Bug 386450

Summary: [feature request] GraphPad Prism pzfx import option
Product: [Applications] rkward Reporter: Jens Staal <staal1978>
Component: generalAssignee: RKWard Team <rkward-devel>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: thomas.friedrichsmeier
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
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Description Jens Staal 2017-11-02 07:52:57 UTC 
Dear all,

A lot of my colleagues are using GraphPad Prism. Since version 7, this program only works in "viewer" mode under Wine since some networking bugs in Wine blocks the authenticity check of the program - so now I can not export the data to a more reasonable format without resorting to copy-paste.

I just saw this XML import post on stackoverflow, which shows that it should be possible to import GraphPad data from the "new" pzfx format.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25506099/r-import-xml-from-graphpad-prism

about the formats:
https://www.graphpad.com/guides/prism/7/user-guide/index.htm?pzf_vs__pzfx_file_format.htm

Could this be possible to include as a data import option?
Comment 1 Thomas Friedrichsmeier 2018-03-25 19:35:59 UTC 
Hi!

While this is a valid wish, I think it's fair to let you know that it's unlikely to be implemented any time soon. Or at least not, unless you do most of the work yourself. With developer resources stretched thin, there are _many_ other items waiting higher up in priority.

What you could do to increase the chances of this being added to RKWard, is if you attach _complete and tested_ R code to import these files, and at least one sample file. Then we can take care of the RKWard specific work of adding a menu entry and graphical dialog. (Although, even then this will require at least an hour or three of work, and may not happen, immediately).