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 |