<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 98.1p1 release (March 2nd, 1998) originally by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Table File System</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Table File System"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="vol1"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="vol1.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node69.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node54.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="vol1.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node56.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html1163" HREF="node56.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="icons.gif/next_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1159" HREF="vol1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="icons.gif/up_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1153" HREF="node54.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="icons.gif/previous_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1161" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="icons.gif/contents_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1162" HREF="node216.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="icons.gif/index_motif.gif"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1164" HREF="node56.html">Tables in Image Processing</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1160" HREF="vol1.html">No Title</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1154" HREF="node54.html">Data Structures</A> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H1><A NAME="SECTION00800000000000000000"> </A> <A NAME="table-file-system"> </A> <BR> Table File System </H1> <P> This Chapter describes the structure and use of tables in the MIDAS system. Section <A HREF="node56.html#tables-in-image-processing">5.1</A> is a general introduction. The table structure is outlined in section <A HREF="node57.html#structure-of-tables">5.2</A>. Different functional aspects of the tables are described in sections <A HREF="node58.html#input_output-of-tables">5.3</A> (Input/Output), <A HREF="node59.html#management-of-tables">5.4</A> (Management) and <A HREF="node64.html#operations-on-tables">5.5</A> (Operations). A review of the commands is given in section <A HREF="node65.html#command-overview">5.6</A>, a more detailed explanation is included in appendix A. Section <A HREF="node67.html#table-format-files">5.7</A> describes format files to control input/output operations. Finally, section <A HREF="node68.html#example">5.8</A> contains an example that can be run at a terminal with graphic capabilities as <TT>TUTORIAL/TABLE</TT>. <P> <BR><HR> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"> </A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html1165" HREF="node56.html">Tables in Image Processing</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html1166" HREF="node57.html">Structure of Tables</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html1167" HREF="node58.html">Input/Output of Tables</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html1168" HREF="node59.html">Management of Tables</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html1169" HREF="node60.html">Definition of Tables</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html1170" HREF="node61.html">Displaying Tables</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html1171" HREF="node62.html">Modification of Tables</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html1172" HREF="node63.html">Interactive Editing of Tables</A> </UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html1173" HREF="node64.html">Operations on Tables</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html1174" HREF="node65.html">Command Overview</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html1175" HREF="node66.html">List of Commands</A> </UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html1176" HREF="node67.html">Table Format Files</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html1177" HREF="node68.html">Example</A> </UL> <!--End of Table of Child-Links--> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> <I>Petra Nass</I> <BR><I>1999-06-09</I> </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>