonstration
JEOLOX.MDB ' Probe for EPMA sample data (oxide)
JEOLEL.MDB ' Probe for EPMA sample data (elemental)
AUAGCU2.DAT ' CalcZAF binary intensity data file
NISTBIN.DAT ' CalcZAF binary intensity data file
POUCHOU.DAT ' CalcZAF binary intensity data file
XYSCAN.BAS ' sample Surfer script (run from GSScripter) (Surfer 6)
XYSCAN.BLN ' sample Surfer boundary file (Surfer 6)
XYSCAN.DAT ' sample Surfer data file (Surfer 6)
XYSCAN2.BAS ' sample Surfer script (run from GSScripter) (Surfer 7 or 8 or 9)
XYSCAN2.BLN ' sample Surfer boundary file (Surfer 7 or 8 or 9)
XYSCAN2.DAT ' sample Surfer data file (Surfer 7 or 8 or 9)
NISTBINA20.DAT ' Sample binary calculation input for CALCZAF
NISTBINZ10.DAT ' Sample binary calculation input for CALCZAF
POUCHOUA20.DAT ' Sample binary calculation input for CALCZAF
POUCHOUZ10.DAT ' Sample binary calculation input for CALCZAF
CALCBIN.DAT ' Sample calculation input for CALCZAF
DEMO2.GIF ' Demonstration “PictureSnap” image file
DEMO2.JPG ' Demonstration “PictureSnap” image file
DEMO2.ACQ ' Demonstration “PictureSnap” image file
DEMO2.BMP ' Demonstration “PictureSnap” image file
CALCZAF2.DAT ' CalcZAF standard composition variance test data (see CalcZAF Analytical menu)
DHZ.MDB ' DHZ composition database (for matching and searching)
AMCSD.MDB ' American Mineralogist composition database (for matching and searching)
Files that are created by Probe for EPMA:
POSITION.MDB ' position database
SETUP.MDB ' element setup database
USER.MDB ' user database
STANDARD.DAT ' standard composition import/export ASCII file
SETUP.DAT ' element setup import/export ASCII file
USER.DAT ' user database import or export ASCII file
*.POS ' position import or export ASCII files
*.OUT ' Log window ASCII files
DETECTOR.DAT ' Configuration file for specifying detector parameters
USERMAC.DAT ' User Defined MAC table for user specified values