Editing the Default Import Header

 

At the top of the Import Data dialog box, you will see the File Type set to ASCII, and the Import Filename set to the file you selected (including the path to the file). If the file you want to import is ASCII, skip to set the Header parameters box. If the file you have selected to import is a binary file, click on the arrow button, and choose the appropriate binary file type. Binary file types and ranges are:

 

 

Name

Type

Range

BYTE

Signed Byte

-128 to 127

SBYTE

Signed Byte

-128 to +127

UBYTE

Unsigned Byte

0 to 255

INTEGER

Signed Integer

-32768 to + 32768

SINT

Signed Integer

-32768 to +32767

UINT

Unsigned Integer

0 to 65536

LONG

4-byte Signed Integer

-2147483648 to +2147483647

ULONG

4-byte Unsigned Integer

0 to +4294967295

INT64

8-byte Signed Integer

-9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to +9,223,372,036,854,775,807

UNIT64

8-buye Unsigned Integer

0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615

FLOAT

4-byte Floating Point

-10^37 to 10^38

DOUBLE

8-byte Floating Point

-10^307 to +10^308

ASCII

Human Readable (text)

-10^307 to +10^308