Software:RemoteConvert

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Software: RemoteConvert Convert the raw file remotely.

Description Because several conversion programs depend on Windows-only vendor libraries from different manufacture, this software will enable you converting your raw files in you local machine without logging in to remote window machine.

Requirements The following is a list of software need to be installed in window machine before you can convert each type of the raw file. Raw file type Raw-to-mzXML/mzML converter Software .RAW file ReAdw Thermo's XCalibur software raw dir massWolf Waters' MassLynx software .Wiff file mzWiff Analyst software .Wiff file ML_Exporter .baf file CompassXport CompassXport, produced by Bruker

How to use it:

Suppose the remote window machine is named R machine. The local linux machine is named L machine. On R machine: mkdir C:\convert Download converter executable and save into C:\convert Download RemoteConvertServer.pl and lib dir, and save into C:\convert Download 7-zip, unzip and save it into C:\convert\7-zip cd C:\convert perl RemoteConvertServer.pl On L machine: Download remoteconvert.pl and save into some dir. ./ remoteconvert.pl : show some examples command to run the software. ./ remoteconvert.pl –showoptions: show all options available for each converter

Install RemoteConvert as service:

The service will stop if the user session is time out or the window machine is restarted. I complied the perl code into a executable using triall version of perl2exe, and installed it as service on a window 2000 and a window server 2003 sucessfully, thus the service will keep running without user log in and restart by itself after the computer restarts. Instructions on install user defined service: Use perl2exe or other software to convert the perl program (server side) to exectuable.

        Suppose your perl executable is located in C:\convert

1. Download and install resource kit tool from Microsoft website according to which version of window machine you have. Window server 2003:

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en
    Window 2000:
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3e89879d-6c0b-4f92-96c4-1016c187d429
    Alternatively if you can get INSTSRV.EXE and SRVANY.EXE somewhere, you don’t need to install the whole resource kit.

Suppose these two executable is located in “C:\reskit” 2. At a MS-DOS command prompt(running CMD.EXE), type the following command: C:\reskit\INSTSRV.EXE RemoteConvert C:\reskit\SRVANY.EXE 3. Run Registry Editor (start|run|regedit) and locate the following subkey:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteConvert 
                a. From the Edit menu, click New Key. Type the following and click OK:
                Key Name: Parameters
                Class : <leave blank> 
         b. Select the Parameters key. 
                 From the Edit menu, click New Value. Type the following and click OK:
                 Value Name: Application
                 Data Type: REG_SZ
                 String: C:\convert\RemoteConvertServer.exe
        b. Select the Parameters key
        From the Edit menu, click New Value. Type the following and click OK:
        Value Name: AppDirectory
        Data Type: REG_SZ
        String: C:\convert
    d. Close Registry Editor.

4: start the service

control panel -> administrative tool -> component service
            Find the "RemoteConvert" 
            Click it
            on popup window, click start

Getting the software: This software is included in the current TPP distribution. Additional methods for obtaining the software are:

	Download from SourceForge Sashimi project file release: [1] 
	Browse sourcecode from on Sashimi project SVN[2].