getDataFrame.Annotation: Get the entire data set available from a particular service...
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Get the entire data set available from a particular service in a form of a data frame caching the data in a service directory allowing the fast retrieval of data next time the function is called.

1 2	## S3 method for class 'Annotation' getDataFrame(this, arrayType="menu", force=FALSE, graphics=TRUE, verbose=FALSE, ...)

`arrayType`	Character string representing the array name. If 'menu', the list of available arrays is displayed allowing to select the array type of interest.
`force`	If `TRUE` forces the system to update the content of service data directory even if contained the data before. Default is `FALSE`.
`graphics`	If `TRUE` (default), the attempt to will be made to use graphical capabilities of the rChoiceDialogs package to display selection choices (items, files etc.) in a graphical form.
`verbose`	if `TRUE` enables diagnostic messages. Default is `FALSE`.
`...`	Not used.

A data.frame containing entire data set available from a particular service.

Alex Lisovich, Roger Day

For more information see Annotation.

 ## Not run: 
 Annotation$init();
 Annotation$setCredentials("Affymetrix",user="alex.lisovich@gmail.com",password="125438",verbose);
 #create Affymetrix annotation object
 annObj=AnnotationAffx("Affymetrix");
 #retrieve the raw annotation data frame
 df<-getDataFrame(annObj,verbose=TRUE);
 
## End(Not run)