FCS Express allows you to insert special items, called Tokens, into a Text Box. Tokens appear as text, but are dynamically evaluated and can display information such as plot statistics, FCS file keywords, layout properties, and system information. For example, tokens can be used to display the number of pages in a layout, the percentage of events in a quadrant, and the instrument used to acquire data.

 

Once a token is placed in a Text Box, the displayed information acts like any other text and can be formatted like normal text. Simply select the token text and format it using the appropriate commands in the Text Tab, or, right-click on the selected token text and choose the Format Token option from the pop-up menu.

 

Tokens are evaluated automatically, which means that whenever the underlying information changes, the information that the token displays will change accordingly. For example, many tokens are used to obtain information from a data file or from a plot on the layout. As the data changes in the plot, the token information will update as well.

 

The two most commonly used tokens are Keyword tokens, which display .fcs (or other data type) file keyword information, and Statistic tokens, which display statistics calculated from the data. For a complete list of token types, please refer to the Inserting Tokens chapter.

 

Note: Each .fcs file contains multiple keywords which can also be viewed from the View Header window.