On 7 Dec 2004 at 12:23, Kurt Leinenweber wrote: > > Bruker's data format is a binary, proprietary format. Programs such as Jade > that can read it are written by clever programmers who were able to hack > into the Bruker format. However, the only source I have found for free > programs is from Bruker itself. > What does this mean exactly, proprietary format? That it is secret? I am not a very clever programmer, but with the aid of Bruker's own manual for their data file conversion utility XCH (to which I referred one or two days ago), Appendices A-C, in which the binary format is explained in detail, I am able to write a conversion utility .raw to .gsas myself in a couple of hours. I did the same thing for the conversion of Bruker peak list files (.dif) to Crysfire .cdt files. This utility is now distributed with the Crysfire distribution. And I am not the only one who did this. The LMPG suite of programs (Jean Laugier) are all capable to read in Bruker raw files.
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