SaveFile2 [Grid]

SaveFile2 saves the grid to a disk file.

Syntax

object.SaveFile2( FileName, Format, Options)

Parameter

Type

Required/

Optional

Default

Description

FileName

String

Required

 

This specifies the file name and extension to save (GRD or DAT)

Format

SrfGridFormat

Required

 

This specifies the grid format.

Options

String

Optional

""

This provides the output option string for the grid format.

Example 1

This example demonstrates how to save a grid file.

Grid.SaveFile2(FileName:="c:\temp\dgrid1.grd", Format:=srfGridFmtS7)

Example 2

This example demonstrates how to save a grid file as SaveFile.grd and save the spatial reference as an Esri .prj file and an Esri AUX.XML file. SaveFile2 automatically saves spatial references to a Golden Software Reference (GSIREF) version 2 file.

Set Grid = Surfer.NewGrid

Grid.LoadFile2(InGridPath+"Conifer.grd")

Grid.CoordinateSystem = "Bonne Projection"

Grid.SaveFile2(OutGridPath + "SaveFile.grd", Options:="UseDefaults=1, ForgetOptions=1, SaveRefInfoAsGSIREF2=0, SaveRefInfoAsESRIprj=1,SaveRefInfoAsAUXXML=1")

Used by: Grid object , GridXYZC object