Origin 2018 Features

Analysis

Batch Processing

ID	JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
0	ORG-13454	Batch processing support XYZ columns, worksheets, and data ranges.	Batch processing support XYZ columns, worksheets, and data ranges.	1.XYZ column support in both using existing xyz datasets or import from files. 2. Use existing worksheets support using any sheet from opj as input, if selected it will copy all columns to data source in analysis template.this options should be useful for statistics tools not require column designation. 3.Use Existing Ranges it will have two input range: Fixed Range and Batch Range, Fixed Range means those data which is fixed in each process. this options should be useful for statistics tools.
0	ORG-16709	Improvements to Batch Processing:	Improvements to Batch Processing	Mini tutorial: Open Batch Processing dialog. Load Analysis Template under <Origin EXE folder>\Samples\Batch Processing\Sensor Analysis.ogwu. For File List, select Sensor01, Sensor02, and Sensor03.dat under <Origin EXE folder>\Samples\Curve Fitting\. Set Result Sheet as Result. Click OK. In Summary sheet, there is a graph image from the analysis Template on each row. Mouse over it to pop up a larger image of the graph. How to include a graph image in each row or report sheet: Open the analysis template .OGWU file. e.g. <Origin EXE folder>\Samples\Batch Processing\Sensor Analysis.ogwu. Copy an embedded in the report sheet and Paste Link in a cell in the sheet that will be used as Summary Sheet in Batch Processing. Save the analysis template and use it in Batch Processing dialog.

Fitting

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-15952	Fitting: Add more Fit Statistics to fitting Result Table Quantities.	Add more Fit Statistics to fitting Result Table Quantities	In previous versions, some Fit Statistics were excluded from list of available Quantities in Table. More items are available in Origin 2018.
ORG-16969	Fitting: FDF should include Category	FDF should include Category	Add new Category key to FDF General Information section. When D&D the FDF to Origin, FDF is automatically installed under the Categorys according to the Key. If this new key is empty or missing, it will pop up dialog to ask about which category to install. Operations in Fitting Function Builder and Fitting Function Organizer will update this Category key, such as Create/Move func. Fitting Function Builder allow to change category since 2018.
ORG-15062	Fitting: Fit until converged supports all datasets for multiple data	Fit until converged supports all datasets for multiple data	In Nonlinear Fit tools, add All option in the Select data to iterate drop-down list which allow to iterate on multi datasets at the same time.
ORG-13544	Fitting: Null hypothesis footnote is added under ANOVA table of Nonlinear Curve Fit, Multiple Regression, and Polynomial Fit report sheets.	Null hypothesis footnote is added under ANOVA table	Requested by customer.
ORG-13999	Fitting: Put all weighting methods in dropdown items for all input datasets	Put all weighting methods in drop-down items for all input datasets	In Nonlinear Fit tools, Data Selection page, all weighting methods are putted in the Weights drop-down list whichi allow to set multi datasets' weight mehod. In Nonlinear Fit tools, Data Selection page, add Apply Weight to All menu to Range's context menu list.
ORG-14528	Fitting: Smarter Handling of NLFit X Data Type	Smarter Handling of NLFit X Data Type	When Iteration Algorithm is set as "Levenberg Marquardt" in Nonlinear Fit tools, Fitted Curves page, default X Data Type is changed as new method: Follow Curve Shape. (Note: except the Nonlinear surface/matrix fit tool)
APPS-341	Composite Spectrum Regression	Perform multiple linear regression for spectra.	Download Composite Spectrum Regression app from the page and install the app. This app can be used to peform multiple linear regression of spectral data. The key benefit is that all coefficients are forced to be positive, and the sum of the coefficients can be constrained to a fixed number such as 1 or 100.

General

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ORG-13349

General: Ignore Hidden column/plots when choosing all columns or plots for analysis.

Ignore Hidden column/plots when choosing all columns or plots for analysis

A system variable, @AIP, is added to control whether ignore hidden column(s)/plot(s) or not when adding all as input(s) for analysis.

=1 (default), ignore hidden plots.
=0, include hidden plots.

For example, if some columns or plots on a graph are hidden, when opening an analysis dialog that supports multiple inputs and the user chooses All Colu

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ORG-15803

General: Set Default Digits for individual types of analyses.

Set Default Digits for individual types of analyses

Prior to Origin 2018, there is only global control of display digits via Digits in Report in the Numeric Format tab of Tools: Options.

In 2018, users can specify default Default Digits to apply for different types of analyses. For example:

After an analysis is done, right click in the table in the result sheet and choose Digits... Set the Digits values and check Save as Default.

The default will apply to other instances of that particular analysis operation in the future.

To reset back to system default: Close Origin. Go to User Files folder and delete Defaults.XML.

Peak Analysis

ID	JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
0	ORG-16008	Peak Analysis: Automatically set Area/Amplitude boundaries based on Peak Finding Direction.	Automatically set Area/Amplitude boundaries based on Peak Finding Direction	If Peak Finding direction is Positive only, then Area boundary is >=0. If Peak Finding direction is Negative only, then Area boundary is <=0. If If Peak Finding direction is Both, then no boundary is set.

Statistics

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-8382	Statistics: Add ellipse coefficient to correlation matrix	Add ellipse coefficient to correlation matrix	From Origin 2018, the major and minor radius of the correlation ellipse in Scatter Matrix are exported to the result sheet. No matter you create the Scatter Matrix from Plot: 2D: Scatter Matrix or Statistics: Descriptive Statistics: Correlation Coefficient, you can find the major and minor radius of each correlation ellipse by A and B values in the Parameters column label row of the PlotData worksheet, where A is the major radius and B is the minor radius.
ORG-10099	Statistics: Add grouping support for Statistics on Rows.	Add grouping support for Statistics on Rows	Statistics on Rows now allows grouping based on values in a columns label row. For example, in below illustration, results will be grouped by values in the Long Name label row.
ORG-14788	Statistics: Add Median Absolute Deviation, Robust Coefficient of Variation and Harmonic Mean for Statistics on Columns/Rows tool	Add Median Absolute Deviation, Robust Coefficient of Variation and Harmonic Mean for Statistics on Columns/Rows tool	Statistics on Columns/Rows dialog adds below checkboxes:
ORG-11294	Statistics: Add option of Exclude cumulative counts plot to Pareto chart dialog	Add option of Exclude cumulative counts plot to Pareto chart dialog	Add options to the Pareto Chart (Binned and Raw) dialog Add Show Cumulative Percent Plot checkbox to plot the cumulative counts plot. Add branch Combine Smaller Counts in One Category to group combine smaller values settings.
ORG-16534	Statistics: Discrete Frequency for categorical data needs to add zeros for if not found	Discrete Frequency for categorical data needs to add zeros for if not found	Discrete Frequency dialog adds a checkbox Show Zero Count Categories.
ORG-15908	Statistics: Improve Weibull Fit with RRX method and Add Plot for survival function and hazard function for weibull fit - Origin Pro	Improve Weibull Fit with RRX method and Add Plot for survival function and hazard function for weibull fit	Weibull Fit dialog adds below new items:
ORG-13424	Statistics: Rename Weibull Percentiles into percentages	Rename Weibull Percentiles into percentages	Weibull Fit tool's PlotData worksheet column label changed.
ORG-15020	Statistics: Weibull Fit Calculate 100% Probability Which Can't Plot	Weibull Fit Calculate 100% Probability Which Can't Plot	Origin 2018 changed Weibull Fit tool's Score Methods from Kaplan-Meier to Benard, which also affects Distribution Fit tool's probability plot .

Data Handling

ASCII Importing

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ORG-16802

Import ASCII one row header line with special format

Change the Extract Long Name and Units from Same Line node to Composite Header Line No. node, when this node is check, we show the Composite Pattern node for specify the composite pattern of Long Name, Unit andComment, if it is <auto>, it will works as the old way.

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ORG-16928

New impASC on GUI and related changes

Reconstruct the Import ASCII X-Function "impASC"(including the impASC setting dialog), and also it is compatible with the old one in LT script. However, we also add a system variable @IA for users who want to use the old one to roll back.

@IA = 1
File Menu: impASC_94
Tool Bar: impASC_94
LabTalk Script (run -xf impasc): impASC_94
Reimport (from old 94 .ogw): impASC_94
Drag and Drop (with old 94 .oif): impASC_94

@IA = 2
File Menu: impASC
Tool Bar: impASC
LabTalk Script (run -xf impasc): impASC
Reimport (from old 94 .ogw): impASC
Drag and Drop (with old 94 .oif): impASC

Importing Third Party Formats

ID	JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
0	ORG-16448	Import Excel- Support Importing Sheets into Separate Workbooks	Import Excel- Support Importing Sheets into Separate Workbooks	Add a new option Start New Books for Each Sheet in "1st File" and "Multi-File" Import Mode, but currently re-import is not supported in this mode.

Data Import

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-14420	Display imported file name in a new worksheet label row entitled "SourceFile".	A new checkbox "Add Filename User Parameter Row" in Import dialogs.	A new checkbox "Add Filename User Parameter Row" in Import dialogs. If checked, "SourceFile" label row appears in worksheet after import. This label row can be used in any place label rows can be used such as legends.
ORG-14455	Importing specified columns and rows in ASCII, CSV, and Excel dialogs using specific syntax.	Under Partial Import node. See ASCII Import dialog for example syntax.	Under Partial Import node. See ASCII Import dialog for example syntax. If Custom isn't checked, use From, To, Read, Skip buttons to construct the partial import. If Custom is checked, user can import specified columns/row by following our syntax. Sample example hint is given.
ORG-16533	Set Origin to be the default software to open data files.	Set Origin to be the default software to open data files.	In Origin 2018, if user right-clicks on a data file and set the file to open with Origin or set Origin to be the default program to open it, data file will be imported into Origin directly whenever such a file is double-clicked.
ORG-13485	Support Partial Row Import for Excel	Support Partial Row Import for i importing Excel file.	Suppport Partial Row Import for Excel import tool, add Partiial Rows branch with five nodes under Options: Partial Import:
ORG-14200	Support Undo for Import ASCII, CSV, and Excel.	Support Undo for Import ASCII, CSV, and Excel.	After importing either ASCII, CSV, or Excel, user can choose Undo from the Edit menu or Ctrl+Z to undo the import.
ORG-15744	To make Reimport and Clone Import more obvious, a new Import toolbar is created with more buttons.	To make Reimport and Clone Import more obvious, a new Import toolbar is created with more buttons.

Importing Third Party Formats

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ORG-17223

Copy and Paste Excel cell(s) to Origin Graph will paste as text by default.

Before Origin 2018, if user copied some cell(s) in Excel and then pasted it into Graph window, it was pasted as Excel object by default. User must use Edit: Paste Special... to paste as unformatted text.

In Origin 2018, the cells will be pasted as text by default. If user wants to paste as Excel object, user can choose Edit: Paste Special... or context menu and choose to paste as "Microsoft Excel Worksheet".

Set system variable @PXLTXT=0 to change back to old behavior.

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ORG-15559

More options in Excel Import.

More sheet renaming options: This is useful if user import sheets in different files and wants to rename sheet with Excel file name.
Put Filename or Sheetname to Comments, SourceFile, or SourceSheet column label rows.

0

ORG-16289

Support Skip Column when importing CSVfile.

Added the Read Columns and Skip Columns in CSV Import.

This was already supported in some other import like ASCII, Excel, etc.

Added the Read Columns and Skip Columns in CSV Import.

Origin Project Files

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-10359	Convert Origin to use Unicode for text and a new file structure for various Origin files including projects.	Convert Origin to use Unicode for text and a new file structure for various Origin files including projects.	File extensions are changed to: OPJU, OGWU, OGGU, OTWU,, etc. New structure allows file sizes to be reduced (sometimes greatly). It also allows files to be loaded more quickly.
ORG-15815	In the Projects tab, Origin projects that were modified and not actually saved can be reopened with the modifications in place via the Unsaved Files list.	In the Projects tab, Origin projects that were modified and not actually saved can be reopened with the modifications in place via the Unsaved Files list.	Even if the user chooses not to save a project file (OPJU), an autosaved OPJU will be kept for 7 days by default. If the user actually saves the project after modifying it, the unsaved version will be removed. The unsaved version can be opened from the Unsaved File list in the Projects tab. The user can turn off this feature from Tools: Options: Open/Close tab. The System Variable @USKT is used to control how many days to keep the unsaved OPJU file. Default is 7 (days). The system Variable @USM is used to limit the maximum OPJU size for Autosave Unsaved Project. Default is 20 (MB).
ORG-15165	New Project File Extension for New File Format and File Dialog	New Project File Extension for New File Format and File Dialog	In Origin 2018, New File Extensions like OPJU, OGWU, OGGU, OTWU, etc are added to various opening/saving file dialogs drop-down lists.
ORG-14896	Support Preview and thumbnail file images in Windows File Explorer for Origin Files. (Toggle Windows File Explorer Preview pane using the Alt+Pkeyboard shortcut).	Support Preview and thumbnail file images in Windows File Explorer for Origin Files.
APPS-254	OPJ Searcher	Search the specified keyword in all the OPJs in the specified folder.	Download OPJ Searcher app from the page and install the app. This app is used to search for an OPJ file by identifying a keyword that is input into a search engine. All projects from a specified folder or subfolders that have that keyword are listed.

Set Column Values / Cell Formula

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ORG-16223

Better color syntaxing for LabTalk function and Spreadsheet column name notation in Set Column Value dialog.

In Set Column Value dialog, use Navy color for LT variable, Wine color for LT function, Pink color for Spreadsheet column name.

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ORG-16551

Keep formula exactly as entered by user.

Before Origin 2018, formula auto expanded in some cases.

Sheet index in formula auto expanded to sheet name. E.g. user typed 1!A. It auto expanded to Sheet1!A.
If type A+0.5 in column A formula, it will become This+0.

System variable @SCVU is added in Origin 2018. By default what you type will be what you see. If you want it to go back to 2017 behavior, set @scvu=0.

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ORG-16096

Worksheet Cell Formula.

Support Worksheet Cell Formula.

Workbook and Worksheet

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-16790	Copy Full Precision change to text only	Copy Full Precision change to text only	Since Origin 2018, when use choose Copy Full Precision, the copied content will be text only in clipboard, then it would be convenient for user to paste to another application. Set @CPF = 0 to go back to 2017 behavior.
ORG-4935	Ignore hidden columns in ASCII Export.	Ignore hidden columns in ASCII Export.	Before Origin 2018, when exporting a worksheet as ASCII data, hidden columns were exported. In Origin, by default hidden columns will be ignored and will not be exported. To export hidden columns, set system variable @UHC=1.
ORG-16060	Increase the Maximum number of Sheets per workbook.	Increase the Maximum number of Sheets per workbook.	Before Origin 2018, the maximum sheets per book was 255. Now in Origin 2018, it's 1024. page.nlayers property is set to writable so run page.nlayers=1024 to quickly create 1024 sheets. It's faster than using repeat 1023 { newsheet; }. If there are more than 255 sheets in a book, the project can't be saved as opj. Can only be saved as opju.
ORG-16178	New X-Function wcellfmt added to set selected cells' format.	New X-Function wcellfmt added to set selected cells' format.	Run wcellfmt -h to see Help and examples. E.g. the following example first uses wxt x-function to select all rows with B>0 Then set the fill color of the selected cells to green
ORG-16519	Rename sheet name and long name inNavigate Worksheetdialog.		For a workbook with many sheets, user can right click any sheet tab and choose Navigate to delete, order, duplicate sheet etc. But renaming sheet wasn't supported. Added in Origin 2018 now.
ORG-16449	System Variable to hide worksheet tab tooltip.		When mousing over a worksheet tab, worksheet short name, long name and comments show. But it can block other sheets. A system variable @WTT is added. Default is 1 (enabled). Set it to 0 to disable worksheet tooltip.

Worksheet Data Manipulation

ID	JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
0	ORG-16162	Support carrying over column categories in worksheet query.	Support carrying over column categories in worksheet query.	Support carrying over column categories during worksheet query data extraction to new book/sheet.

Graphing

3D Graphs

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-16167	3D XYZ Colormap Surface supports colormapping from another column.	3D XYZ Colormap Surface supports colormapping from another column	In the past, we don't support this so user has to convert XYZ data and the coloring data into Matrix first since 3d colormapping surface plotted from matrix supports colormapping from another matrix object.
ORG-16167	3D XYZ Colormap Surface supports custom boundary.	3D XYZ Colormap Surface supports custom boundary	Contouring Info tab is added in Plot Details dialog to specify XY boundary.
ORG-17180	Drag on graph to move light source.	Drag on graph to move light source	Hotkey S is added on 3D graph to move light source. S key + arrow keys S key + drag S key with + to zoom in. S key with - to zoom out
ORG-15360	Support Lighting effect for 3D walls plot.	Support Lighting effect for 3D walls plot	Before Origin 2018, Lighting was only supported for 3D OpenGL based surface and 3d Bars. In Origin 2018, we added the support for 3D Walls.

Axes

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-16808	Add custom reference lines to your graph:	Define Reference Lines based on statistics or expression	Define Reference Lines based on statistics or expression and saved in graph template for future use. Statistics Click Details on Reference Lines tab of Axis dialog to define reference lines. Expression
ORG-15922	Allow number of Major axis ticks to be 0.	Allow number of Major axis ticks to be 0.	This will allow user to create a graph with only begin and end ticks and no ticks in between by: On Scale tab, Set Major tick by Count and Number of Ticks to be 0. On Special Ticks tab, choose Show in Show column of Axis Begin and Axis End.
ORG-16485	Axis Break Improvements:	Axis Break Supports Anti-Aliasing and Proportional Unit for Axis Break Positions	In Origin 2018, When Anti-Aliasing toolbar button is pressed, axis break will look smooth as well. Use Proportional Unit for Axis Break Positions checkbox is added on Display tab of Page level of Plot Details dialog.
ORG-17093	Axis end doesn't look nice when zoomed in	Make the Axis end look nice when zoomed in	Before Origin 2018, when zoomed in, Axis ends didn't look good. In Origin 2018, the Axis ends will look nice even when zoomed in, depending on different coordinate system. -2 (default): square for Cartesian (=90 degree) coordinate, round for other coordinates (!=90) -1: follow @LCA 0/1/2 round/square/flat,
ORG-17169	Change Filling color between Reference Lines with Alternate Fill.	Change Filling color between Reference Lines with Alternate Fill	Before Origin 2018, if Alternate Fill was checked for Reference Lines, user couldn't change fill color. In Origin 2018, click Details... button on the tab. Then select all entries on the left panel and change Fill Color to change all fill colors together.
ORG-15814	Different ways to wrap tick labels.	Different ways to wrap tick labels	Wrap based on layer length Wrap by Minimum number of characters. E.g. in the following example, set tick label display to Custom Display with MMM dd HH:mm:ss And to wrap with by minimum 1 char. It will show Month, date and time each on one row.
ORG-16446	No extra space after / or - when using /<U> and -<U> as axis unit.	A system variable added to control space before unit separator	Before Origin 2017, In Tools: Options →Axis tab, when specifying unit separator as /<U>, or -<U>, an extra space shows after / or -. In Origin 2018, by default no space will be added after / or -. User can manually set it as / <U>, or - <U> to add a space. We will continue to have space before units separators by default. System variable @ATSS is added to control space before unit separator. 1: space before unit separator (default) 0: no space before unit separator
ORG-15421	Show reference line in Trellis plot	Show reference line in Trellis plot	You can control reference line show in specific panel in trellis plot through Reference Lines dialog's Show on Panel control. Label will show when open Reference popup to incicate panel index.
ORG-15909	Support Arrow at axis begin and end in 2D graphs.	Support Arrow at axis begin and end in 2D graphs	Arrow node on Line and Ticks tab of Axis dialog
ORG-16133	Support not plotting filtered rows for text axis:	Support not plotting filtered rows for text axis	E.g. Some data are filtered in worksheet. When plot column plot in Origin 2018, only those data in display will be plotted with their corresponding X axis. Before Origin 2018, though the filtered data are not plotted, the x axis still kept their position with blank tick label. Note: This only applies to X column that contains text and not set as categorical.
ORG-15437	Support Reference Line for Polar(and other special plot types)	Support Reference Line for Polar(and other special plot types)	Polar graph, Radar chart and Ternary all support reference line.

Column/Bar/Pie

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-16257	Allow drag-and-drop to add dataset into the group of Stacked Column	Allow drag-and-drop to add dataset into the group of Stacked Column	In 9.4, it is not possible to adding a dataset into a Stacked Column by drag-and-drop. Now you can add new dataset into the group of Stacked Column/Bar plot by drag-and-drop.
ORG-15765	Column Gap control for Double Y Column Plot.	Column Gap control for Double Y Column Plot	For Double Y column plot, user can go to 1st plot's Spacing tab to set Overlap as a negative value to show some gaps between the the columns. There is no such control in Origin 2017 and earlier so the bars are always connected in the past.
ORG-15502	Show Total Label on Stacked Column/Bar.	Show Total Label on Stacked Column/Bar	Show total value on stacked column/bar or 100% stacked column/bar. Check on the checkbox on Stack tab of Layer level in Plot Details dialog Go to Label tab of plot level in Plot Details to customize diplay, such as decimal place, etc.

Contour

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JIRA

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ORG-16525

Support no smoothing when set custom boundary for XYZ contour.

Support no smoothing when set custom boundary for XYZ contour

In Origin 2018, user can uncheck Smoothing checkbox when using Custom Boundary.

Before Origin 2018, the checkbox couldn't be unchecked so there was always some smoothing effect. Workaround: Set system variable @tcs=0 to minimize the number of smoothing data points

Customizing Color

ID	JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
0	ORG-15713	Use Cluster tool to easily change part of plot to a different color.	Use Cluster tool to easily change part of plot to a different color	Cluster Gadget is improved so user can easily select a range of plot and color it. User can use cluster gadget to create group for the region of interest and check Color Data by Category. Then the region will be colored red. Open Plot Details, user can go to Color List tab to change color.

Data Label

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-16296	Improvement to data labeling at specified Indices only.	Improvement to data labeling at specified Indices only	In addition to manually entering specific indices, now specific columns may be selected that contain indices for the specific labels.
ORG-12879	Support Label for 2D Vector Plot.	Support Label for 2D Vector Plot	Double click vector plot to go to Label tab of Plot Details dialog to add labels. Label can customized to be from any column in same sheet with customization. Label can be rotated and be positioned to arrow head, tail with offset, etc.
ORG-15903	Support leader line for Pie chart label.	Support leader line for Pie chart label	Show a leader line between pie slices and labels.

Drawing Objects

ID	JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
0	ORG-2452	Distribute selected layers/graphic objects horizontally or vertically.	Distribute selected layers/graphic objects horizontally or vertically	Two buttons are added in Object Editor toolbar. Select all graphic objects and click it to keep begin and end positions of the objects and distribute them evenly in one direction. E.g. This also works for multiple Layers. User can press Shift key and select multiple Layers. Then click the button to distribute layers horizontally or vertically.

General

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-15712	Interactively pick data points from graph.	Interactively pick data points from graph	Interactively pick points and collect them in a workbook. Mouse over the plot you want to pick point. A tooltip will show about the plot's X,Y info. Right click and click Pick Data Points... Click a point in graph and make sure it's the point you want to pick. Then press Enter or double click to confirm the selection. Continue it till done. A workbook will be created with x,y coordinates and row indexing, etc.
ORG-14777	Control display of masked data at graph page level.	Control display of masked data at graph page level	Display of masked data on graph can now be controlled for individual graphs via the following Labtalk: page.mask = 2; // Display masked data on active graph page.mask = 1; // Hide masked data on active graph
ORG-16887	Ctrl+A Keyboard shortcut Selects All in Graph and Layout window.	Ctrl+A Keyboard shortcut Selects All in Graph and Layout window	This feature is useful when user needs to select all layers in agraph or all objects in layout to move and/or resize together. Ctrl+A to select all layers in a graph. Ctrl+A to select all objects in layo
ORG-15295	Improve Preview for patterns and filled colors	Improve Preview for patterns and filled colors	Hover mouse over a pattern block, the preview of this pattern will show.
ORG-16470	Keep Scale in mode until pressing ESC.	Keep Scale in mode until pressing ESC	User wants to Scale In toolbar button and keep on zooming in by drawing a rectangle. Before 2018, after scale in once, need to click Scale In button again to zoom in further.
ORG-17055	Make new Layer Content dialog easy to use	Make new Layer Content dialog easy to use	Reorder the column order in left panel of Layer Contents dialog so Column Short Name with Plot designation can be more obvious. In Origin 2018, the default display order in left panel is: Short Name, Long Name, Book, Sheet.

Graph Types

ID	JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
0	ORG-15863	Bridge Chart/McKinsey-style waterfall.	Bridge Chart/McKinsey-style waterfall	Support Bridge chart with total and connecting lines. Coloring bars based on Increase/Decrease and Total. Set Data Indices for Total/Subtotal in Plot Detail: Bridge Chart tab. Show Connect Line and Connect by Subset in Plot Detail: Bridge Chart tab. Select a point in Bridge Chart, right click and you can select Set as Total/Subtotal. After select it, it will append data index to Data Indecies for Total/Subtotal in Plot Detail. New Plot button group in Plot Main Menu: Bridge Chart, Stacked Bridge Chart, Stacked Total Bridge Chart, Horizontal Bridge Chart
0	ORG-15299	Double Y Box Chart.	Double Y Box Chart	Plot: Box Chart: Double Y Box Chart menu is added. In Origin 2018 because on Miscellaneous tab of Plot Details dialog → Graph level, Column/Bar/Box Gap Across layers is checked. The checkbox used to work for column/bar plot only. Note: This checkbox is only enabled if layers are all linked. For each linked layer, on Link Axes Scales tab, X Axis Link is straight 1:1. For each linked layer, on Size/Speed tab of each linked layer, Unit is % of the linked layer

Layer and Plot Management

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ORG-17082

Plot 2 Y columns with numeric X, columns will be plotted against row indexing by default.

A system variable used to control how to plot 2Y columns, against X values or row index

If plotting one Y column as Columns/Bars with numeric X, it will be plotted as X value positions.

If plotting multiple Y column as Columns/Bars with numeric X, it will be plotted with row indexing by default. Use system variable @DRX>0 (default is 16) to enable this feature only if dataset size is smaller then this value. Set @DRX=0 to disable this change completely.

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ORG-17134

Use System Increment list when adding new plots into existing graph.

Use System Increment list when adding new plots into existing graph

Origin 2017 supported customizing system color list, shape list, etc. for line, line+symbol, scatter plot.

But when user added more then 1 column of data to existing graph, the customized system color list wasn't used. Instead the color list defined in graph template was used.

In Origin 2018, when adding more than 1 column of data to existing graph, the customized system color list will be used.

Line and Symbol

ID	JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
0	ORG-14198	Symbol size increments for each plot in group.	Symbol size increments for each plot in group	Specify the size increment by start size and increment step 5(6), or manually enter each plot's size. Read symbol size from column label row, e.g. a user-defined parameter row:Size

Publishing

ID	JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
0	ORG-16812	Define the region to export or copy page in Origin 2018.	Define the region to export or copy page

Text Labels & Legends

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-14873	Better Hint and Examples in Update Legend dialog.	Better Hint and Examples in Update Legend dialog
ORG-15781	Control Decimal Separator for Labels & Annotations at Graph Page Level.	Control Decimal Separator for Labels & Annotations at Graph Page Level	In the past, this is a global control in Tools: Options dialog so user can not set different graph windows differently.
ORG-15857	Customization symbol on left side of legend box.	Customization symbol on left side of legend box	Dumbell style line+symbol legend. Scaling factor of symbol size, line thickness to be different from plot symbol size and line thickness. Adjust the left part (legend symbol block) width and height.
ORG-16143	Easier way to turn on and off active dataset indicator (red frame) in Legend via:	Easier way to turn on and off active dataset indicator (red frame) in Legend	The red frame around plot part of legend is the activate dataset indicator. Analysis, etc. tools always work on active dataset by default. So it's useful to see it sometimes. The control to turn it on or off is hidden on Legends/Titles tab of Plot Details dialog in the past and hard to find.
ORG-15857	GUI to Customize Symbols in Legend.	GUI to Customize Symbols in Legend	Manually create a symbol+line legend entry with many customization options.
ORG-16248	Plot multiple line plots with colors mapped to a palette. Corresponding color scale shows in legend.	Plot multiple line with colors mapped to a palette and show color scale in legend	It was doable before Origin 2018 but needs a lot of steps. Plot: Multi-Y: ColorMap Line menu is added in Origin 2018 to quickly plot it. Easy to change palette.
ORG-15278	Simplify Categorical Values Legend Dialog.	Simplify Categorical Values Legend Dialog	The "Combine Elements Indexed by Same Column" checkbox is hidden and on so such elements will always show as combined in Legend. To bring back the old dialog, set system variable @LCC=1 and reopen the dialog.
ORG-16899	Symbol like legend for customized single point in line plot and line+symbol plot.	Symbol like legend for customized single point in line plot and line+symbol plot	Before Origin 2018, if user customized a single point in line graph, the symbol failed show in legend. If user customized a single point in line+symbol graph, the special point legend showed as line+symbol. In Origin 2018, both are supported. For line+symbol plot, if you want the single point legend show as line+symbol as before, set @lsl=0.
ORG-16486	Use One Legend Type Only and Auto Update	Use One Legend Type Only and Auto Update	Add a new menu option named Use One Legend Type Only and Auto Updateunder Legend context menu. When it's checked and select one type of legend in Legend context menu, all other types of entry will be deleted. When data point/data plot is added or deleted, the legend will be updated automatically.

Theme and Template

ID	JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
0	ORG-16973	Graph Theme support for Anti-Aliasing.	Graph Theme support for Anti-Aliasing	Before Origin 2018, there was Enable/Disable Anti-Aliasing toolbar button orpage.aa=1 property for user but it was tedious for user to do it for each graph. A built-in graph theme AntiAliasing.oth is added on Graph tab of Tools: ThemeOrganizer. User can apply it to existing graphs or set it as system theme for future graph creation.

Installation and Licensing

Compatibility/Upgrade

JIRA	SUMMARY	Description	DETAILS
ORG-15856	Miscellaneous:Stop shipping MOCA files	MOCA files are not shipped together with Origin 2018. Contact us if you need to build your MOCA DLL.	MOCA files are not shipped together with Origin 2018. If you need to build your MOCA DLL, please contact us: tech@originlab.com
ORG-16822	Miscellaneous:Warning when opening an opj which version is higher than your Origin	When opening an opj/opju which version is higher than your Origin, a smart hint will show.	Implemented in Origin 2018. When opening an opj/opju which version is higher than your Origin, a smart hint show The file was created in a higher Origin version. Some features may not be accessible. It is recommended to upgrade your Origin to work on the file.
ORG-16268	Option to bring over 2017 Workspace and toolbar layout to Origin 2018.	When launching Origin 2018 for the 1st time, a messagebox will ask whether to copy over Origin 2017 workspace and toolbar layout. It can be reactivated by View: Toolbars > Reinitialize button.	When launching Origin 2018 for the 1st time, after specifying User Files Folder, a messagebox asks user if he/she wants to copy over Origin 2017 workspace and toolbar layout. Alternately, the user can go to View: Toolbars, click Reinitialize button to see the message again.
ORG-16500	Options to Transfer 2017 User Files.	When launching Origin 2018 for the 1st time, a message box will ask whether to transfer User Files from Origin 2017. Alternatively, it can be done by Tools: Transfer User Files... later.	When launching Origin 2018 for the 1st time, a message box will popup asking user if they want to transfer User Files from Origin 2017. If "No" is chosen, the user can later choose Tools: Transfer User Files... to transfer them.

Nodelocked Licensing

ID

JIRA

SUMMARY

Description

DETAILS

0

ORG-16663

Easier nodelocked (single or group) Licensing.

The Product Key for Origin 2018 will be automatically pre-filled with the one from the Origin 2017 installation. Just click Activate button once to activate Origin 2018.

If user has valid Origin Maintenance, she/he can install 2018 with the same Serial number as Origin 2017 on the same PC as Origin 2017,

The Product Key for Origin 2018 will be automatically pre-filled with the one from the Origin 2017 installation. Just click Activate button once to activate Origin 2018.

Start-up

ID

JIRA

SUMMARY

Description

DETAILS

0

ORG-10565

If Origin crashes, it will restart with last Autosaved OPJ/OPJU loaded

Origin auto-saves the current OPJ/OPJU file every 12 minutes by default and if Origin crashes, it will restart with last Autosaved OPJ/OPJU loaded.

If an OPJ/OPJU file is opened and being worked on in Origin, it will be autosaved every 12 minutes by default and if Origin crashes, user can go to Autosave folder to find it.

In Origin 2018, if Origin crashes, it will restart with last Autosaved OPJ/OPJU loaded so user doesn't need to manually find it in Autosave folder.

Note:

If it happened that Origin crashes before 1st autosave happened, then the original OPJ/OPJU will be loaded.
If you have worked on a new project file but never saved it. It is called Untitled.opj Origin doesn't autosave Untitled.opj.
Old feature: User can control how often project is autosaved in Tools: Options dialog.

0

ORG-16500

Important Origin-related folders are no longer in version-specific subfolders.

User Files\AutoSave\Unsaved\License folders are no longer put into Origin version-specific subfolders making migration to future versions of Origin much easier.

The following folders are no longer put into Origin version-specific subfolders making migration to future versions of Origin much easier.

User Files\
AutoSave\
Unsaved\
License\

Miscellaneous

Origin Workspace

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-16217	App Central Dialog.	New App Center dialog	The new App Center dialog (keyboard shortcut F10) centralizes App discovery, installation, without having to leave Origin and open a web browser (unless you choose to learn more about selected Apps).
ORG-15895	Context menu to Hide Color List/Palettes and Show All to restore	Context menu to Hide Color List/Palettes and Show All to restore	Some of the color lists or color palettes may not apply to user. Then user can right click from the color list or palette list to hide it. Chose Show All to make hidden ones visible again. This also works for user-defined color list/palettes.
ORG-14339 S2	Export Graph...menu shows under File: Export: if there is graph floating or embedded on active sheet. for example:.	Export Graph...menu shows under File: Export	Origin 2018, if there is embedded graph in workbook, Export Graph... menu shows under File: Export: In previous versions of Origin, the user needs to double-click on a floating or embedded graph prior to exporting it.
ORG-15923	Graph Samples tab is restructured and allow selecting a specific Plot Type category as well as keyword searching.	Graph Samples tab allows selecting a specific Plot Type category as well as keyword searching
ORG-16727	Images in worksheet cells now be viewed as enlarged popups when running mouse over the cell.	View images in worksheet cells as enlarged popups when running mouse over the cell	For example, when mousing over the following cells, an enlarged popup image will be displayed. Sparklines cell. A cell with Embedded graph. A cell with Inserted Image from File. A System Variable @CET is used to control the behavior: @CET=0, use default size of 250x250 @CET=1 to 29, disable this feature @CET > 30 is user defined size in pixel, scaled by DPI scale factor
ORG-15843	Miscellaneous:Improve Find and Find in Files in Code Builder.	Improve Find and Find in Files in Code Builder	Support User Regular Expressions and Append results in Find in Files dialog of Code Builder.
ORG-15820	Remove the "Yes-No" confirmation dialog about saving changes to "Tools: Options" modifications.	Remove the "Yes-No" confirmation dialog about saving changes to "Tools: Options"	After you make modifications in the Options dialog (accessible from menu Tools: Options) and click "OK" button, the changes will be saved directly WITHOUT the dialog to confirm.
ORG-8699	Tooltip Improvements on Color related toolbars	Tooltip Improvements on Color related toolbars	When mousing over a single color block, HEX number and (R, G, B) show
ORG-15216	File: Export: As PDF File...menu added for worksheet	File: Export: As PDF File...menu added for worksheet	In Origin 2018, File: Export: As PDF File... menu is added. In previous versions of Origin, Export worksheet as PDF file is an option in File: Export: As Image File... dialog. But is not obvious.
ORG-17031	Insert non-keyboard Unicode characters similar to MS Word and other apps using 4-digit code and Alt+X keyboard combination.	Insert non-keyboard Unicode characters	To insert a character that is not supported by your keyboard, find the relevant 4-digit Unicode code via Google. Then, when in edit mode, type in the 4 digits and hit Alt+X to convert it to the actual character. Note: If the font for the location does not support the relevant character, it may not display properly even though the character is valid. This feature works in: Worksheet cells even if rich text isn't enabled. Axis titles, legend, and any regular text label on a graph. Many Origin dialogs that support text entry such as those related to axis title, legend, and text objects. Also dialog like the Find in Projects and others. Notes window.
ORG-16834	Miscellaneous:Reminder Message about saving OPJ as OPJU	Reminder Message about saving OPJ as OPJU	When user opens an OPJ file and later Save As, by default the format is OPJU, and we should open a reminder message box to inform them earlier version of Origin will not be able to open such files and allow Cancel, so file not saved.

Settings

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-17001	Access to the Character Map in Worksheet cell edit mode.	Access to the Character Map in Worksheet cell edit mode	Double click a cell to enter the edit mode. Ctr+M or right-click and choose Character Map to insert symbol into cell using the font specified for the cell. The benefit of this is that it allows actual Unicode characters to be inserted into Label rows, rather than codes used in previous versions of Origin. Hence, then the values in Label Rows are displayed elsewhere, those Unicode characters will be used.
ORG-16911	Miscellaneous:Allow graph object to be resized programmatically when horizontal and vertical movement is prohibited in Object Properties dialog.	Allow graph object to be resized programmatically	Set system var @RRNM=1 to allow resizing when Disable Horizontal or Vertical Movement bits are set. (default is 0).
ORG-16635	Increase the Maximum Undo times to 100.	Increase the Maximum Undo times to 100.	In Origin 2018, the default maximum number of Undos is set to 100. Before Origin 2018, it was 10 times. Corresponding system variable: @UN.

Programming

Labtalk

JIRA	SUMMARY	DESCRIPTION	DETAILS
ORG-14339 S3	Improve LabTalk script to support exporting specified embedded graph(s) or graph sheet(s) during batch processing via Script After Each Process in Batch Processing dialog.	Support exporting specified embedded graph(s) or graph sheet(s) during batch processing	Example scripts: //To export a graph sheet with sheet name: Graph1 expGraph type:=pdf overwrite:=rename export:=specified page:=Graph1!; //To export a graph sheet with is the 5th sheet expGraph type:=pdf overwrite:=rename export:=specified page:=5!; //To export embedded graph in result sheet by graph short and long name expGraph type:=pdf overwrite:=rename export:=specified pages:="FitLine - Linear Fit"; //To export embedded graph in FitLinear result sheet by graph short name expGraph type:=pdf overwrite:=rename export:=specified pages:=FitLine; //To export embedded graph in worksheet cell expGraph type:=png filename:="<long name>" export:=specified page:=col(A)[3]; //To export multiple graph cells or floating graph expGraph type:=pdf overwrite:=rename page:=2!; //sheet index
ORG-16492	Labtalk: Better LabTalk access to plotting X-functions.	Better LabTalk access to plotting X-functions	The X-functions below can be run via LabTalk to create graphs. plot_paretobin plot_paretoraw plot_gboxindexed plot_windrose plot_gindexed plot_lineser plot_kde2 plot_prob plot_matrix For example: plot_gboxindexed irng:=col(A) group:=col(B) theme:="test";
ORG-16863	Labtalk: Diff() function supports padding in the begin or end of range.	Diff() function supports padding in the begin or end of range	Add optional argument to current function: vec Diff(vec[,n]) //support length of vector is N where n can be 0 default, output vector length is N-1 1, pad 0 at the end, output vector length is N 2, pad 0 at the beginning, output vector length is N 3, 1st value in v, diff(v,0), last value in v, output vector length is N+1 For example: Suppose there are 10 rows in column A and Set Column Values of B as diff(A) – returns 9 numbers. No value in last row. diff(A,1) – returns 10 numbers. 0 at the end. diff(A,2) – returns 10 numbers. 0 at the beginning. diff(A,3) – returns 11 numbers. The begin and ending values are original begin and ending values in A. In between are diff(A) values .
ORG-17184	Labtalk: LabTalk Command to convert OriginC C and CPP files to become OCZ for distribution.	LabTalk Command to convert OriginC and CPP files to become OCZ for distribution	Syntax for the conversion command is is file -ocz password srcpath destination; srcpath can have wildcard in file name, and in this case destination must be a folder location and destination files will use source file name and extension changed to OCZ. password must be between 2 to 20 characters and space is now allowed. The Message Log will list each successful conversion and indicate at the end as "Done!" or "Failed!". If any errors occur, they will be displayed in a Messagebox. For example: file -ocz junk "%YOriginC\*.c??" "%Yabc" file -ocz "aB12#$" "%YOriginc\test.c" "%Yjunk.ocz"
ORG-16384	Labtalk: LabTalk Function for Data Range of Plot	LabTalk Function for Data Range of Plot	Add a new LabTalk function to get the data range of a plot in graph. Syntax: dataset plotdata(index, designation, x = 0, y = 0) //x&y refers to panel index. Also, two new LabTalk functions added to get the first point and last point of a plot. Syntax: double FirstPoint(vector vec); double LastPoint(vector vec);
ORG-16451	Labtalk: LabTalk Save command updated to support new file format	LabTalk Save command updated to support new file format	save -i filename; //Save the active worksheet, graph, or matrix window to a file with new file format, file extension will be *ogwu, oggu, ogmu* save -ij filename; //Save the active worksheet, graph, or matrix window to a file with old file format, file extension will be *ogw, ogg, ogm* save -ik filename; //Save the active workbook as analysis template with the extension of ogwu save -ikj filename; //Save the active workbook as analysis template with the extension of ogw save -t windowName filename; //Save windowName into a graph or worksheet template with new file format, fill extension will be otpu for Graph, otwu for Worksheet save -tj windowName filename; //Save windowName into a graph or worksheet template with old file format, fill extension will be otp for Graph, otw for Worksheet save -di/-di1 filename; //Save the project as new file format with the extension of opju save -dij filename; //Save the project as old file format with the extension of opj Also, use option X to Save With Format Determined From Supplied File Extension. Following switches are supported, -ix, -tx, -dix. For example, save -DIX %yMyProject.opj; //saves the project in the opj format with the name MyProject.opj save -DIX %yMyProject.opju; //saves the project in the opju format with the name MyProject.opju save -DIX %yMyProject; //saves the project in the opju format with the name M
ORG-16178	Labtalk: New X-Function wcellfmt added to set format of selected worksheet cells.	New X-Function wcellfmt added to set format of selected worksheet cells	Run wcellfmt -h; in Script window to see Help and examples. For example: The following example first uses wxt x-function to select all rows with B>0 and then set the fill color of the selected cells to green.
ORG-16434	Labtalk: Option to let graph source always plot all Y columns in worksheet.	Option to let graph source always plot all Y columns in worksheet	With graph window active, run layer.group1.AllCols=1; in Script Window. Then all Y data in the worksheet will be plotted and, as Y columns are added or deleted, they will be removed/added to the graph. Note: This only applies to worksheet with XYYY... plot designation.
ORG-15966	Labtalk: Support -mfph switch for LabTalk Create command to create a hidden matrix from 2D loose datasets for 3D parametric function plot.	Support to create a hidden matrix from 2D loose datasets for 3D parametric function plot	For example: create myx -fp2 50 u 0 1 50 0 1; create myy -fp2 50 1 0 1 50 0 1; create myz -fp2 50 v 0 1 50 0 1; create FuncRight -mfph myz myx myy "u,v";
ORG-16463	Miscellaneous: LabTalk and OriginC string functions can now operate on UTF-8 encoded strings.	LabTalk and OriginC string functions can now operate on UTF-8 encoded strings	Origin 2018 is Unicode-based with UTF-8 as the encoding method. For details on how this changes both LabTalk and OriginC text string processing functions, see this blog post: http://blog.originlab.com/programming/labtalk-and-originc-changes-due-to-unicode-support-in-origin-2018

Origin C

ID

JIRA

SUMMARY

DESCRIPTION

DETAILS

0

ORG-16655

HTML: Provide format option to convert variables in OC to string in html

Provide format option to convert variables in OriginC to string in html

Add a parameter in JSON.ToString( ), which converts variables in OC to string in html with full precision, to specify format

struct TestObj{
float ff;
double dd;
string str;
};
 
void test_json()
{
    TestObj obj;
    obj.ff = 1.234567890123456789;
    obj.dd = 1.234567890123456789;
    obj.str = "3.1415926";
    string strJSON1, strJSON2;
    OCJSONToString params;
    params.szFloatFmt = ".2";
    JSON.ToString(obj, strJSON1);
    JSON.ToString(obj, strJSON2, &params);
}

0

ORG-16875

HTML:Change the z-index of controls

Change the z-index of controls

Enable popping up a message in an HTML dialog, it should be on top of graph control . Download the zip file below to see the sample codes

Alert on graph.zip

0

ORG-16896

HTML:HTML dialog support IE version checking

HTML dialog support IE version checking

All HTML dialog and HTML based App support IE version checking to avoid Javascript errors when IE Ver < 9

0

ORG-16873

HTML:Show icon in the title bar of app dialog

Show icon in the title bar of app dialog

Two new member functions are added to OC Window class:

HICON Window::SetIcon(HICON hIcon, BOOL bBigIcon = FALSE);
HICON Window::GetIcon(BOOL bBigIcon = FALSE);

A new util function is also added to make it easier to set the icon from given icon file:

HICON set_window_icon_from_file(HWND hWnd, LPCSTR szIconPath)

See below for the example of setting the icon of the HTML app dialog:

BOOL CMyHTMLDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
    HTMLDlg::OnInitDialog(); // Call base class.
     
    string strIconPath = __FILE__;
    strIconPath = GetFilePath(strIconPath) + "test.ico";
    set_window_icon_from_file(GetSafeHwnd(), strIconPath);
    return TRUE
}

0

ORG-15977

OC: Add rgb calculation functions to OC

Add rgb calculation functions to OriginC

Add two OC functions RGBtoHSL() and HSLtoRGB() to convert RGB to HSL and HSL to RGB

0

ORG-17258

OC: Additional dialog-related Win API functions

Additional dialog-related Win API functions

Support added for flashing dialog title bar, etc via the functions FlashWindowEx() and FlashWindow().

For example:

FLASHWINFO st;
st.cbSize = sizeof(st);
st.hwnd = s_pMyDlg->GetSafeHwnd();
st.dwFlags = FLASHW_CAPTION;
st.uCount = 3;
st.dwTimeout = 0;
 
FlashWindowEx(&st);{code}

EVENTS_BEGIN_DERIV(HTMLDlg)
    // Others events.
    OnActivate(OnActivate)
EVENTS_END_DERIV
 
BOOL OnInitDialog()
{
    HTMLDlg::OnInitDialog();
 
    HWND hwnd = GetSafeHwnd();
 
    // Add WS_EX_LAYERED to this window style.
    SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE) | WS_EX_LAYERED);
 
    // Make this window 60% alpha.
    SetLayeredWindowAttributes(hwnd, 0, (255 * 60) / 100, LWA_ALPHA);
 
    return TRUE;
}
 
void OnActivate(UINT nState, HWND hwndOther, BOOL bMinimized)
{
    HWND hwnd = GetSafeHwnd();
 
    if( WA_INACTIVE != nState )
    {
        // Window activated.
         
        // Remove WS_EX_LAYERED from this window style.
        SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE) & ~WS_EX_LAYERED);
 
        // Ask the window and its children to repaint.
        // Comment out if dialog flickers.
        RedrawWindow(hwnd, NULL, NULL, RDW_ERASE | RDW_INVALIDATE | RDW_FRAME | RDW_ALLCHILDREN);
    }
    else
    {
        // Window de-activated.
 
        // Add WS_EX_LAYERED to this window style.
        SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE) | WS_EX_LAYERED);
 
        // Make this window 60% alpha.
        SetLayeredWindowAttributes(hwnd, 0, (255 * 60) / 100, LWA_ALPHA);
    }
}

0

ORG-15813

OC: Code Builder Should Handle UTF-8 files

Code Builder Should Handle UTF-8 files

Now Code Builder is able to handle UTF-8 files - loading, editing, saving, and debugging.

0

ORG-17138

OC: CreateGraphObject() provides an option to replace existing

CreateGraphObject() provides an option to replace existing

Add a bit, GROBJ_REPLACE_EXISTING,for CreateGraphObject() to replace existing

void aa(double xx, int nColor, string strName = "line")
{
    GraphLayer gly = Project.ActiveLayer();
    GraphObject goLine = gly.CreateGraphObject(GROT_LINE, strName, GROBJ_REPLACE_EXISTING);
    goLine.SetProp("attach", 2);
    goLine.SetProp("direction", 2);//vertical
    goLine.SetProp("x1", xx);
    goLine.SetProp("y1", 2);
    goLine.SetProp("y2", 8);
    goLine.SetProp("color", nColor);
    goLine.SetProp("arrowEndShape",1);
}

0

ORG-16124

OC: DynaControl to Allow Multiple Controls in One Row

DynaControl to Allow Multiple Controls in One Row

#include <GetNbox.h>
void GetNBoxMultiColumn()
{
    GETN_TREE(tr)
    //1 col
    GETN_BEGIN_BRANCH(PartImp0, "Branch0")  
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save Temp Files Save Temp Files Save Temp Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save X Files Save X Files Save X Files Save X Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save Y Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save ABC Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save CDE Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save Junk Files", false)
    GETN_END_BRANCH(PartImp0)
 
 
    //2 columns
    GETN_BEGIN_BRANCH(PartImp, "Branch1 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++")   GETN_MULTI_COLS_BRANCH(2, 0)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save Temp Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save X Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save Y Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save ABC Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save CDE Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save Junk Files", false)
    GETN_END_BRANCH(PartImp)
     
    //1 column
    GETN_BEGIN_BRANCH(PartImp2, "Branch2")
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save Temp Files Save Temp Files Save Temp Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save X Files Save X Files Save X Files Save X Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save Y Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save ABC Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save CDE Files", false)
    GETN_CHECK(Save, "Save Junk Files", false)
    GETN_END_BRANCH(PartImp2)
 
    //3 columns
    GETN_BEGIN_BRANCH(PartImp6, "Branch6")
    GETN_BEGIN_BRANCH(PartImp5, "Branch5 **********************************************************************************************") GETN_MULTI_COLS_BRANCH(3, 0)
    GETN_COLOR(FitCurveColor, "Fit Curve\n color", 1)
    GETN_COLOR(FitCurveColor, "Fit  color", 1)
    GETN_COLOR(FitCurveColor, "Fit Curve\n color", 1)
    GETN_COLOR(FitCurveColor, "Fit color", 1)
    GETN_COLOR(FitCurveColor, "Fit Curve\n color", 1)
    GETN_COLOR(FitCurveColor, "Fit  color", 1)
    GETN_END_BRANCH(PartImp5)
    GETN_END_BRANCH(PartImp6)
 
    //3 columns
    GETN_BEGIN_BRANCH(PartImp7, "Branch7 *************************************************************************************************") GETN_MULTI_COLS_BRANCH(3, 0)
    GETN_STR(FitCurveColor, "Fit Curve\n color", "STR1")
    GETN_STR(FitCurveColor, "Fit  color", "STR1")
    GETN_STR(FitCurveColor, "Fit Curve\n color", "STR1")
    GETN_STR(FitCurveColor, "Fit color", "STR1")
    GETN_STR(FitCurveColor, "Fit Curve\n color", "STR1")
    GETN_STR(FitCurveColor, "Fit  color", "STR1")
    GETN_END_BRANCH(PartImp7)
 
 
    GETN_BEGIN_BRANCH(PartImp8, "Branch8 ") GETN_MULTI_COLS_BRANCH(2, 0)
    GETN_STR(FitCurveColor, "Fit Curve\n color", "STR1")
    GETN_STR(FitCurveColor, "Fit  color", "STR1")
    GETN_STR(FitCurveColor, "Fit Curve\n color", "STR1")
    GETN_STR(FitCurveColor, "Fit color", "STR1")
    GETN_STR(FitCurveColor, "Fit Curve\n color", "STR1")
    GETN_STR(FitCurveColor, "Fit  color", "STR1")
    GETN_END_BRANCH(PartImp8)
    if( GetNBox(tr, "Get Path", NULL, NULL, NULL) )
        out_tree(tr);
}

0

ORG-16946

OC: OC to provide access to LabTalk LT properties on OriginObject

OriginC to provide access to LabTalk LT properties on Origin Object

2018 will have general OC access to all the LT properties, this will include GraphObject, Column, Worksheet, etc

cc()
{
    vector<double> vPos;
    vector<int> vColor;
    int n=0;
    GraphLayer gly = Project.ActiveLayer();
    if( gly.IsValid() )
    {
        vector<double> xx;
        foreach (GraphObject go in gly.GraphObjects)
        {
            if(go.GetName().Left(4)=="Line")
            {
                vColor.Add(go.GetProp("color"));//color is integeter, can directly return
                double xPos=0;
                go.GetProp("x1",&xPos);
                vPos.Add(xPos);
                n++;
            }
        }
    }
    return n;
}

0

ORG-15812

OC: Origin C compiler Must Handle UTF-8 Source Files

Origin C compiler Must Handle UTF-8 Source Files

In Origin 2018, we support executing UTF-8 files in Code Builder.

1. All code files (*.c, *.ogs etc.) Origin ships (so it is placed EXE folder) is kept as ANSI.
2. When create a new empty code file, it is also ANSI. However, when saving, we will pop up msg to ask to if save as Unicode when Unicode characters appear.

This file contains characters in Unicode format which will be lost if you save it as an ANSI encoded file.
Click Yes to save as Unicode (UTF-8) encoding format.
Click No to save as ANSI.

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ORG-16836

OC: Provide function to get the short description name of DataRange

Provide function to get the short description name of DataRange

Function below is added

BOOL    DataObject::GetCustomEscapedString(string& str, LPCSTR lpcszCustom);
BOOL    DatasetObject::GetCustomEscapedString(string& str, LPCSTR lpcszCustom); /// for loose dataset

void test_GetCustomEscapedString()
{
    Worksheet wks = Project.ActiveLayer();
    XYRange dr;
    dr.Add(wks, 0, "X");
    dr.Add(wks, 1, "Y");
     
    Column colY;
    dr.GetYColumn(colY);
     
    string str1, str2;
    colY.GetCustomEscapedString(str2, "@U"); /// Longname & Unit
}