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Using AutoHotKey to convert Jasco Spectra Manager .jws files to ASCII .txt files

Unfortunately Jasco .jws files are in a proprietry binary
format. This is considered a CLOSED format. The Jasco Spectra manager
software will convert .jws files into plaintext, however you have to do
this one file at a time. Normally this isn’t a problem, however when
you have hundreds of .jws files to convert this can become very
tedious.

To date (2007/05/07) no quick .jws to .txt file converter
exists. This setup is the best that is available until Jasco realizes
that they should make a conveter and that it won’t hurt their market
position to do so.

There does exist a minimal portion of the Jasco software which you can use to convert their .jws files. What you need is:

• jwstda32.exe – Spectra Analysis portion of the software
• jwmemm32.dll – memory management library (1.50.0.7)
• jwfile32.dll – Jasco CommonDlg Function (1.4.0.3)
• jwdspm32.dll – Drawing Object Management library (1.50.0.9)
• JwCanvLb.dll – Jascp Canvas library (1.0.1.7)
• jaswin32.dll – Jasco Common library (1.50.0.2)
• INSTRP32.dll – the guts of the previous version of the spectra manager (1.0.0.7)
• c1dt_p32.dll – Spectra Data Processing library (1.50.0.5)

All of these can be found in your Spectra Manager folder, just copy
these to a folder then start up the jwstda32 program, then quit it. It
will create an initialization file called

jwstdanl.ini

open this file in a text editor and add this to it:

[FileSelect]OpenType=*.jwsViewDivision=ONSaveType=*.txt

Now, you have a minimal program that you can use to save .jws files,
however you need to automate the saving. Download and install the free
program AutoHotKey from www.autohotkey.com, then
start the program and allow it to open the Default script. Add this to
the default script:

$+^s::; this script starts with CTRL+SHIFT+s; on start it requires a filename.; By default it will pull in text from the active window, or clipboard

;; this ugly bit of code will find a filename from the active panel;; make sure that window is active and knownWinGetTitle, Title, A; get the text on the screenWinGetText, text, %Title%text_lines=%text%; pull out the first line only; it contains the most active panel in the Spectrum Manager windowStringSplit, split_names, text_lines, `nfirst_line=%split_names1%; discard everything before and including the open parenthesisStringSplit, parsed_line, first_line, (working_text=%parsed_line2%; discard everything after and including the file extensionStringSplit, useable_name, working_text, .

;;; Here's where the default filename is set; if you want to use input from the clipboard, change this to;  filename_in=%clipboard%;filename_in=%useable_name1%;;

InputBox, filename, Filename for converted file, Type in a filename (no jws extension), , , , , , , , %filename_in%if ErrorLevel   ; if cancel was selected, then end   returnelse; if okay was selected then do this stuffClick 15,40          ; click on the 'File' menuSleep, 100Click 15,120         ; click on the 'Save as...' commandwinWait Save As      ; waits until 'Save as' box is openSend %filename%      ; types 'filename' into the boxSleep, 100Click 360,220        ; click on the 'Ok' buttonWinWaitClose         ; waits until the 'Save as' box is closedClick 15,40          ; click on the 'File' menuSleep, 200Click 15,90          ; click on the 'Close' command (to close the current windowMouseMove, 90, 90    ; moves the mouse to a convienient locationreturn

Quit AutoHotKey, then restart it. Now start up the jwstda32 program.
Choose open and navigate to the .jws files you want to convert. Open
them all at once. Make sure that the MultiView option is checked (it
should be). Don’t be horrified when all the spectra open up in
different windows. Maximize the jwstda32 program so that it takes up
the whole screen. Now look at the topmost spectra, and come up with a
name for it. Now hit this key combo CTRL+SHIFT+s
AutoHotKey should kick in and start up by asking you for a filename. By
default, it will try to save the converted .jws file into the same
directory with the filename that you type into the box. If you need it
to do something different, then modify the AutoHotKey script.

Have fun!

Someone should probably:

1) write a patch to patch one of the .dll files so that when
a file is saved as a .jws, it’s also saved (with the same name) as an
ASCII .txt

2) look at the startpoints of the .dll files to make a standalone file converter (using their .dll’s)… See DllCall()‘