For users of DAQFactory release 19.1 and earlier:

DAQFactory Starter and DAQFactory Developer have been deprecated and new licenses will no longer be available for purchase.

Release 20 is a major change in the user interface components available to you in DAQFactory. Most of the components have been updated, replaced, or deprecated. Old components that are not available in 20+ will still work under the new release with some exceptions:

1) we have replaced the following controls with newer versions:

EditBox
Password Editbox
Multiline Editbox
Date/Time Edit
Combobox

The old versions of these components no longer function. Old versions of these components are automatically converted to the new versions and some of their parameters are copied over to the new versions when you have them in your existing pre-20 release. This was required to support the new multi-window capabilities of DAQFactory 20+. You should check to make sure the new controls work as you expect if you have them in your older documents.

2) As part of this update we have moved off of some 3rd party controls. As part of our licensing arrangement with this 3rd party, these components will function in 20+, but cannot be edited at all. You should replace these controls as soon as possible. The following controls are affected:

The four LED components
The four Gauge components along with the LED Bar
The two Compass components
The Pie Chart and Percent Bar components
The Spectrum Display
Toggle Switch, Lever Switch, Rocker Switch, Valve, 3 Way Rocker and 4 Way components
Slider and Knob components

Most of these components have been replaced with similar, but much more modern and flexible versions. You can replace existing older components with the newer equivilent (if one exists) by selecting the old component and going to Edit - Replace Component in the main menu. Note that conversions aren't perfect and will require some tweaking. Once you replace a component with a newer one, you won't be able to switch back.

Additional components will be added rapidly with subsequent releases after 20.1.

3) the Canvas component has been deprecated for now and do not appear in the popup to add a new control.

4) DAQFactory Connections, i.e. the ability to connect one copy of DAQFactory to another over a network to pass data has been temporarily disabled. We will be adding this back in an upcoming release but in a different format.

As part of the licensing arrangement just mentioned in #2 above, new license purchases of development versions of DAQFactory include a license key that only works on releases 20+. If you require a development license for an older release you will need to contact us. Availability of older license keys is limited. As such you should migrate to the newer, 20+ release as soon as possible. Note that this does not apply to Runtime licenses.