Hi Renyi. No, the 'Probe_ID' column from that example is not used anywhere. Really, its just the 'X', 'Y' and then the 2 columns for group and unit that are used from the input TXT file.
And yes, X/Y are analogous to pmx/pmy from the bpmap file. Cheers, Mark On 16-Dec-09, at 5:27 AM, Renyi Liu wrote: > Hi, Mark and Aroma.affymetrix fans, > > I have a quick question: when we create a custom CDF file according to > the following page, does it matter what number we use for the probe_id > field? I have seen somebody used (y*DIM+x+1). If it does not matter > too much, I would like to just use a sequential number. Also I assume > that x and y refer to pmx and pmy in the bpmap file. Is this > assumption correct? > > http://groups.google.com/group/aroma-affymetrix/web/creating-cdf-files-from-scratch > > Many thanks for your help. > > Renyi > > -- > When reporting problems on aroma.affymetrix, make sure 1) to run the > latest version of the package, 2) to report the output of > sessionInfo() and traceback(), and 3) to post a complete code example. > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "aroma.affymetrix" group. > To post to this group, send email to aroma-affymetrix@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > aroma-affymetrix-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/aroma-affymetrix?hl=en ------------------------------ Mark Robinson, PhD (Melb) Epigenetics Laboratory, Garvan Bioinformatics Division, WEHI e: m.robin...@garvan.org.au e: mrobin...@wehi.edu.au p: +61 (0)3 9345 2628 f: +61 (0)3 9347 0852 ------------------------------ ______________________________________________________________________ The information in this email is confidential and intended solely for the addressee. You must not disclose, forward, print or use it without the permission of the sender. ______________________________________________________________________ -- When reporting problems on aroma.affymetrix, make sure 1) to run the latest version of the package, 2) to report the output of sessionInfo() and traceback(), and 3) to post a complete code example. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "aroma.affymetrix" group. To post to this group, send email to aroma-affymetrix@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to aroma-affymetrix-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/aroma-affymetrix?hl=en