You can have your images automatically saved when they have been acquired. In the Acquisition Settings > Saving dialog box, you set the directory in which the images that are acquired are to be saved. In the Customize Subdirectory Name dialog box, you can also define a complete directory structure for automatic file storage.
Opening the dialog box
There are several ways in which you can open the dialog box: e.g. follow these step-by-step instructions.
1.In the toolbar of the Camera Control tool window, click the Acquisition Settings 
button.
2.In the Acquisition Settings dialog box, select the Saving entry in the tree structure at the left of the dialog box.
3.Select the File system entry from the Automatic save > Destination list.
4.In the dialog box, the Directory group will then appear.
4.Select the Create Subdirectory check box.
5.Click the Customize... button.
6.The Customize Subdirectory Name dialog box opens.
See also
Overview - Settings for automatically created names
Customizing automatically created names
Overview - Placeholders in image and document names
Description of dialog box
Preview
The Preview field shows the current directory name. This preview will be updated as soon as you change the current name.
Note: The directory which you define here in the Customize Subdirectory Name dialog box, is a subdirectory to the directory which was defined in the Acquisition Settings > Saving dialog box as the destination for all acquired images.
Standard
You can restore the default settings at any time. To do this, click the Default button.
Properties / Selection
Your software supplies you with a number of placeholders that you can use in directory names.
The Properties list contains all of the placeholders and texts that are available. You can find a description of the placeholders here.
Placeholders are identified by angle brackets there. In the actual directory name, placeholders will be replaced by special values, e.g., the <Date> placeholder stands for the current date.
Texts, however, are fixed and will also be used in directory names just as they have been defined.
The Selection column contains placeholders and texts that will actually be used in directory names. You can use some placeholders more than once. For example, the <Separator> placeholder will normally be used several times, to separate the individual parts of the name from each other.
The entries in the Selection column will be used from top to bottom, to make up the directory name.
Defining the directory name
If you want to use a placeholder or a text in the automatically created directory name, select it in the Properties column. Then click the Add >> button, to move this entry into the Selection column. The new directory name will be displayed in the Preview field, check it there.
Alternatively, you can also select a placeholder or a text by doubleclicking it. Doubleclick the placeholder or text that you want in the Properties column, to have it set before the selected position in the Selection column.
If you no longer want to use a placeholder or a text in the automatically created directory name, select it in the Selection column. Then click the << Remove button.
Use the Up and Down buttons to change the order of the placeholders and texts that have been chosen.
Editing placeholders
Most placeholders can be configured. Therefore, you can, for example, choose from a number of date or time formats. To configure a placeholder, select the placeholder in the Selection column and click the Modify... button. You can find more information on this topic here.
Placeholders are predefined. You can neither create new placeholders, nor delete one that exists.
Using fixed texts
Texts are fixed and will be used in directory names just as they have been defined. Click the New... button in the Properties group, to define a new text. If possible don't use any special characters for the directory name. Certain special characters, e.g. ? will already not be accepted when you enter them.
You can use more than one fixed text in a directory name. That can be useful if, for example, you want to add the name of your department and the description of the sample, to every directory name.
Texts can be deleted. To do this, select a text in the Properties column, then click the Delete button.
00220 06022013