AffyCompatible (version 1.32.0)

NetAffxResource: Create and access a NetAffxResource database

Description

Use this function to create and access a NetAffxResource database.

Usage

NetAffxResource(user = character(0), password = character(0), affxLicence = "FHCRC0607", directory = tempdir(), ...)

Arguments

user

Lenght 1 character vector containing the Affymetrix user name authorized to access the NetAffx resource.

password

Length 1 character vector containing the Affymetrix password of the user.

affxLicence

Length 1 character vector containing the Affymetrix licence (typically application specific, i.e., the specified licence covers AffyCompatible).

directory

(Optional) length 1 character vector providing the full path to the local directory where the NetAffx database and files will be managed. Defaults to a session-specific temporary directory.

...

Additional arugments, not currently used.

Value

NetAffxResource.

Details

NetAffxResource creates a NetAffxResource object that manages a data base of NetAffx resources. The data base is located on the user file system as indicated by the directory arugment. It is populated when the user requests specific files.

Users should provide a directory argument, so that the data base can be reused across sessions. This means that large files are only downloaded once.

Additional details are provided in the vignette accompanying this package.

See Also

NetAffxResource. The vignette `Annotations with NetAffx'.