Parse Reader data from spectramax and rewrite it to a work list

readerdata.js

// JScript source code
open("C:\\VWorks Workspace\\Scripts\\file_operations.js")


//--Change this directory to be the directory that VWorks generates the output file too

var output_directory = "C:\\VWorks Workspace\\Scripts\\readerdata\\output\\"


//--Date Time Stamp Generating functions-------------


function make2Digits(instr) {
    if (instr.length == 1)
        instr = "0" + instr
    return instr
}

function getTimeString() {
    var ts = new Date();

    return ts.getFullYear() +
            make2Digits(new String(ts.getMonth() + 1)) +
            make2Digits(new String(ts.getDate())) +
            make2Digits(new String(ts.getHours())) +
            make2Digits(new String(ts.getMinutes())) +
            make2Digits(new String(ts.getSeconds()))

}

//--End of Date Time Stamp Generating Functions

//--This will generate the file name of the output file. Everytime we load readerdata.js, this variable is initialized with the current data time so you only want to initialize
//--this once per batch.

var output_file = output_directory + getTimeString() + "_output.csv"


//-- input = path to the file generated by the reader, barcode = the plate id, head = weather or not to include the header, if this is 1 we will  use the header.

function generateInputFile(input, barcode, head) {

    var contents = file_read(input)


    //--This magic grabs the stuff from the file that we want, don't ask, its magic.

    var readerData = contents.match(/\bGroup:	Unknowns	1\b[\s\S]+?(~End)/)

    readerData = readerData[0]


    //--Include the header if head == 1
    if (head == 1) {

        rdArray = readerData.split("\n")
        var header = rdArray[1].split("\t")
        header.unshift("Plate ID")
        file_write(output_file, header)

    }

    //--Loop Through the good stuff and add the plate id to each line, write it to a file.
    for (var i = 2; i < 98; ++i) {

        var line = rdArray[i].split("\t")
        line.unshift(barcode)

        file_write(output_file, line)


    }

}
//--Example implementation

//generateInputFile("C:\\VWorks Workspace\\Scripts\\readerdata\\2014_05_20_12h48m28s.txt", "New Barcode", 1)