Read Thermo RAW with MSFIleReader in C#

Introduction

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Thermo now provide free API called MSFileReader to access .RAW file.

This tutorial shows how to using C# to import MSFileReader .dll and call one of its function.






Step by Step

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OS: Windows 7 x64
Visual Studio: 2010
MSFileReader: 2.2


Step 1. Install MSFileReader
http://sjsupport.thermofinnigan.com/public/detail.asp?id=703


Step 2. Create a project called "testMSFileReader" as Console Application and add XRawfile2_x64.dll into Reference.

Right click your application and select "Add Reference..".

  select "XRawfile2_x64.dll" and click OK button. 

Step 3. If you got " Class not registered" error, change Platform target to x64

  Right click your application and select "Properties".

  change Platform target to x64

Step 4. Copy the code below and you should get the Number of Spectra.

==SOURCE CODE==


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using MSFileReaderLib;  /* using namespace after add references "XRawfile2_x64.dll" */


namespace testMSFileReader
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            MSFileReader_XRawfile rawfile = new MSFileReader_XRawfile();
             // try other version if some function don't work
             //  IXRawfile5 raw = (IXRawfile5)new MSFileReader_XRawfile();
            rawfile.Open("C:\\test\\test.raw");

            rawfile.SetCurrentController(0, 1); /* Controller type 0 means mass spec device; Controller 1 means first MS device */
           
            int num =0; /* ref int usrd with GetNumSpectra */

            System.Console.WriteLine("call GetNumSpectra()");           
           
            rawfile.GetNumSpectra(ref num);        

            System.Console.WriteLine("Number of Spectra: "+num);  

        }
    }
}