[BioC] Problems loading microarray data into Bioconductor

[McKinstry, Craig A]

Hello 

I have recently began working with microarray gene expression data and
am new to this type of analysis. I have been trying to load data from a
.gpr file and a .gal file in my working directory into an object of
marrayClass but have been encountering error messages. I run these 3
lines:

library(marrayTools)
library(marrayPlots)
data <- gpTools(raw=TRUE)
> data <- gpTools(raw=TRUE)
[1] NA
[1] "Reading ./Sr90 5K A total norm 10%.gpr"
Error in readLines(con, n, ok) : invalid value for `n'

Investigating this further, I have found that the .gpr files I am using
have the following lines in the heading section:

"Type=GenePix Results 1.3"	Suggesting an earlier version of
"GenePix Results" than is currently supported(?). Example .gpr files I
have looked at have "Type=GenePix Results 3". 

Also, I have the line in my .gpr file 
"Creator=ScanArray Express, Microarray Analysis System 2.1.0.0" which
varies from the example .gpr files which have the line:
"Creator=GenePix 4.1.1.4"
I am not even sure this is the source of the errors I am getting but am
stymied as to where else to look. Any advice?
Thanks in advance,

> Craig A. McKinstry
> Statistics and Quantitative Sciences
> Battelle/PNNL
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