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Version 5.84:
 Control capability from DAQConnect (from the web)
Change in device config for LabJack to remove confusion point
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Version 5.83a:
Minor bug when shutting down and DAQConnect push from 5.83
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Version 5.83:
Updated installer to properly overwrite older files
Fixed bug in stddev() function
Fixed minor bug in DAQConnect connection
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Version 5.82:
Support for the LabJack U6
Fixed minor bug in format() function
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Version 5.80:
Easy real time web access from browser: support for DAQConnect service (www.daqconnect.com)
Set/Clearcommbreak() functions
Auto-updating version number of documents (system.appversion)
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Version 5.79:
5.79a: fixed: not all screen components available from Starter
New QuickMod Pro
Added CurrentScaleFrom/To to graph axes variables
Remote help link in DAQFactory menu
Added confirmation window for transfer license to hard key
Added lastupdatetime variable to slave protocols
Ethernet client doesn't init if port = 0
modbus drivers display full error messages
two copies of DF can now run on single PC
Bug fix: ethernet server reinits better
Bug fix: actions no longer active when component invisible
Bug fix: actions of components under some controls fixed
Bug fix: graph properly scales even when no data available
Bug fix: compiler generates proper error when (, { or [ not closed properly
Bug fix: server not resolved error on dev runtimes on non-networked pcs
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Version 5.78:
5.78a: Updated QuickMod to fit in 3 pages for DAQFactory-Starter
Added System.IsDST() to return daylight savings flag
Added System.IsRuntime() to return if in runtime mode
Added strSetToValue for user protocols and devices
Switch to runtime password entry now hidden
New DAQFactory-Starter
Changed default TAPI voice to "Sample TTS" for Vista support
Made bitwise functions support full 32 bits
Bug fix: memory problems with OPC client
Bug fix: using() and subsetting in function calls
Bug fix: negative exponents
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Version 5.77:
Added rbfloat to To. and From. functions
Bug fix: TCPslave properly echoes transaction ID
Bug fix: memory grabsby serial and alert windows
Bug fix: db.CloseQuery()
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Version 5.76:
Added Abort function to terminate an FTP transfer
Bug fix: hardware key issue
Bug fix: user protocol bug when applied to multiple ports
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Version 5.75:
Updated LabJack driver and new Guide
RemoveAt() now defaults to quantity 1
Added option to Add Host in OPC browser
Sockets / serial ports don't init in safe mode
OnAlert system event
I = 0 in PID causes I term not to be used
Copy available from Command/Alert and Comm monitor
TAPI only inits if used
Watch window only refreshes if visible
Bug fix: hardware key issues
Bug fix: db.close()
Bug fix: arrow keys move markers in runtime
Bug fix: acces I/O wizard
Bug fix: DF1 driver and the value 784
Bug fix: d in hex values misinterpreted
Bug fix: deleting of serial ports with capital letters
Bug fix: history interval with persist
Bug fix: .Time issue
Bug fix: tcpslave not always responding correctly
Bug fix: alarm list sorting
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Version 5.74:
Format() function now accepts arrays
automatic scroll bars for table component
if -f command parameter used, full screen only
Bug fix: remote connections wouldn't establish on first try
Bug fix: CR in expression wouldn't evaluate
Bug fix: statics were redefining each time
Bug fix: remote channels creating local persist files
Bug fix: menu appears coming out of full screen in runtime
Bug fix: memory leak in modbus / FX optimization
Bug fix: memory build up in variable creation
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Version 5.73:
5.73b Release: Installer Bug fix
5.73a Release: Bug fix: Modbus output fix
Bug fix: UDP support under all non-Express releases
Bug fix: Table component displays NULL column blank instead of duplicating previous column
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Version 5.72:
OPC driver supports string outputs
Support for new hardware key
Bug fix: global x clears out existing variable fixed
Bug fix: doubletostr() occasionally getting too much precision
Bug fix: channel table issue when first select Test device and I/O type selection
Bug fix: setting IP of ethernet connection to "" will actually close existing connection
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Version 5.71:
New Filter() function
Parse() with -1 Index returns array with fully parsed string
Bug fix: Development runtimes coming up in trial
Bug fix: space between function and ( would cause error
Bug fix: subsetting immediately following a function would return wrong value
Bug fix in 5.71a: Sidebar help failing under IE7
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Version 5.70:
New script editor
New auto-hide docking windows and other general GUI enhancements
FTP capability
POP3 capability (SMTP already available)
Serial monitor docking window
Grouping of components and creation of user components
ModbusTCP slave and Ethernet server
ModbusTCP and RTU now allow single channel for input and output
Component events and properties, with docking window
Mean/Sum and other similar functions ignore NaN
UpdateEdits() for comboboxes and editboxes
AddValue, Append, InsertAt, RemoveAt() functions for variables
Setting serial port to 0 disables, same with Ethernet (and address to "")
global and private variables will now redefine if declaration rerun
ClearGlobals() function
True/False define 1/0
Right click on command/alert window allows clear
Alerts from channels include timing/offset info
include() function to pull in constants from .h files
using() function to put internal functions into the global namespace
edit mode for those that don't like to hold down the Ctrl key
Alarm import / export
Action page of components improved with Expand option
Component name autoincrement when duplicated
Programmatic starting of threads (separate to sequences)
Modbus autoaddressing improvement
Password edit box
System.SaveDocument() to programmatically save a document
LabJack driver improved to make it look very similar to their samples
Help changed to docking window / Flash driven
Fullscreen mode is a document setting
Persist file path is a document setting
Xon/Xoff option for serial port
Client UDP support
LoadJPEG() function allows loading of symbols at runtime
new types for FFI to align with C
Mitsubishi Melsec A/Q protocol driver
Easy multi-language support
DataForth IsoLynx protocol driver
StrToTime() function
Search() function for finding the index of based on a criterea
iif() function: inline if.
startup flags to trigger runtime, fullscreen, or for user definable flags
db.Execute() function for non-SELECT queries
expression parser updated
return() works without ()
NumRows, Cols, Depth() returns 0 if a null value
x = NULL will actually set x to an empty value
Added newline option in comm monitor for ASCII streams
Exportset no longer fails if a column is empty
Bug fix: = in comment after declaration mistakenly taken as assignment
Bug fix: in optimization for protocols that optimize
Bug fix: subsetting by time correctly excludes first point past range
Bug fix: \ in comment would be interpretted as newline
Bug fix: // in string were interpretted as comment
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Version 5.40:
removed locale specific settings of 5.38 because of issues introduced for
international users because of different format for decimal point ("," vs ".")
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Version 5.39:
new functions for easily reading and writing delimited and binary files
file.closeall() function
modbus setdelay() function for slower devices
System.HideSystemMenu() function to prevent closing of Runtime
PDF creation directly from Page.PrintPageDirect()
StrToDouble() returns NaN when invalid string passed
Checkbox component adds array of checkboxes feature
fixed bug with reverse slider introduced in 5.38
fixed bug with alarm log overwriting existing files
fixed bug with defines used in code compiled before define executed
fixed bug in modbus protocol for 40,000 style notation
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Version 5.38:
User's locale properly detected for number / date display etc.
Encryption of sequence text in document
Ability to set property of multiple components with same name, global or page
Updated slider control to fix issues
ODBC read will load NULL's as NaN
Table component displays NaN's properly
Fixed bug with %G and %E in format()
Fixed bug when debugging sequence and a user function is in the watch
fixed bug when modbus ID is set to 0 leaving port locked
hardware key detection extended to 5 seconds to remove occasional glitches
fixed bug with channel.time and made more efficient
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Version 5.37:
Individual component movement lock
Modbus auto-addressing
Modbus optimized reads from channels
Disable alarm logging option
Knob fixes and improvements: jog function
Component.x.y will affect all components of same name
Locals visible globally
Can delete user comm devices
Debug-Start / F5 saves, compiles and restarts sequence
Separate sequence editor windows
Alert bar no longer flashes from ?
Fixed max history bug
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Version 5.36:
Small bug fixes
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Version 5.35:
Fixed speed issue starting event code
Fixed issue with popups with specified locations not painting
Fixed issue with old serial driver not saving parameters
Added code to ensure positive delay / wait / waitfor parameters
Fixed QuickMod output window
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Version 5.34:
New serial / ethernet communications guide
Added update rate option for sliders and knobs
Added Modbus ASCII Slave protocol driver
Added variable sized shading of symbols
To. functions accept 1D array
Communication speed improved
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Version 5.33:
Fixed bug in ModbusTCP in writing outputs
Fixed bug with events and channels (renaming and duplicating channels)
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Version 5.32:
New Mitsubishi FX protocol driver
Automatic Poll function added to user poll protocol
strLastError in catch block, throw() rethrows error
Improved error handling and display in user protocols
Fixed persist problems with ClearHistory and History Interval
Fixed comment dialog not accepting CR
Fixed Close button becoming default in serial monitor
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Version 5.31:
Ability to capture a page to a .jpeg file from script
New free QuickMod Modbus scanning tool
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Version 5.30:
System events like OnKeyDown, OnMouseMove, OnShutDown, etc.
Combined runtime into development executable to allow easy switch between two modes
TAPI support for auto-dialer apps, text to speech and other voice modem features
Format specifier and serial monitor now accept backslash modifiers for CR, LF and tab (\r,\n,\t)
Functions that used to have to be called from main thread can now be called from a sequence
Trigger comm monitor from sequence
Added To and From.Bit() functions for splitting bytes/words into bits and back
New ModbusRTU/TCP protocol allows comm on multiple ports
New AB DF1 SLC5 protocol allows comm on multiple ports, fixes issues with floats and bit settings
New ModbusRTU slave protocol makes DF into a modbus slave
Ability to import/export channel list to text file
Duplicate channel will increment a channel name that ends in a number, as well as a Specifier
Ability to control when alarms are checked (for apps with large # of alarms)
String declaration (eliminated "str" prefix requirement)
Functions can be declared to define parameter names, + argc option
Concat takes a variable number of args
Component position functions for easy component movement
Eliminated component paste offset except for duplicate
Channel persistance allows seamless access to archived data
New command line interface added to alert window
? command in sequences and flag to turn all ?'s off (debugging tool)
Ability to read data from an ODBC database
New execute() statement for running scripts stored in strings. Evaluate fixed to work with privates
Dynamic creation, deletion of channels, ability to list channels into string array
Script access to channel properties
Popup + popupmodeless allow location and keep user from closing with X
Define function to create defined constants for compiler
To and From functions to convert byte arrays to real values and back
Improved PID with integral limit, new algorithm option and detailed display
Regular expressions search in strings and ReadUntil serial comm
ErrorMessage() function
Easier selection of overlapped screen components
New serial and Ethernet communications with new monitor,
User definable protocols using scripting and more
New canvas component for scripted drawing to the screen
Ability to load and call most any external DLL from within DAQFactory without any wrapping.
New device support can be created by the user using DAQFactory scripting
Declaration of variables instead of using Var. and Private. notation
Watch now displays private variables during debugging
New ShellExecute() function allows starting other apps from within DAQFactory
New Xor operator (#)
Format function now supports non-floating types and multiple arguments
StrToDouble accepts hex and binary notated strings
New Find / Replace on components makes it easy to change the properties of components
Channel table remembers column widths
Sequence functions are now properly reentrant
PrintPageDirect() function for printing without prompting the user
Tool tips with function prototypes on all functions
Printing pages now works on all printers
Charset set correctly for displaying non-english character sets
Fixed bug with graphs in popups
Fixed PID dropout issue when viewing PID graph
Fixed problem with watch when a watch returns an error
Fixed Channels as second parameter to sequence function bug
Fixed issue with AddValue and multiple rows being flipped
Fixed doubling of displayed component variables when the component is duplicated
...and many other improvements and bug fixes.
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Version 5.15:
Added Modbus TCP driver
Added LabJack UE9 driver
Removed trial version allows selection of version to try
Replaced Robohelp with HTML help because of XP-SP2
Fixed date/time component bug when only time displayed
Fixed combobox programmatic adding of choices
added 3D graph component
added tree list component
added TimeOffset variable for logging to workaround a bug in MS-SQL
added SQL string variables to allow adjusting SQL commands
negative align threshold now ignores alignment by time
fixed issue with Private. used as subsetting on the left side of an assignment
fixed/improved a variety of user interface issues, especially with the sequence editor
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Version 5.12:
Trial version allows selection of version to try
Removed Online Help
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Version 5.11:
Fixed logging issue
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Version 5.10:
DAQFactory Developer
DAQFactory Express
Online Help
Fixed speed key issue
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Version 5.05:
Mouse down event for "jog" style controls
Logging restart on error option
.MarkerX variable returns in DF time
ClearTime() channel function
Fixed some component refreshes in popups
Fixed marx key refresh
Enhanced modbus driver optimizes reads/writes on contiguous blocks
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Version 5.04:
Sequence loop check disabled in runtime
DF no longer case sensitive
Block indenting, find/replace added to sequence editor
Sequences: block comment, backslash for line continuation
Max page refresh up to 30/sec
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Version 5.03:
Table component
"ignore" sequence command
B+W images
Flash window / alert box in preferences
Limited continuous alert generation
Initial page property
Autonaming in logging sets can use date. Postfix put before the file extension.
Component variables
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Version 5.02:
Fixed sequence issue: "readone()" getting interpretted as "read()"
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Version 5.01:
Fixed problem unlocking Lite version
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Version 5.0:
A major new release with too many features to list here. Download it now and give it a try!
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Version 4.11:
OPC servers now available bundled with DAQFactory
Transfer license to expired trial
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Version 4.10:
Full text string support as data type and in function parser
Addition of Edit Box component
Device wizards for LabJack, OPC, and Serial
New advanced serial driver with live monitor
Database logging in Local Conditional Logging
New bitwise functions: TestBit, ClearBit, SetBit
New thermocouple conversion functions
Comments in sequences
Driver versioning
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Version 4.00:
Changed name to DAQFactory
DAQFactory X - DAQFactory in an ActiveX control
DDE client and server capability
ODBC database logging
New web based installer
Simplified LabJack stream mode
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Version 3.55:
Added multiple actions for when clicking a Component
Persistance (save with data and autosave), keeps graph data between restarts
Multiple local conditional logging sets
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Version 3.53:
Eliminated network requirement for 98/Me
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Version 3.52:
Enabled Images and Advanced Graphing features in Lite
and OEM versions
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Version 3.51:
Added ability to send comments in trial mode
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Version 3.5:
Now works with 98/Me
Combined Acquire and Control into single program with option of running
as two programs
Added Concat function and SortTime
Changed image rendering routine for 98 support
New help system
New unlock mechanism - single program download
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Version 3.11:
Added Control Local Logging |
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Version 3.10:
Sequence table columns change with Command to refect their meaning
Added quick note / special to channel table and froze 1st column (name)
Timing of 0 no longer executes once at startup
Added sequence ordering
Stream data mode + channel commands
Extended demo to 25 days
800 more images
Tutorial + start-up dialog
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Version 3.09:
Automated (and much easier manual) unlocking
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Version 3.05:
Sorted drop downs in sequence grid |
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Version 3.03:
Removed .dds requirement. Device info downloaded from Acquire
Fixed Quick Add Channel and Add Sequence
Added image rotation and flipping
Sequences not stopped on Save, must stop and restart to accept changes
Control does not automatically open maximized, instead it restores to the last state
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Version 3.0: (Dec 15, 2001)
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