I would advocate trying msconvert to convert to mzML as Jimmy suggests. If
that doesn't work, then we have active leads that could likely fix that.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:spctools-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jimmy Eng
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 5:44 PM
> To: spctools-discuss
> Subject: [spctools-discuss] Re: Problem converting Xcalibur.RAW to .mzXML
> with ReAdW
> 
> It's a software problem on a couple of levels.  ReAdW was never
> intended for gcms data so it was never tested on those instruments and
> I would be surprised if it worked.  Additionally, most if not all of
> the software tools that consume mzXML files probably won't work with
> the data, even if you could convert your gcms files to mzXML.
> 
> Maybe msconvert and mzML?
> 
> On Feb 24, 4:01 pm, fgrun <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I obtain the following error message when trying to open converted RAW
> > --> mzXML mass spec data files in mzMine or other viewers:
> >
> > "java.lang.IlegalArgumentException: Missing parent scan information
> > for scan #1 (SimpleScan.java:72)"
> >
> > ReAdW was installed on a Dell workstation controlling a Thermo
> > Finnigan Trace GC Trace 2000 Series instrument using Xcalibur v 1.4
> > software to process the RAW files to mzXML format. After resolving
> > initial problems by reinstalling a functioning copy of zlib1.dll, the
> > program seems to convert .RAW files appropriately to .mzXML format but
> > I cannot open or access the data in mzMine or Insilicos Viewer.
> >
> > Is this a software problem or do I need to set a different parameter
> > in the data collection settings for the GC instrument ? Any ideas or
> > suggestions would be welcome !
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > fgrun
> 
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