Over the last week-end, I have delved into the wonders of the Graphical User Interface (GUI in short). As an exercise, and a means to vent some of my ideas, I have programmed a sample database in Matlab.<\/p>\n
The sample database originally started as a sample chooser for the \u201csaxsgui\u201d, an analysis program mainly written by Karsten Joensen, of whom I spoke before. As such, it still functions, but in its functionality, it has enough flexibility to be able to serve as a sample database. <\/p>\n
It contains preview images of the scattering patterns, a user editable note field, and other fields that help manage data for use by the \u201csaxsgui\u201d. Keeping in line with the user interface guidelines of simple programs, I have eliminated the need for a \u201csave\u201d button. Whenever something is edited, a save is made. <\/p>\n
There are still a few issues to figure out though, amongst others, the interface to the \u201csaxsgui\u201d is not completely functional, the preview images are a little on the dark side, backwards compatibility is untested, and there might be some sample naming issues (i.e. it only accepts unique filenames of the scattering patterns as input).<\/p>\n
But all in all, I\u2019m pretty content about it, and I hope it will be included in the next \u201csaxsgui\u201d release. You will be notified of this release as soon as it appears on the web. <\/p>\n
As this is an open source program, any help is greatly appreciated. Why not contribute to the database or the saxsgui?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"