SingleCrystal 1.1.2

Released: 7 October 2008

1. All Users Installation. All Users installations now save licence information correctly for individual members of the licensed group on the same computer.

2. Improved Screen Text. Text smoothing, especially for angle and distance displays, has been improved; ClearType is used explicitly when possible.

3. Miscellaneous. A number of miscellaneous changes and bug fixes have been incorporated into this release.

   • The personalisation dialog, displayed when a licence code is required, now correctly handles Backspace or Delete keystrokes in the licence code field.
   • Menu items no longer draw with white backgrounds when application is first launched.
   • The application no longer quits unexpectedly when opening a file of an unrecognised type into an existing window; instead, an error message is displayed and the application remains active.

SingleCrystal 1.1.1

Released: 5 September 2008

1. Improved Window Opening. If an instance of SingleCrystal has an empty Diffraction window, opening a data file from the explorer (or from CrystalMaker via the Diffraction menu) will open the file in that instance, rather than launching a new one.

   When opening a new Diffraction window, it is now offset slightly from the most recent Diffraction window, rather than occupying the same position.

2. Toolbar Polish. The appearance of the separator lines in the toolbar has been improved.

3. Miscellaneous. A number of miscellaneous changes and bug fixes have been incorporated into this release.

   • The Save Files dialog again allows selection of other than the first set of extensions in the File Types combobox, and files whose names have no extensions can again be opened using the File > Open command.
   • The Status Window is once again enabled.
   • The Uninstaller will no longer require a reboot unless a component really can't be removed.

SingleCrystal 1.1.0

Released: 26 August 2008

A number of new features, improvements, and fixes are available in this update:

1. Live Rotation Link with CrystalMaker. This version of SingleCrystal and a new version of CrystalMaker (2.1) can be linked so that rotating a crystal structure in CrystalMaker causes the corresponding diffration pattern in SingleCrystal to rotate (and vice-versa). The 'live rotation' can be toggled on or off, via the Transform > Diffraction Pattern > Live Rotation menu.

2. New Licence Code Support. SingleCrystal for Windows now supports the new extended licensing introduced with CrystalMaker for Windows 2.
   The unlocking dialog will accept both licence code formats; existing users with old-style licence codes who wish to enable this feature will need to contact us to arrange for a new licence code.
   The Help > Unlock Licence menu item now changes to Reset Licence once the application is unlocked, allowing you to update to a new-style licence code.

3. Improved Toolbar. The Diffraction Window's Toolbar allows the display of icons in large or small format, with or without text captions and provides an 'overflow menu' popup button at its right end. Toolbar icon appearance has been improved as well.

   Display options are available from the Window > Toolbar menu. As before, tools can be added or removed from the Toolbar by right-clicking and selecting the desired tools from the popup menu.

4. Simplified View Directions. The View Direction button in the Info Bar and the popup menu in the View > View Direction dialog have a simpler set of options, allowing you to quickly set the orientation along commonly-used directions (e.g., a, b, c, a*, b*, c*, etc.).

5. Faster File I/O. File I/O performance has been improved significantly; in most cases, reading both CrystalMaker binary files and text files is from 5 to 8 times faster than before

6. More Flexible Installation. The SingleCrystal for Windows Installer now allows installation by users who are members of the Power User group, in addition to Administrators.

7. What's New. You can read about the latest new features by choosing Help > What's New .

8. Improvements and Fixes. A number of outstanding issues have been addressed in this release:

   • Substantial improvements to the mechanism by which Diffraction windows are opened and initialised greatly improves performance and stability.
   • SingleCrystal now properly handles multiple extensions for CrystalMaker binary file types; in particular, it now recognises the *.crystal file extension
   • The About Box has been redesigned and now provides basic information about your licence.
   • The Set View tool now correctly displays the View Direction dialog.
   • Drag-and-drop target highlighting has been improved.
   • Pressing F1 whilst a modal dialog with no associated help is in the foreground now brings up the default Help page in the user's Web browser. Also, pressing F1 no longer results in two of the same help page being opened in the Web browser.
   • The Stereogram pane no longer assumes a width of zero if the pane is hidden while the Diffraction window is resized.
   • The Installer will now detect an existing All Users installation and give the user the option to uninstall it.
   • The app no longer complains at launch if preferences it expects to see are not present; it now silently uses the default values.

Version 1.0.2

Released: 14 March 2007

1. Support for Roaming Profiles. Users with Roaming Profile accounts on Windows Active Directory servers will now have their preferences and licence information follow them when they log into different computers.
   
   Important: As always when using Roaming Profiles, make sure that you log out from one computer before logging in on another. Also, make sure the same version of SingleCrystal has been installed on all computers to which you log on, and that all are running the same version of Windows. Failure to do so could lead to corruption of your profile or Registry data.
   
   Also note that installation of the Examples folder into your My Documents folder on a Roaming Profile account could slow down your log-on and log-off process, unless the My Documents folder is non-roaming. See your System Administrator or contact CrystalMaker Technical Support if you require help.

Version 1.0.1

Released: 22 February 2007

1. Works with Vista! SingleCrystal for Windows has been upgraded for full compatibility with Windows Vista. Please note that SingleCrystal now requires a minimum of Windows XP with Service Pack 2.
   
   
2. Miscellaneous Improvements. This version includes a number of miscellaneous interface improvements and "under the hood" changes including:
   
   
   • The Stereogram Pane settings are no longer changed when the Preferences dialog is closed; Preferences dialog changes are applied only to new windows.
   • The Theme pop-up menu button in the Labels dialog now works correctly.
   • The Window > Show Status Bar menu item now uses Show and Hide terminology instead of a checkmark for consistency with the other menu items.
   
   

Version 1.0.0

Released: 2 January 2007