I was hoping that was the case.  But interestingly, the file type says NEW 
File whereas it says FA File for the starting transcriptome.  I was able to 
open it in word pad, however, so hopefully it's fine.  I'm hoping to try 
and search against it this week.  Thank you for all your help.  I would not 
have figured this out otherwise.

Veronica

On Thursday, October 30, 2014 11:50:35 AM UTC-4, Jimmy Eng wrote:
>
> Veronica,
>
> The ".new" extension is just the name it gave to the newly created file.  
> It has no meaning in itself and it is intended that you re-name the newly 
> created file to whatever you wish.  That being said, most database search 
> tools don't care what the name of your fasta file is, whether it has a 
> ".new" extension or any other random extension.
>
> - Jimmy
>
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 8:31 AM, Veronica Mutchler <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> It worked!!!!  Thank you, Jimmy.  What is a .new file type?  I've never 
>> heard of that before.  Will it be recognized by the data base search 
>> function?
>>
>> Veronica
>>
>> On Friday, October 24, 2014 4:27:44 PM UTC-4, Jimmy Eng wrote:
>>>
>>> The binary is included with the TPP distribution but I don't believe 
>>> that you can access it in the TPP's web interface.  So you're going to have 
>>> to run it in a command prompt.  Here's an example set of instructions 
>>> that'll hopefully work for you:
>>>
>>> 1.  Create a directory named c:\translate
>>>
>>> 2.  Put your transcript database in that directory.  It needs to be in 
>>> the fasta format.
>>>
>>> 3.  Copy the program to this c:\translate directory.  You'll find the 
>>> program at c:\inetpub\tpp-bin\translateDNA2AA-FASTA.exe.  Rename it to 
>>> simply "translate.exe" to make things easy.
>>>
>>> 4.  Bring up a command prompt:  Start Menu -> All Programs -> 
>>> Accessories -> Command Prompt
>>>
>>> 5.  type "cd c:\translate" to go into the directory you created
>>>
>>> 6.  assuming your transcript database is named "mydb.fasta", run the 
>>> program by typing "translate.exe mydb.fasta".
>>>
>>> If it runs correctly, it will create a new file with a ".new" 
>>> extension.  In the example above, the file will be named "mydb.fasta.new" 
>>> which will contain a 6 frame translation of your transcripts.
>>>
>>> Good luck and feel free to follow-up with any questions/problems.
>>>
>>> - Jimmy
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:09 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I need to translate a transcriptome into a proteome.  I see in the 
>>>> 4.7.1 release notes that the function is added, but I can't find it 
>>>> anywhere inside TPP.
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