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ORG-

27773

Vertical Cursor needs option to write tagged points to a worksheet

For Gadgets: Vertical Cursor, when click Add Tag and Label, now it will also output the tag result sheet

If you want to keep the same behavior like Origin2023b or before, click the Add Tag and Label and does not output the tag result sheet, click Options button in Vertical Cursor tool, in Labels and Tags tab, clear Output Tags checkbox

ORG-26201

Support multiple ROI intensity profiles for image window - Pro

Add cvroiprofile x-function to support ROI Intensity Profile for image window

1. Open an image then add ROI on it.

2. Right click ROI then choose Intensity Profile context menu to open the tool.

ORG-27156

Intermediate book issues on in batch processing

When batch processing with large files, Hide intermediate workbook due to OS resource exhausts

System variable @BIW to control show/hide intermediate workbooks

@BIW=0;          //hide all intermediate workbooks
    =-1;         //do not hide any (current behavior)
    =N like 100; //default, Show only the first N books (N=100)

ORG-27173

Batch Processing support specifying folder to import files

When batch processing with many files in specified folder, support Data Source as Import All Files from Folder and set File Extension to batch processing with specified data type

ORG-27272

Support automatic update of batch processing reports when more files added to folder

When batch processing with specifying folder, if there are new files/deleted files/modified files, click Reprocess button to only reprocess on these file

• If there is file with name that is not in file list, which is new file, if there is file that no longer exist, which is deleted file, if file modified date is changed, which is modified file

• delete intermediate sheet for deleted files and modified files, delete summary info for deleted files and modified files, create intermediate sheet for modified files and new files, append summary info of modified files and new files to summary sheet

ORG-27008

Batch Plotting support special points

In Origin2024 before, batch plot will not include any special point, now support

1. Plot Line with any column, make a special point and enable its label

2. Open batch plotting with the graph, set batch plotting with column offset. OK

→ Now special point with label shows in new created plot

ORG-26982

Batch Plotting to support plot with intermediate sheet

When plot is created with intermediate sheet, support batch base on info in source sheet

1. Try following case in Learning Center, search grouped interval plot and open it, recalculate the Interval Plot

2. Duplicate the body sheet, batch plotting with Sheet, select duplicated body sheet

→ Create a same graph

ORG-25071

Support different Digits for Value and Error in the result table

Add Custom Display for Error Value edit box in the fitting tools.

1. Open fitting tools and go to Output: Graph: Result Table section, set Custom Display for Error Value as “.2“ for example.

2. Check the result table on the fitted plot.

→ Parameter value show 5 decimal digits(default) and error value show 2 decimal digits.

ORG-27469

Interpolate/Extrapolate multiple Ys from same X

Interpolate multiple data and based on same X.

In the past, the Analysis: Mathematics: Interpolate/Extrapolate from X… dialog can only do one interpolation at a time.

Now user can select multiple data to interpolate.

ORG-25660

Interpolate/Extrapolate to generate x values by increment, start from maximum and descending.

The Interpolate/Extrapolate tool supports the following:

1. Generate X Data by Number of Points or by Increment.

2. Allow "X Start" to be larger than "X End", and generate a descending x data when "X Start" > "X End".

ORG-2084

Interpolate Y from X (interp1) puts output Y to immediate right of X Values to Interpolate by default

ORG-26362

Modify Triangle method in Interpolate Z from XY tool

The algorithm for the Triangle method in Interpolate Z from XY tool has been changed.

The algorithm for the Triangle method is changed from calling the nag_2d_triang_interp (e01sjc) function to using OriginLab’s own code that is used to calculate the interpolation in contour plot.

ORG-27308

Support Multiple XY as Input for Smooth

Smooth multiple data at the same time

In the past, the Analysis: Signal Processing: Smooth… dialog can only do one smoothing at a time.

Now user can select multiple data and smoother in one go.

ORG-25071

Support span by x values for Lowess and Loess in Smoothing

Add span by x values for Lowess and Loess method in smooth tools

Origin support span by Proportion and Points of window when smooth method is Lowess or Loess. in origin 2024, span by x values is also supported. The conversion between x value and proportion is: prop=x/(xmax-xmin), default x value is 0.1*(xmax-xmin).

ORG-27279

Split Worksheet and Append Worksheet Improvements

Put value in output sheets label when split worksheet by value change , and use sheet label when appending sheets

• When splitting worksheet by reference column’s value change, the info. was lost in result sheets. In Origin2024, the value will be put to sheet label of each output sheet.

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• When appending worksheets and stack worksheets, sheet Label can be used as Data Identifier.

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ORG-27301

Join multiple worksheets by matching column with merge option

Support Merge Multiples By option in the wjoinbycol and wjoinbylabel XF tools

• Rename original menu Join Worksheets by Column as Join Two Sheets by Column, which calls wjoincols XF

• Add Join Multiple Sheets by Column menu, which calls wjoinbycol XF.

• Add Merge Multiples by option in the wjoinbycol and wjoinbylabel XF.

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ORG-27245

ORG-27538

Smart Paste from Excel

When paste data from Excel, Origin will do a smart checking to detect heading rows and paste to column label.

Also, when paste or import to column label, if there are at least three cells with common Date/Time format, then the label will be set as Date/Time format.

See below, copy all data from Excel. In Origin, new a workbook, paste to A1 cell or highlight column A to paste. Origin will detect the 1st row is heading and paste to Long Name label smartly, and the other data will still paste to data area.

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ORG-27259

Improve data format conversion on Copy Paste Column

Smartly change column format on pasting whole column with Date data

When copy whole column with Date data, and pasting to a new column, Origin will do a smart checking and set column as Date format.

ORG-27538

Support set format for column label row

Support set format for the Long Name, Units, and Comments label row

Starts from Origin 2024, user can set format for the Long Name, Units, and Comments label row in the Worksheet Properties dialog

ORG-27203

Rearrangement of Data Manipulation menu

Move Data Manipulation menu items to other menu

1. Move Reduce Duplicate X Data, Reduce by Group, Reduce to Evenly Spaced X to Worksheet menu.

2. Move Subtract Reference Data,Subtract Straight Line to Analysis: Mathematics menu

3. For graph window,those 3 reduce XFs are still kept in Data Manipulation menu.

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ORG-27143

Worksheet Menu Restructure

Add a new main menu Restructure to put data restructuring tools together

For better worksheet data processing, add new main menu Restructure next to Worksheet, and rearrange the menu items.

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ORG-27339

Set as Categorical for Column Label Row

Support setting column label row as categorical

In Origin 2024, we supports color plots by column label. But if you plot 2 groups or 2 layers, the column label like “aa” in layer 1 will map to 1st color, but “aa” in layer 2 may map to 2nd color. So “aa” could not refer to same value in different plot groups or layers. With the categories supports, column label with same “aa” can map to same color in different plot groups or layers.

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ORG-25662

More Clear options in Worksheet

Add Clear mini toolbar button for single worksheet cell or worksheet range

When user select a single worksheet cell, block of cells, column label row, or click the left-top corner of worksheet, a new mini toolbar button Clear will be shown, allow to clear format, contents, or cell notes.

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ORG-27288

Improvement on the Fill Column with dialog

Support Apply button and switching columns in Fill Columns With dialogs

Support Apply button and Switching columns ability in the Fill Columns with dialog, includes patternN, patternT, patternD.

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ORG-27642

Convert to XYZ Support Text Z

Convert to XYZ tool supports Text value for Z data

When convert worksheet data to XYZ format, Text value will be allowed for the Z data now.

ORG-25068

Improvement on convert a range of worksheet to matrix

Improve the r2m x-function tool to support conversion options

Introduce converstion options in r2m tool to specify where x and y is.

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ORG-27792

Increase Number of Sheets in Book

Increase the limitation of sheets in a book

In the past, only 1,024 sheets is allowed in a book, now user can add up to 4,096 sheets.

ORG-27894

Color column mini toolbar improvements

Load Color List and Edit Color buttons added

Load Color List button is added when clicking on color column header to quickly load color list or palette file.

Edit Color… button is added when clicking on a color cell to open standard Colors dialog to edit or change color easily.

ORG-27857

Worksheet status bar show more info

Show more info for worksheet in the status bar

• Show Range (Maximum - Minimum) statistics info.

• Show column format and data range info when a column is selected, like col(1): Text & Numeric [1:32]

ORG-26812

Provide Rank() function in the SCV

Add a new function Rank() and show it under the function menu in SCV dialog

New function Rank(vd[, n]) is introduced, which return same result of sort.rank() method.

In Set Column Values dialog, you can find it under Function: Data Manipulation category.

ORG-27691

Add Column Type Binary

New column format Binary is introduced

In Origin 2024, we introduced a new column format called Binary. It only allow two values (1 and 0).

To set a column as Binary format, you can do it with the column properties dialog, or set from LabTalk script like wks.col1.format = 9.

By default,

• If you enter numeric data, "0" will still display as 0, and "1" still 1. Any values other then 0 and 1 will display as missing(“--”).

• If you enter text, “yes” and “true” will display as 1, “no” and “false” display as 0. Any other texts will display as missing.

ORG-26541

Apply user-defined parameter row(s) to other sheets

New mini toolbar button to apply user-defined parameter row(s) to other sheets

When select column label, a new mini toolbar button called Apply User Parameters to is added. Select it will duplicate selected user parameter to other sheets of selected range. And for user parameter with formula, the formula will also apply for all columns in target sheet.

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ORG-26884

Copy Transposed Support

Support Copy Transposed based on selection

Copy Transposed is supported for selected range, and it copies in Text format only.

ORG-27118

Insert discontinuous rows or columns

Support inserting discontinuous rows and columns

From Origin 2024, user could highlight multiple discontinuous whole rows, or multiple discontinuous range blocks, or multiple discontinuous whole columns to insert new rows/columns.

ORG-27541

Undo Delete Matrix

Delete matrix book then undo is available.

Delete matrix book then press Ctrl+Z or Edit: Undo menu to undo.

ORG-27211

Easy way to copy data from all Selectors

A new mini toolbar is added to easily copy data from all subranges.

In the past, after using data selector toolbar button to select several ranges in graph, there is only Copy Data button on mini toolbar to copy the selected subrange.

In Origin 2024, no matter which subrange is clicked, there is new mini toolbar button to Copy Data for All Selectors so that user can paste them into worksheet as multiple columns.

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ORG-27212

Using Data Highlighter to extract subset to multiple columns

Use Data Highlight to select subset and add them as new columns

There was only Start New Sheet, Append Rows and Append Rows with Gap options in the past when using Data highlighter to pick each highlighted region to create subset.

In Origin 2024, new Add Data Mode: Start New Columns is added when using Data Highlighter to create subset data.

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ORG-26952

CSV connector failed to keep Text type column format

Added a system variable @IPKF to control which column format would be kept after import.

The @IPKF system variable is for CSV Connector only.

• 0(default): keep date/time column format

• 1: keep date/time/Text column format

• -1: keep any column format

ORG-26921

CSV Connector supports append rows from script

CSV Connector supports append rows to import more files by scripts.

LT sample scripts:

newbook;
string fname, path$=system.path.program$ + "Samples\Batch Processing\"; 
findfiles fname:=fname$ ext:="*.csv";
int num = fname.GetNumTokens(CRLF);
wbook.dc.add("CSV");
loop(ii,1,num)
{
next$ = fname.GetToken(ii, CRLF)$;
if (ii==1)
{
	wks.dc.flags=256;	// turn on append rows mode
}
wks.dc.source$=next$;
Tree tr1=wks.dc.optn$;
tr1.settings.partial.SetAttribute("Use", 1);
tr1.settings.partial.row$="2";
tr1.ToString(wks.dc.optn$);
wks.dc.import();
}

ORG-27074

Connector failed for Date Time More Cases

Improved JSON Connector to support auto detect date time, and import it as date time data.

For example:

the 1996-08-20T00:00:00 value will be imported as 1996-08-20 00:00:00 with column format “yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss”.

ORG-27317

Want to choose variable for BioLogic Connector

Improved BioLogic Connector to support choose variable(s) to import.

When connect to BioLogic file, will show up Data Connector Browser for user to choose variable(s) to import.

ORG-27553

impFileSel supports XF impMSExcel

Import impFileSel X-Function to support impMSExcel X-Funtions.

For example:

string fname$=system.path.program$ + "Samples\Import and Export\United States Energy (1980-2013).xls";
impFileSel xfname:=impMSExcel fname:=fname$ trfiles:=tt;
tt.file1.DataSheets.DataSheet1=0;
tt.file1.DataSheets.DataSheet3=0;
newbook;
impMSExcel fname:=fname$ trfiles:=tt;

ORG-27763

XML Connector support UTF-16 format

Improved XML Connector to support UTF-8 and UTF-16 files.

UTF-32 is not supported yet.

ORG-27656

CSV Connector cannot recognize Date format when reimport

Import CSV Connector to support “yyyy/MM/dd“ date format.

Auto detect “yyyy/MM/dd“ date format and import as date data in Worksheet.

ORG-27542

Improve speed for import Excel files

Improved import speed of impMSExcel X-Function and Excel Connector for large excel file import.

1.Import import speed for large excel file.

2.Added sys variable @ELSS(Excel Load Singe Sheet) to support load single sheet, default value is 1.

ORG-27856

Convert Column to Binary needs to be remembered for DC Reimport

When set column type to binary after import, re-import should keep column type as binary.

1. Some connectors can covert column data to binary data correctly, like CSV connector, Origin Connector, TMDS Connector, Import Filter Connector, etc.

2. Some connectors fail to covert column data to binary data, and show as missing values, like Excel Connector, JSON Connector, HTML Connector, etc.

ORG-

26748

Want export matrix window as image support graph objects

A new system variable @UPM can be used to control this (default = 1 means to include the graph objects and this fix, or 0 to use old behavior)

1.New a project, open attached “Test UPC.opju”

2.With matrix window active, select File menu - Export - Image, and export as *.png file with default settings.

3.Check the exported image file.

==> It does not show the graph object (the colorful one, named with “paths“)

ORG-21563

Export graph with Data selected or highlighted

Show plot selection and data highlighter effect when copy graph as picture or export graph

If there are multiple plots in the graph, we can select one of them and export the selection effect.

We can use data highlighter tool to highlight some data and export the highlighter effect.

This is supported when coping graph as picture or use simple export graph dialog.

Not supported when using Export Graphs Advanced dialog.

ORG-26478

Shapefile Export Support

We can export wks data as ESRI Shapefile (SHP)

File menu - Export - SHP

ORG-28079

Print Script Window should be in Light mode

If Origin is in dark mode, Scintilla Editor should print in light mode

@SPCM=-1

ORG-27751

Improve theme in Code Builder Text Editor

1..Added Desert and Coffee theme back to code builder.

2.Change default Font to Consolas 10 pt.

Can change them by Tools: Options…

ORG-27202

ORG-27126

Code Builder in Dark Mode

Support Dark Mode for Code Builder.

Make following changes for GUI (Options dialog - MDI Tabs page):

1.Change to use “3D Tabs“ for MDI Tab style combo, and hide it from dialog.

2.Hide “Flat Frame“ checkbox from dialog.