Dialog box - Counter

Your software will create names for some documents and directories automatically. For instance, the first image that your software acquires will be named, Image_01 by default.

You can change the settings for automatically created image names. Use the <Counter> placeholder if you need a number in the automatically produced name which automatically increments.

In the Counter dialog box, you specify how the <Counter> placeholder should behave in an automatically produced name.

See also

Customizing automatically created names

Description of dialog box

Defining counters

Define in the Digits field how many figures the numbering should consist of, e.g., 3 for the number 001. Please note that the value entered in the Digits field will not place an upwards limit on the numbering. This means that, for example, when you have entered a value of 2, and the last image you acquired was the image Image_99, the next image will receive the name Image_100.

If you want to start the numbering from a certain value, change the value in the Start field. There, you can, for example, return the numbering to 1 if you have acquired a great many images. Or you can continue the numbering of a series of images from the previous day. If you change the value in the Start field then the next image will always start with the set numbering. All additional images will be counted up by the value 1.

Each time your software restarts, the numbering of the images will restart with the value set in the Start field.

You can only change the value in the Start field, if you have cleared the Reset automatically check box.

Note: The value in the Start field may be ignored if automatic saving is active. In this case, your software checks whether a file with the name wanted already exists in the current directory. Should this file exist, the next higher available number will automatically be used.

To switch the automatic storage process on or off, use the Acquisition Settings > Saving dialog box.

Automatically resetting the counter

Select the Reset automatically check box when you want to be sure that images that belong together will be consecutively, serially numbered without any breaks. You can then no longer change the numbering of the automatically created image names manually. A detailed explanation of this function can be found here.

Numbering with the Reset automatically function works to the following rules:

•The next number is always the smallest available number.

•The numbering will then be automatically returned to 1 whenever the automatically given name changes.

•Every time you restart your software, the numbering will again begin at 1.

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