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ORG-17380

Signal Processing: Unit description added to metadata of STFT result

Signal Processing: Unit description added to metadata of STFT result

Support unit output in worksheet result of STFT.

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APPS-404

3D Smoother

Smooth 3D data.

Download 3D Smoother app from the page and install the app.

This app can be used to smooth 3D data from XYZ columns or a matrix. 

Features include:

• Support XYZ or matrix data

• Multiple smoothing methods like Adjacent-Averaging, Adjacent-Median, Negative Exponential etc.

• Support Grid Settings for smoothed data

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ORG-17701

ASCII Import:

In ASCII Import, Origin's auto determine header line may not work well for all user's data.

Origin's auto determine header line may not work well for all user's data.

One example is user wants to import files by removing all lines that start with # character.

In sush case, uncheck Auto Determine Subheader lines and then choose By Leading Character option and specify a leading char under Header Lines node in ImpASCII dialog. This option is also available on Header page of Import Wizard.

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ORG-17763

Improvements to labels in ASCII import dialog

Improvements to labels in ASCII import dialog

S1: Some label on ASCII dialog were changed:
1. Show blue hint "each character is treated as one delimiter" when the number of "Other Delimiters” is more than 1.
2. Multiple Delimiters --> Multiple Characters
3. Combine Delimiters as one Delimiter --> Treat Consecutive Delimiters as One (use a same label as ImpWiz)
4. Move "Header Lines" branch node above "File Structure" node, to be consistent with ImpWiz.

S2: Restrict editbox to allow single character input

On Import Wizard dialog, Data Columns page, the "Other" editbox is not allowed to enter more than 1 char.

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ORG-17477

Copy and paste entire worksheet across multiple Origin sessions.

Copy and paste entire worksheet across multiple Origin sessions.

Right-click on the sheet tab, two new context menu items are available.

• Copy Sheet

• Paste as New Sheet

Use Copy Sheet to copy current sheet with all information(including the header lines and structure) into the clipboard, and then use Paste as New Sheet to paste it as a new sheet from the clipboard into a new layer or new window.

LabTalk command is also provided,

clip -cs; /// copy active sheet

clip -ps; /// paste sheet to active book from clipboard, if possible

clip -psn; /// paste sheet to new book from clipboard, if possible

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ORG-17790

Export ASCII to support ignore empty columns

Add a checkbox named as "Ignore Ending Empty Columns", to control ascii export, to ignore empty columns from the end.

Add a checkbox named as "Ignore Ending Empty Columns", to control ascii export, to ignore empty columns from the end, with the following options:

0 = no ignore (current way, default)

1 = ignore all empty columns after the last column with data, meta data not considered, and column with all missing values are considered empty.

This is used only if export selection is not chosen.

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ORG-16407

Stack Columns tool check numeric for group identifier label row

In Stack Columns, choose a label row as Group Identifier, then Origin will check if all value is numeric and not set it as categorical in the result.

In Stack Columns, choose a label row as Group Identifier, then Origin will check if all value is numeric and not set it as categorical in the result.

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ORG-17796

Stack Columns tool will maintain column plot designation for Other columns

Keep column plot designation for other columns in the Stack Columns result.

Keep column plot designation for other columns in the Stack Columns result.

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ORG-16882

Support Excel column notation in condition string for Counif() function

For Averageif(), Countif(), and Sumif() function, you can use Excel column name in condition string argument in 2018b.

For Averageif(), Countif(), and Sumif() function, you can use Excel column name in condition string argument now. E.g,

countif(a, "A>0") //Before Origin 2018b, must use countif(a, "col(A)>0")

Also, the performance of these functons is improved.

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ORG-16509

Support for custom formatting of User Parameter rows in Worksheet

From Origin 2018b, user is allowed to set data format for a Parameter row or a User-Defined parameter row.

From Origin 2018b, user is allowed to set data format for a Parameter row or a User-Defined parameter row. This option is provided in Worksheet Properties dialog.

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ORG-17976

Support more numeric format like Excel

Support more numeric format like Excel

• #5

• Percent: #%, #.00%

• Proper fraction # ##/##, # #/8, # #/4, # #/10, etc. and Improper fraction #/#, #/4, #/10, #/100. ##/##, etc.

• Degrees, minutes, seconds (DMS), D MS, DM, DMF

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ORG-17285

Support more options when Copy Columns to

Support more options when Copy Columns to.

Copy Columns to is a useful way to copy columns from one sheet to other sheets and keep the linking. But some settings in source columns are not copied. Added in Origin 2018b.

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ORG-17060

3D XYZ bar graph supports customization of individual bars

3D XYZ bar graph supports customization of individual bars

Customize pattern, color and labels

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ORG-16671

Added Connect Control for 3D Waterfall. 

New connect line control for 3D Waterfall

Before Origin 2018b, 3d waterfall can only be plotted as straight lines. To have spline, etc., user had to plot as 2D Waterfall.

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ORG-17466

Improve preview of 3D OpenGL graphs in dialogs

Improved 3D OpenGL graph preview in dialogs

Better preview in our export graph dialog

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ORG-17697

Support <end> as end of column/row for size, when creating virtual matrices

Support <end> as end of column/row for size, when creating virtual matrices

Add a context menu "Dynamic Ends" to the Plotvm dialog's Input node. When it is selected, virtual matrix's range will be expanded to both row&column ends.

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ORG-17067

Support 2D annotation for 3D scatter plot.

Support 2D annotation for 3D scatter plot

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ORG-15881

Support more 2D arrow shapes in 3D graphs

Support more 2D arrow shapes in 3D graphs

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ORG-16558

Support total label for 3d stacked column/bar plots

Support total label for 3d stacked column/bar plots

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ORG-17882

Better legend position when Fitting Layers to Page

Better legend position when Fitting Layers to Page

Add the option -L to the page -FLS command

page -FLS -L; //fit layers to page so as to leave room on the right side for the legend. No gap between layer and legend.

page -FLS -L 0.03 -m 0.04 //fit layers to page, with space (3% of page) btween layer and legend, margin on edge of page is 0.04.

To use the -L option, the following must be true:

• Graph contains a single layer.

• There is one (and only one) legend object.

• Scale Elements (Format: Layer Properties > Display tab) must be Fixed Factor.
  
  

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ORG-16780

Customize Layer/Plot/Axes properties across all layers

Customize Layer/Plot/Axes properties across all layers

By checking what you want to customize together on Layers tab of Page level of Plot Details dialog, and then go to a layer to customize settings, all layers will be customized together.

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ORG-17570

Easier notation for adding labels when merging multiple graphs, including support for Roman numerals

Easier notation for adding labels when merging multiple graphs

Set Label Text as Custom and click the dropdown list to see Custom notations.

Notations can be combined, e.g. h$n$ to show #1, #2, ....

a$ (default) – enumerate lower case letters
A$ – enumerateupper case letters
r$ – enumerate lower case roman numerals 
R$ – enumerate upper case roman numerals 
n$ or # – enumerate numbers
h$ – represent #

Graph## – Graph01, Graph02, ...

hsn$ means #1, #2, ....

Labtalk Script example:

merge_graph labeltext:=custom labelcustom:=h$n$;

Tip: Click the > button next to Dialog theme and choose Generate Script, executable Labtalk script will be created.

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ORG-17426

Easier way to show/hide error bars and data labels from Object Manager

Easier way to show/hide error bars and data labels from Object Manager

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ORG-17052

Enlarged graph using scale-in tool supports multiple overlapped layers

Enlarged graph using scale-in tool supports multiple overlapped layers

If layers are linked with 1:1 X axis and area, choose Scale In toolbar button and click in graph to create enlarged graph. Plots in all linked layers show in enlarged graph.

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ORG-17707

Fit all layers to maximum available page area, including option for margins.

Margin control to fit all layers in graph into page area nicely.

Margin control to fit all layers in graph into page area nicely.

User stories:

• There are too much white space outside the layer. User wants to make the margin tigher.

• Some text, axis title, or layer shows in gray area, so they will not be printed/exported. Use this tool to fit them into page siie.

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ORG-17617

Improve the assignment of columns to layers for multi-panel plots

Improve the assignment of columns to layers for multi-panel plots

When number of x cols <= number of layers, use x col as separator to plot into layers; When number of x cols > number of layers, pop up error message： When number of x cols > number of layers, pop up error message. Add X Column" to the "Group By" combo in Multiple Panels by Label tool dialog.

For example, if data is organized as XYYYXYY and user asks for a 2-panel plot, the first three Y columns will be plotted in layer 1, and the last two Y colums will be plotted in layer2.

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ORG-16861

Integrate Gadget now supports marking of Fill Area under multiple curves

Integrate Gadget now supports marking of Fill Area under multiple curves

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ORG-17823

Keep Aspect Ratio check box at Page level, to resize page

Keep Aspect Ratio check box at Page level, to resize page

This allows user to specify desired page width for publishing, and Origin can then scale the height accordingly to keep the aspect ratio, if this check box is checked.

All elements in the graph will be scaled such that they "appear" the same in the final graph in terms of relative dimensions such as font size etc. MAY NOT work fully yet for elements such as color scale, and for 3D graphs.

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ORG-17749

New LT command to force all layers to have scale factor fixed but keep the look

New LT command to force all layers to have scale factor fixed but keep the look

Select menu Graph: Fix Scale Factors...to open dialog, and you will allow to set all layers to fixed scale factor value and maintain current look.

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LabTalk command is also available,

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ORG-17840

Page size change to keep same look

Page size change to keep same look

Automatically scale all elements similar to the work with fix scale factor.

System variable @PSM controls the minimum change to trigger size update.  Set @psm=100, elements will not resize when changing page size.

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ORG-14451

Rename Plot Groups instead of just using g1, g2, ... in Object Manager

Rename Plot Groups instead of just using g1, g2, ... in Object Manager

Right click g1, g2, ... node in Object Manager to give a meaningful group name. 

Such group name will show in

• Layer Contents dialog as tooltip

• Data menu

• Context menu when right clicking on graph

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ORG-17402

Support for grouping and ungrouping of data plots in Object Manager

Support for grouping and ungrouping of data plots in Object Manager

In Object Manager,

• Right click group node, e.g. g1 to Ungroup.

• Right click a plot that doesn't belong to any group and Set as Group Begin. Then Origin will find all consecutive plots below it that have same plot type and group them.

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ORG-17878

Support Tagging Sheet as Exclude from Plotting Dialog

Support Tagging Sheet as Exclude from Plotting Dialog

Some users have a lot of worksheets in project. And it's hard to select which sheet to plot.

In Origin 2018b, User can exclude some worksheets from showing in Plot Setup and Layer Contents dialogs by right clicking worksheet(s) and tag as "Exclude from Plotting Dialogs". 

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ORG-17419

OC: Added a parameter for specifying the title of dialog created by "okoc_folder_browser"

Added a parameter for specifying the title of dialog created by "okoc_folder_browser"

Added a new parameter "lpcszInitTitle" to the OC function okoc_folder_browser, and the new parameter is used to specify the title of dialog box, now the function is:

int okoc_folder_browser(LPCSTR lpcszInitDir, StringArray* saFolders, LPCSTR lpcszInitTitle)

The new parameter "lpcszInitTitle" is used to specify the title of dialog box, and its default value is NULL.

Example:

#include <Origin.h>
#include <okocUtils.h>
void folder_browser_ex1()
{
	vector<string> vsFolders;
	int nRet = okoc_folder_browser("C:\\test", &vsFolders,"Folder browser");
	printf("%d folders selected!\n", nRet);
	for ( int ii = 0; ii < nRet; ii++ )
			printf("Folder%d: %s\n", ii + 1, vsFolders[ii]);        
	return;
}

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ORG-17369

OC: Better default for index in  GetParameterResults

Better default for index in  GetParameterResults

The default value of second parameter of OC function GetParameterResults() was changed to 0.

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ORG-17817

OC: function for Code Builder File Access

function for Code Builder File Access

Added a new OC function:

BOOL CBFileOpen(LPCSTR lpcszFileName, LPCSTR lpcszSectionName=NULL, int nCntrl = CBF_OPEN);

lpcszFileName: File path and name.

lpcszSectionName: Specify a section you want to go.

nCntrl:

• CBF_OPEN: Open the file in Code Builder.

• CBF_TEST_IS_OPEN: Check if the file is opened in Code Builder.

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ORG-17722

OC: Need better support for accessing embedded matrix via LabTalk and OriginC

Need better support for accessing embedded matrix via LabTalk and OriginC

Added a new OC function:

int Worksheet::IsHolderSheet(PageBase& pg = NULL);

Check if the Worksheet is embedded page.

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ORG-16946

OC: Access to get and set LabTalk LT properties of Origin Objects

Access to get and set LabTalk LT properties of Origin Objects

S2: Support accessing page properties by OC functions:Pagebase::SetProp() and Pagebase::GetProp(), for example:

void test_Graph_Set_and_Get_Properties()
{
	GraphPage gp;
	gp.Create("origin");
	gp.AddLayer("Test");
	double vv;
	gp.SetProp("active", 2);
	gp.GetProp("active", &vv);
	
	return;
}

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ORG-17066

OC: Functions for  Batch Plotting

Functions for  Batch Plotting

Added three oc functions:

1. int GraphPage::CanDuplicate(int nWith = CAN_DUP_WITH_ANY);
Suppose a graph is active, use this OC function to tell if this graph is possible to duplicate with new columns, sheets, books.

2. int GetDuplicateWithCols(StringArray &saItems, DataPlot &dataPlot = NULL, int nModifier = PMMT_IGNORE);
Assume a graph is active, use this OC function to get the list of columns which can be used to batch plot the graph.

3. int GetDuplicateWithBooks(StringArray &saItems, int nModifier = PMMT_OFFSET, int nMatchCol = MATCHCOLUMN_INDEX, int nMatchSheet = MATCHSHEET_INDEX);
Assume a graph is active, use this OC function to get the list of sheets or books which can be used to batch plot the graph. If nMatchSheet == MATCHSHEET_IGNORE then Range is Sheet, else Range is Book.