Method Setup

Displays and updates the measuring method through a set of commands. Upper part of Method Setup features a set of commands which can be applied to the current method.

Dialog Header		Method Setup header provides information about name and version of currently opened method. Date and time informs when the current version was created (ie. saved). Text Demo1 - #2; 21.04.2023 7:57:32 stands for method name 'Demo1', version number '2' which was saved on 21^st April 2023 at 7 hours, 57 minutes and 32 seconds.. Time and date is displayed according to current system locale settings in Windows. If there is opened any method created in older version of Clarity without method versioning the method will be transferred to version 1.
	New	Creates a new (`Ctrl` + `N`) method. When invoked, a Method Setup dialog opens on the Measurement tab of the new method called NONAME. User will be notified if the previously opened method was modified and yet not saved. The modification of the method is indicated in the Method Setup window next to the filename by the “(MODIFIED)” inscription. Save As dialog pops up upon pressing OK or Cancel.
	Open...	Selects and opens (`Ctrl` + `O`) an existing method.
	Save	Saves (`Ctrl` + `S`) existing method.
	Save as...	The commands open the Save As dialog. Here a new name can be entered or a new directory selected. Save As and open the created method Saves current method (`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `S`) with all its modifications in the as new method and loads the new method to Method Setup dialog. Save As and without opening the created method Saves current method (`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `C`) with all its modifications in the as new method but keeps current method loaded Method Setup dialog with its modification unsaved. If a file of a particular name already exists and has been loaded in some other window, the name cannot be used. Moreover, in the protected mode a user may not modify or a file he/she is not entitled to modify (see the User Accounts item Edit method). Filename NONAME is reserved for newly created file and thus no file may be saved under the filename NONAME. Note: For existing filenames, message box about file overwriting pops up.
	Report setup...	Opens the Report Setup (`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `P`) dialog on the Method tab. When there are some changes performed in the Method Setup dialog prior to using the Report button, the user is asked to either apply the changes or not. The report will than be made according to changed or unchanged method
	Audit trail…	Opens the Method Audit Trail window, a window holding an audit trail of the current method. When there are some changes performed in the Method Setup dialog prior to using the Audit Trail button, the user is asked to either apply the changes or not. Note: The Method Audit Trail is, unlike other local audit trail windows, modal. That means that it is necessary to close it in order to be able to work with any other Clarity windows and dialogs.
	Send Method by Email	Sends method file (displayed in the header of the instrument window) as an email attachment.
	Help…	This button calls the online context help for the tab being currently opened.

Lower part of the Method Setup contains tabs which are dependent on added control module - each will have its own sub-menu command here (e.g Thermostat Control, Valve Control, Fraction Collector Control, …).

List of common tabs in the Method Setup dialog

Tabs	Contents of the tab
Event Table	Enables to trigger actions during analysis.
Measurement	Parameters that specify the measurement conditions.
Acquisition	Parameters that decide the method used to measure the detector signal.
Integration	Parameters that define the method of integration and baseline modification.
Calculation	Parameters that define the method of results calculation.
Advanced	Contains Subtraction Chromatogram function, Column Calculation and User Variables parameters.
GC (LC) Control	Parameters that define direct control of the chromatograph.
AS Control	Parameters that govern the method of an injection when using direct autosampler control.

Aside of the particular tabs the Method Setup dialog also contains a series of buttons. These buttons are present on every tab of the Method Setup dialog, in truth the tabs are only laid into the main frame which holds the buttons.

Method Setup - buttons

These buttons, when invoked, perform the following actions:

Applies and saves changes performed in the method setup dialog to the opened version of the method. If the acquisition is running, only the change in the Autostop and Run Time parameters from the Method Setup - Measurement tab can be modified, the rest of the tabs are locked against changes.

Upon pressing the OK button, for newly created method (New command), Save As dialog pops - save it with a valid file name.

Cancel

Discards all changes performed in the Method Setup dialog and leaves the dialog.

Send Method

When invoked, sends the method (that is displayed in the header of the Method Setup dialog) to all connected control modules/hardware. By clicking the Send Method button, currently opened method is also set to Single Analysis dialog into the Method field. This button is not available during the data acquisition (during a running analysis).

Note:

It is not possible to send a method which has the “(MODIFIED)” inscription or which has not been saved yet (Noname method). Send Method command is disabled directly after pressing New command - pressing the OK button invokes Save As dialog. Once the method is saved, the Send Method command is enabled again.

Note:

In Tablet Mode, the Method Setup dialog is maximized by default. The user can shrink and position the window, as well as outside the Tablet Mode, and Clarity will remember the settings until the next restart of Tablet Mode.