Date |
Description |
| 04-Jun 2007 |
| Release 1.3.52 |
| 1. |
ControlMate 1.3.38 |
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1.1 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Branding : Splash Screen
The Splash Screen has been changed to display the windows form with the branding image as an irregular shaped transparent form type (ie 3 round plus 1 square corners). |
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1.2 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Branding : About Screen
The Splash Screen has been changed to display the windows form with the branding image as an irregular shaped transparent form type (ie 3 round plus 1 square corners). |
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| 30-May 2007 |
| Release 1.3.51 |
| 1. |
ControlMate 1.3.37 |
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1.1 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Branding : Splash Screen
The Splash screen has been redesigned to follow the Thermo Fisher Scientific branding. |
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1.2 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Branding : About Screen
The About screen has been redesigned to follow the Thermo Fisher Scientific branding. |
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1.3 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Branding : Application Watermark
The main window now has a white background with the Thermo Scientific logo centrally positioned. Resizing the application ensures that the brand logo is always in the centre of the window as a background image. The image exists as a subserviant child form and is removed from all window lists and controlbars and therefore never receives focus ensuring that it is at all times a background image. |
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| 27-Feb 2007 |
| Release 1.3.50 |
| 1. |
Help File |
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1.1 |
The help file has been updated to include information on the recent changes (release 1.3.47 to 1.3.49 inclusive) |
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| 25 Jan 2007 |
| Release 1.3.49 |
| 1. |
ControlMate |
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1.1 |
The ControlMate core application has been increased to version 1.3.35 to set the current device object property in the ControlMate.ini configuration library file to that of the one used to launch the application. This has been released to ensure that the current ini file has the correct setting regardless of launch method (direct or command line) and ensures that any intrinsic module command has information relating to the current device module name. |
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1.2 |
The MainSequence command has been modified to now allow the association of a pipettor head type or range of types for the respective sequence protocol file. The user can set an option to allow the file to be used with any pipettor type (default) or a specific type. A validation message is displayed if the current installed peipettor type is not in the list of selected types within this command. |
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1.3 |
The Validation process has been modified to now include the MainSequence command at the start of the validation process. |
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1.4 |
The Sequence Editor file loading process now displays the validation waring when a file is opened for the MainSequence command if the installed pipettor type is not selected in the range of pipettor types. |
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1.5 |
The Splash screen, displayed when the application is started, now contains the Thermo logo. |
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1.6 |
The About screen, displayed via the Help - About menu option, now contains the Thermo logo. |
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| 21 Dec 2006 |
| Release 1.3.48 |
| 1. |
Default Data File Path |
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1.1 |
Changed the InstallShield build to remove the double '\' character when setting the default file path name for the first time. |
| 2. |
New Pipettor Tip Types |
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2.1 |
The library configuration file, 'PlateMatePlus.ini', has been updated with 2 new tip types :
- 96 1.0ul - 30ul standard tips (5586/5587/5588)
- 96 1.0ul - 100ul standard tips (5526/5527/5528)
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| 3. |
New Tall Wash Station Vessels |
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3.1 |
The library configuration file, 'PlateMatePlus.ini', has been updated with 2 new tall wash station vessels :
- Tip wash 96 well (Tall)
- Tip wash 96 well (Tall) into waste bath
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| 4. |
Previous Configuration File Back Up Message |
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4.1 |
The message displayed when updating a PlateMatePlus ControlMate intsallation to preserve a copy of the PlateMatePlus.ini configuration library file was previously showing Apogent Discoveries. This has been modified to show Thermo Fisher Scientific (Matrix Products). |
| 5. |
Positive Displacement Head Settings |
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5.1 |
The volume correction parameters have been added to the library configuration file, 'PlateMatePlus.ini'. |
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5.2 |
The 96 and 384 0.1-50ul Syringe Heads settings for wash, tip remove, tip bottom, piston clamp and piston remove have been updated. |
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| 19 Dec 2006 |
| Release 1.3.47 |
| 1. |
Default Data File Path |
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1.1 |
Change to the library configuration file, 'ControlMate.ini' [General] section to include a new entry 'DefaultDataPath'. This allows a user to specify the default file path from which to load ControlMate Sequence protocol files. The value is set upon installation to that of the application install directory plus '\Data'. The value can be changed using any text file editor and must be set to the absolute full path required, for example 'C:\Program Files\ControlMate\Data'. The value can be contained within double quotation marks although this is not mandatroy. |
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1.2 |
A new feature has been added to a core module, ControlMateCmds.dll, which will read the 'DefaultDataPath' from the ControlMate.ini file and use this value for any instance where a file path is not specified when a sequence file is opened. |
| 2. |
Sequence File Validation |
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2.1 |
The library configuration file, 'PlateMatePlus.ini', has a new section, '[Validation]'. This section holds the parameters that are used to write the XML code into the validation section within the sequence file. The XML code is subsequentally used during validation when a sequence file is opened. A typically use will probably be pipettor head type which can be used to display a message when a file is loaded if a pipettor head type is different to the one that was installed when the sequence file was last saved. A total of 32,767 validation entries can be added.
The values within this section are :
| Parameter |
Description |
| 1 |
ini file name to be opened during validation - eg PlateMatePlus.ini |
| 2 |
section within this ini file, eg 'Pipettor' |
| 3 |
key within this section, eg 'Default' - this represents the currently loaded pipettor head type |
| 4 |
parameter within this key value to be used for validation, eg 0 - in this example this represents the pipettor head type description |
| 5 |
message - this a message that is to be displayed should the validation sequence fail |
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2.2 |
The PlateMatePlus.dll module ValidationXML() procedure has been modified to now use the values held within the ini library file as described in item 2.1 to generate the Validation XML code which is then written to the sequence file when it is saved. |
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2.3 |
The procedure that writes the XML validation code to the sequence file has been modified to rectify an anomoly where validation XML was being duplicated within the sequence file. This has been present for at least 3 years and was being caused by the duplication of the previous XML validation entry when the current entry has no validation rule (eg Intrinsic commands). |
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2.4 |
The Sequence Editor dialogue has been modifed to add a new warning message at the top of the window if the file loading validation checking process detects a validation failure. The message is cleared if the user clicks Set, changes a command, saves the file or selects the Run or Validate options. |
| 3. |
ControlMate |
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3.1 |
The ControlMate core application has been increased to version 1.3.35 to provide the functionality as described above. |
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3.2 |
The main window has been modified to display the current pipettor type on the toolbar as set by the Add-In menu option. |
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3.3 |
The core module ControlMateCmds.dll has been extended to now provide the information required for the generic ControlMate callee function ShowPipettor() when determining the pipettor name. GUID backward compatibility has been preserved. |
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3.4 |
The Add-In option will now cause the Main form window to refresh the pipettor name field when the Add-In form is unloaded. |
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