Origin 2018b Features

For example, code

 \L(1, PatternScale:p200) 

means set both X scale and Y scale of pattern to 2. 

• show color scale for 2d plots colors.
• show an independent color scale.

System variable for double click legend bahavior

@LDC=1 (default)- Double clicking legend opens Properties dialog

@LDC=0 -- Double clicking legend goes into in-place edit mode (old behavior in versions before Origin 2018)

ORG-17402

1. Add check box in Display tab of PD at Layer level: "Reference Lines on Top of Data"
2. Add right-click context menu entry to Axis: "Reference Lines on Top of Data"

ORG-17707

ORG-16780

ORG-17570

Easier notation when adding label to graphs in Merge Graph Windows dialog. Added support for Roman numerals.

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, ....

ORG-17052

Scale in linked layers support

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. 

Support <end> as end of column/row in VM size

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

ORG-17136

ORG-17385

Output the SE of derived parameter and in the Summary table.

ORG-17614

2D Frequency Count/Binning output sheet creates 4  type columns ahead with following LongName: Bins of A, Bin Beginnings of A, Bin Centers of A, Bin Ends of A and create 3 label row : Bin Beginnings of B, Bin Centers of B, Bin Ends of B.

Frequency Counts output sheet creates 4  type columns ahead with following LongName: Bins, Bin Begin, Bin Centers , Bin Ends.

Set custom format for User Parameter rows in Worksheet properties dialog.

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,

ORG-17755

New menu and improvements to quickly set up and apply Master Page elements such as logos and timestamps to all graphs.

ORG-17567

 1. Any object with name beginning with "NoExport" will be skipped as master items. Use @UPN=1 to disable it.

2. We can use labtalk command to apply active page's width and height to all other pages.

doc -pdad;

This command was made for the button on the master page.

3. Allow rotate from landscape to portrait. The following labtalk command is used.

page -o r

"Rotate" button is on the master page template.
4. "Save" button is on master template.

New App to distribute multiple files for Batch Processing across multiple cores, with final consolidated report sheet.

We tend to have no dialogue, no interaction, in batch process. So the rule of batch process now becomes to:

1. Before doing any batch process, user must make sure the input files format should be match with the last import settings in .ogw or filter in UFF.
2. Last import setting must be used when check on "Use Import Setting in Workbook". filter file will be used when uncheck "Use Import Setting in Workbook".
3. when filter is used, the proper filter should match: a. input file extension must be match with filters setting. b. filter file format must be match with last import settings in ogw.

Once user make analysis template with import ASCII, that means the template is only used for ASCII file. If user want to it for other type file, they must import another file from MENU and save analysis template again.

Support to add data from many sheets/books into a combined graph or an existing graph

Combine Batch Plot with Book, Sheet and Column into one dialog

If the embeded matrix exits in the analysis template, batch processing support importing data or image to the embeded matrix. Besides,  drag and drop to import data or image to opened analysis template is also supported.

Each Origin project will have its own backup file.

Access to backup files via Help:Open Folder: Project Backup Folder.

Change Backup folder location on System Paths tab of Tools: Options dialog.

1. Add Backup shortcut after installation
2. Tools | Options | System Path tab dialog adds Project Backup, Unsaved Files
3. Add System Variable in case want to roll back to old behavior

@OPJ=
0 Project to use new format and Copy Paste also new format
1 Project to use old format but Copy Page to use new format
2 Project to use new format, but Copy page to use Old format
3 Both will use old format

We are working on supporting moving windows in bottom panel to reorder them. If there are folders in subfolder, it's hard to reorder windows. So we hide folder in bottom panel.

• Folder structure will only show in top panel. 
• Set system variable @PEF=1 to show folder in bottom panel
• When mousing over folder in top panel, tooltip will show about folder comments, size, etc. 

ORG-17642

new LT command

doc -log1; //turns on for current project with empty password doc -log1 test;//turns on for current project with password = "test" doc -log0 test;//turns off for current project
doc.AuditLog=; //(ready-only )returns 1 or 0 AuditLog is on/off for the current project.

New system variable that is Registry based added

In Script Window, run
@ALOG=1;//turn on Audit log on New project (untitled)

You can also preset this in msi installer script to set registry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OriginLab\Origin 9.5b\International\SysV\ALOG

with a DWORD value of 1

Add the nlsf_install_fdf and nlsf_uninstall_fdf OC functions to install and uninstall fitting functions.

LabTalk Access is supported:

run.section(dofile.ogs, OnInstallFDF, "%Yfitfunc\MyGauss.fdf")
run.section(dofile.ogs, OnUnInstallFDF, "%Yfitfunc\MyGauss.fdf")

Add the template_install and template_uninstall OC functions to install and uninstall graph templates.

LabTalk Access is supported:

run.section(dofile.ogs, OnInstallTemplate, "%YMyGraph.otpu")
run.section(dofile.ogs, OnUnInstallTemplate, "%YMyGraph.otpu")

ORG-17369

ORG-16946

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;
}

ORG-14663

S2: Programming way to view Master Items on Screen LT

page.master = 0, not export the Master item.
page.master = 1, export the Master item, but not view it on screen.
page.master = 2, for screen, but ignore if bit 1 not set

However, if page.master = 1,  can use LT script "Menu -e 33096" to toggle viewing Master items on screen, but cannot control it.

 Labtalk command to remove divider:

page -ADX -<opt> dividerindex;

Labtalk command to restore dividers:

page -ADGR;

Python: API for calling Origin from outside Python

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;
}

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.