Origin 2024b Features

ORG-27166

3D Graph with Double Z Axis

Multiple 3D graphs with double Z axis (left and right Z axis)

For multiple 3D plots (surface, scatter, bar) in one graph, give option to plot against left or right Z axis.

• Use the plot’s Mini Toolbar to plot against Left or Right axis.

• Use Display tab in Plot Details dialog.

ORG-28362

3D XYZ Floating Bar

The support added is similar to the 3D Stacked Bar with X, Y, and multiple Z data. The bar is from one Z to another Z, with the logic being similar to that of the 2D Floating Bar.

1. Added 3D Floating Bar after 3D 100% stacked bars in Plot menu.

2. Support added for Bar Shape option. For partial pyramid and partial cone, maximum bar length is considered to be full.

3. For the label, Bottom is the start position and Top is the end position.

ORG-28458

Hierarchical Edge Bundling

Support added for Hierarchical Edge Bundling .

In Plot menu, see Categorical: Hierarchical Edge Bundling.

When 1st plot in layer is Hierarchical Edge Bundling, an Edge Bundling button has been added to the layer level, allowing for customization of the Highlight Mode.

ORG-28639

Streamlines

Streamline is now supported with matrix data.

With Matrix window active, choose Plot: Specialized to see the new graph types.

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ORG-28364

Update Legend on Plot Removal

Improvements made to legend updating when a plot is removed from graph.

In the past, when a plot is removed from graph, there was still a trace of it in the legend, requiring a manual refresh from the user (Ctrl+L) to update the legend.

In Origin 2024b, the legend automatically updates when a plot is removed from a graph. The corresponding Legend Update Mode in the Plot Details dialog has been updated to say Update when Adding/Removing.

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ORG-28598

Graph Long Name is shown in more places

The graph’s Long Name is shown in Merge Graph Windows dialog and Object Manager window (if it exists).

In the past, users could add a more descriptive Long Name for a graph but the Merge Graph Window and Object Manager would still show only the Short Name, which made it hard for user to identify the window.

In Origin 2024b, if there is Long Name for graph window it will show, otherwise the Short Name will show.

In Object Manager, users may right-click the top node to return this setting to Show Page Short Name.

ORG-28297

ORG-27217

ORG-27216

Plot graphs directly from Image window

The Plot menu is now available for image windows. This allows images to be directly plotted to a histogram, contour, heatmap, profile or 3D surface graphs.

Before Origin 2024b, users would need to convert image to matrix before plotting it.

In Origin 2024b, users can directly plot applicable graphs such as histogram, contour, etc. from image window.

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To plot a subregion, use the Rectangle, Circle, Polygon or Region toolbar button to draw the Region of Interest (ROI) on image, right-click on ROI, then choose Crop (or Create Linked Image to create a new image window of the subregion). Plot from there. Multiple ROIs are supported in image windows.

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ORG-27587

Browser Panel for plots from a multi-frame image window

1. Plot a histogram, contour, heatmap or image plot from image stack window

2. Click the Column Switching Browser Graph button from the page-level Mini Toolbar

3. For histograms from a multi-frame image or video, only 1 histogram is plotted by default. Click the down arrow on the left panel and choose All Frames from same image to load all frames on the left. Select multiple frames are supported.

ORG-28300

ORG-28461

Virtual Matrix XYZ titles automatically refer to the column label

When creating a plot with plotvm or plotmultivm, it will automatically set column label notation to refer to XYZ titles. For example, since %H means source sheet, the Long Name of the 1st column in the source sheet could be %(%@H, 1, L).

The notation can be edited directly or changed by the fly-out menu button of the plotVM dialog or Virtual Matrix Manager.

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A table of all string variables can be found here: https://www.originlab.com/doc/en/LabTalk/guide/String-registers

ORG-28263

Books and Sheets sorted in Batch Plotting dialog

Books and Sheets are listed alphabetically.

Before Origin 2024b, the matching books and sheets are listed by creation time in the middle panel of Batch Plotting dialog.

In Origin 2024b, sheets in the plot’s source workbook are listed on the top, followed by other matching sheets/books alphabetically.

ORG-28357

Online Templates for 2024b

Added more online templates for 2024b. You can get the latest online template by selecting menu Tools: Template Center.

Some of these templates include:

1. Clustered Scatter Plot

2. Time Series Explorer

3. Distribution+Box+Data

4. 3D Horizontal Floating Bar

ORG-28586

Support added for alignment of various objects to page (instead of layer)

Object Edit toolbar buttons now allow an to align a single object (text, graphic, etc.) relative to page

In Origin 2024, we enabled Object Edit toolbar buttons for single layer selection so that users can easily align a layer to center, left, right, top, and bottom relative to the whole page.

They are enabled for individual text, legend, and graphic objects as well in Origin 2024b so that users can easily align them relative to page.

E.g.: Add a text label to a graph. Select it and click the Vertical button. It will put the text to center of graph page. Clicking the Top button will align the text to top of the page.

Note: When multiple text, graphic objects, or layers are selected, the alignment will be based on the first object in the selection. E.g.: Select layer and then click a text object. Clicking Right button will align the text to right edge of layer.

ORG-28443

Edit Point options added for graph objects

Edit Point added to the Mini Toolbar and context menu, allowing users to easily adjust shapes

This applies to the following objects:

• polyline, curve, arc, lines by freehand drawing

• curved arrow

• irregular polygon & region

ORG-28209

Added an option for Triangle as Head and Tail of Color Scale

Arrow-like Color Scales can be made using a triangular Head and Tail.

Make sure Hide Head Level and Hide Tail Level are NOT checked, then users can go to the Layout tab to set head and tail to show as triangle and adjust triangle height.

Note: This only works for color scales when layout is set to Joined.

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ORG-28204

Data Annotation support added for images within a worksheet

Images found in a worksheet cell can now be used in the Data Annotation feature.

In previous versions, Data Annotation supports images only if they are contained in the Label metadata row (green)

In Origin2024b, images are also supported if they are in a worksheet cell (pink).

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ORG-28603

Data Point Tooltip now includes information from modifying column

If there are modifier columns in the plot (such as color, size etc.), the relevant information is shown in the tooltip.

The Data Point Tooltip dialog, which appears when hovering the mouse above a plotted data point, now includes information about the modifier column (only if there is a modifying column).

For example, for a color mapped bubble, the color column and size column contents is shown in the tooltip alongside the other Row and Column information.

ORG-28634

Ctrl+Drag certain objects now adds and moves a copy of the object

Ctrl+Drag a text, line, arrow, rectangle, circle, etc. to make a copy at new location, similar to MS Powerpoint

Hold down the Ctrl key and drag graphic objects to make a copy at the new location.

This also applies to annotation objects added for data points in graph.

Note: In older versions, after using annotation tool to add an annotation on a data point in graph, user could use Alt+Drag to move it to a new data point; or use Ctrl+Shift+Drag to make a new annotation to another data point. But it was kind of hidden and different from the usual hotkeys in other software.

ORG-28849

Improved readability of objects in Object Manager

Text objects and axes now display more information in Object Manager

In previous versions, only the program name of text objects and axis titles showed in Object Manager, which made it hard to locate a specific item in some cases.

Origin 2024b supports showing axis title and text contents in the Object Manager. This can be customized using System Variable @OMTL, which controls showing text contents or not and how many characters. For example:

• 0 = no contents shown.

• 10 = 1st 10 chars show.

The generic axis title object names e.g. Y Axis Title (YL) is shortened to YL Title

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Gray background denote objects that are out of the page frame so users can check what is being omitted and if should be included, etc.

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ORG-28748

Improvements for tooltips and substitution

A number of features have been added to better support custom labels, tooltips, and titles in plots and reports.

In Origin 2024b, we offer a more robust dialog to customize a variety of text objects related to graphing.

ORG-28365

Easily annotate Contour graphs

Added a button to the Mini Toolbar to annotate Min & Max Values when clicking on contour graph

ORG-28691

Easily invert axis scales

A Flip Axis button has been added to the Mini Toolbar to easily switch axes' From and To values

• Added Flip Axis Mini Toolbar button when clicking on axis

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• Added Flip button on the right of To value in Axis Scale mini dialog and Scale tab of Axis dialog

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ORG-28696

Droplines can now be specified by their Y value

Add specific drop line positions by with “y=…” or “x=…”

In the Drop Lines tab of the Plot Details dialog, users can specify drop line positions by either x or y value

E.g.:

• x=3.5 7.8

• y=3.5 7.8

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ORG-28628

Line plots now support arrows to show direction

The Line tab now contains an option to show arrows along a curve or line, indicating the direction of a plot.

On Lines tab in the Plot Details, Show Arrow checkbox has been added.

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Checking it will present an Arrow tab, which allows for further customization of the arrows.

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ORG-28444

Skip data points now available in 3D scatter graph

Added support to skip data points in 3D Scatter graphs.

This option can now be found in the Drop Lines tab of the Plot Details dialog. The controls are the same as the 2D Scatter graph, including Smart Skip.

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ORG-28047

3D Waterfall Fill Color Y-Value Colormapping

Map waterall plot’s fill color by Y values

In previous versions, Y-Value Color Mapping was only available in waterfall maps for the line color. In 2024b, support has been added for the fill color of waterfall plots to be mapped by Y values. This can be accessed via the Mini Toolbar: Fill Color: By Points: Y-Value: Color Mapping.

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ORG-28130

Added support to hide Sankey Link labels under a certain percentage

Sankey Link labels can now be hidden using the “Hide of Less than(%)” feature.

In Origin 2024b we have added an easier way to control which link labels are shown in Sankey diagrams. This option is Hide if Less than(%) and can be found in the Label tab of Plot Details.

ORG-28474

Arrow Center is Wrong for Symbol Shape

Add Auto to Length dropdown

Added “Auto” support for various graphic objects For the Cross, Rectangle and Circle arrow shapes, auto means follow width. For other shapes, auto means length=2*width. We can add such auto for line object arrow, arrow object, annotation leader line arrow, axis arrow, streamline arrow.

ORG-28400

Improved Data: Edit Range feature when working with any Stacked graph

Users can now select Data: Edit Range to apply changes to entire group in Stacked Column and Stacked Bar graphs.

When users edit the range for a stacked column or bar plot, a new popup message appears asking if the change should be applied to the group:
Stacked column/bar share same data range in group. Do you want to apply this change to whole group?

• Select Yes to apply a range setting to group.

• Select No to do nothing, as was the default in previous versions.
  This applies to all stacked column/bar plots, including polar and 3D coordinate.

ORG-28727

Hotkey/shortcut added for Fit Page to Layers

A new shortcut has been added. Ctrl+Shift+E now triggers Fit Page to Layers.

When users press Ctrl+Shift+E, the last-used settings of the Fit Page to Layer dialog will be used. (No dialog will appear.)

ORG-28684

Ctrl+Click now allows users to edit group members of a graph objects group

If multiple graph objects are group, individual group members can now be edited.

To edit individual group members, Ctrl+Click on one or more objects within the group. This allows edits to be made to only the selected objects within the group.

ORG-19671

Improvements made to Insert Plot to Layer feature

Users now have more control when inserting new plots to the active graph.

Insert: Plot to Layer now opens an Interactive Range Selector dialog.

Initially, any selection from the last active sheet will show in dialog.
To make a different selection, users can simply go to the target sheet and select the target column(s) or matrix object(s).
Users may also make more complex selections via the Layer Contents… button, including selections from multiple worksheets or matrices.

ORG-28327

Improvements to Share Axis Style option

In the Axis dialog’s “Show” tab, the Share Axis Style for All Axes checkbox has been replaced with a dropdown menu.

Users can choose between “Limited Style” (default) and “All Styles”, the latter of which will share all axis styles – as in the Common Display feature – except for Special Tick, Reference Line, Show/Hide settings, Tick Label and Axis Title.

ORG-28671

Mini Toolbar for grouped objects will now affect changes to each of the group members

Grouped graph objects of the same type can now have their individual settings changed in sync via the Mini Toolbar.

Changed settings are applied to all members of the group. This applies to objects such as text, shapes, lines, etc.

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ORG-26283

Support added for single-day X columns to show tick labels as time

If a column contains same-day date/time data, Origin 2024b now treats time as same-day when displaying X data.

The last tick now shows as 24:00, instead of 00:00.

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ORG-26911

Complete dropdown list of template categories

All template categories are now shown in:

1. Save Template As dialog

2. categories in drop-down when editing user-defined template in Template Library

When saving a template in Origin2024b, the dialog now lists all the categories of system templates found in the Plot menu’s left panel, from Basic 2D to Browser. (This does not include Function plot since we do not provide specific templates for function plot.)

Users can go to the Template Library to view user-defined templates and switch to list view. Right-clicking provides an option to edit. When editing, this dropdown list has also been updated to include all categories.

ORG-28651

Dialog improvement when building Pie charts

The popup dialog is now more helpful when trying to build a Pie chart or Doughnut plot with a single categorical column selected.

When users select one text column to create a Pie Chart (including 3D Pie) or Doughnut plot, we show the following error message:

This is meant to help the user understand that some counting (using a numeric column) must be done first. Once that is completed, the plot can be made.

ORG-26996

Improved functionality when editing Radius Axis of Polar Contour plots

The Radius Axis of Polar Contour plots can now be edited User wants the radius value to be increased towards the center. Simply switching the From and To values of the r axis now work.

In previous versions of Origin, a workaround was to add a new column of the reversed r values for the plot, then label the axis with 7.5 - x. Now users can simply switch the From and To values in the Axis Dialog’s scale tab.

ORG-28661

Fit Equation can now be displayed in Scatter Matrix

The Scatter Matrix dialog now has a checkbox for Fitting Equation that will display the equation for the linear fit line.

This can also be toggled from the Mini Toolbar.

We have added a Fitting Equation checkbox and Custom Fitting Equation editbox to the plot_matrix dialog. Note that this is only enabled when Linear Fit is active in Options branch.

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In previous versions, if the fitted curve was shown in the Graph Maker, the equation would be shown in a reference line label. If linear fit curve was selected in the Mini-Toolbar, the reference line label of this curve was set to fitting equation y = $(a0,-)$(a1,-+)*x as in the graph maker. If the label was shown for such a line, the equation would show.

ORG-28330

Tick Label display format for Date/Time data now follows the Column Format

When worksheet format is already set, tick label format of Date/Time data will follow the column’s display format.

When Tick Label format is a date or time, we have added Auto as the last option in Display. This feature follows the column display format. When creating a plot using a system template from the Plot menu or toolbar, and if there is Date/Time data, Origin2024b will use Auto as the default value for Display.

ORG-28325

Added a new syntax for Date/Time labels

The new syntax allows users to display Year/Month for the 1st Tick of the Year/Month

In the Custom Display editbox, “\n” will wrap tick labels and only show year or month on the first tick:

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Another addition is “%CRLF”, which makes a new line:

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There is also a Show Date for 1st Tick of the Date checkbox. This is so that, when a variable like hour, e.g., is used in Custom Display, it will wrap by day:

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ORG-28862

The default palettes now include a colorblind-friendly palette.

A new default palette makes it easy to prepare colorblind-accessible figures.

A new palette, ColorBlindSafe15, has been added, which includes 15 colors of varying lightnesses and hues.

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ORG-26947

Easily remove all locks from various scopes within a project

A new option in the Edit menu offers a quick way to remove operation locks.

After doing any analysis in Origin, the green lock shows by default in any output columns, matrices, or graphs so that when input is changed the corresponding output can update, and the user can click on it to change the parameters of analysis.

In previous versions, it was not possible to remove all of these locks at once.

In Origin 2024b, we have added the option in the Edit menu to “Remove Operations for” and allows the user to select (with a submenu) different scopes of removal. E.g.: Remove Operations for Active sheet, Active window, Active folder, Active folder (recursive), and Project.

Corresponding LabTalk command

run -aul 0; /// remove all operations in active layer (wks, matrix or graph)

run -aup 0; /// remove all operations in active page (wks, matrix or graph)

run -auo 0; /// remove all operations in curent folder (but not recursive)

run -auor 0; /// remove all operations in curent folder

this LT, include shortcut default,
if you don’t want no include shortcut, run the following
run -aud 0 0;
run -audr 0 0;
the last value in LT. if is other value. also include shortcut. like 1.

ORG-28793

Added a new button for inversion in some X-Functions

In the interp1xy and reducexy X-Functions, an inverse button has been added after the X End ‘Auto’ checkbox. It switches the values of X Start and X End.

ORG-28430

New Data Extraction Gadget

Data can easily be extracted from a graph by drawing ROIs using the Data Extraction Gadget

Accessible by menu selecting Gadget: Data Extraction, this new gadget allows various ROIs to be drawn and then outputs data in a user-specified manner. Features include:

• Support for different ROI shapes such as rectangle, oval, or an arbitrary shape.

• Ability to create multiple ROIs

• User can specify which plot(s) to extract data from

• Output data (from either the active or all ROIs) to a new sheet, or append rows/columns to an existing sheet

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ORG-28414

Updated Cluster Gadget’s Arbitrary Shape function

Arbitrary shapes in the Cluster Gadget now allows user to change the shape points via click-and-drag.

When using the Arbitrary Shape tool in the Cluster Gadget, users can click multiple times (or simply click Modify ROI button) to enter edit point mode for the current ROI. In this mode, anchor points may be adjusted via click-and-drag.

ORG-28217

Updated to a newer version of OpenCV (4.8.0)

Origin 2024b uses OpenCV 4.8.0. (upgraded from 4.5.2).

Several issues that we reported to OpenCV have been fixed, so we have upgraded.

ORG-28296

Time Series data can now be unstacked by time interval

New tools are available to reshape Date/Time data.

Choose menu Restructure: Unstack by Time Interval to open this new tool.

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• Supports Date/Time data.

• Available values for Time Interval are: Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour, and Minute.

• Users can specify the Start and End Value for each unstacked group. (Keep it empty to use the default settings.)

• Use the Additional Label Row(s) editbox to add user-defined labels with more time information in the output.

• Use the Output Date/Time Column Format to specify the output of date column of each unstacked group.

ORG-28821

Edit multiple defined name ranges

Support delete and change scope of multiple defined named ranges

Choose Data: Name Manager… to open the Name Manager dialog.

Select multiple names and right-click to bring up a new context menu. It supports:

• Delete to delete the selection

• Change Scope to and select either Sheet, Book, or Project

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ORG-28652

Improvements made to Transpose Worksheet feature

Empty column label/metadata rows are now trimmed when transposing worksheets.

If a user has a worksheet with column label rows filled and wants to transpose the worksheet, including all metadata rows, e.g. Long Name, Units, etc. user can

1. Menu select Reconstruct: Transpose…

2. Activate the checkbox “Exchange Label with Data” and set “Label Type” to All

Before Origin 2024b, empty column metadata rows would show as an empty column in output sheet. In Origin 2024b, empty column label rows are simply trimmed.

ORG-25539

Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) cells are now visually denoted

We have made it easier to find cells with DDE links.

When users copy data from an Excel file and paste it as a link into Origin worksheet cells, it is a Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) link.

In previous versions, if a user comes back to the workbook later on, it was difficult to tell which cells are DDE links to an Excel file.

In Origin 2024b, it is easier. With a workbook active:

• Select menu Edit: Edit Mode (Ctrl+Alt+B)

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  DDE links now display with a grey background.

• In the past, DDE Link only shows on Status bar when upper left cell of the copied range is clicked in Origin. In Origin 2024b, the DDE link shows no matter which cell is clicked in the range.

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ORG-25496

New feature added: Copy Mask Status

This new feature allows users to easily copy and paste the mask condition of some column(s) to other(s).

Copy Mask Status option in the context menu has been added for column selections to copy mask status and paste to destination column(s).

Simply right-click on a selection containing one or more column(s) with masked cells and choose Copy Columns to… from the context menu to open the X-Function dialog:

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With the above settings, only the mask status of each cell will be pasted to the user-selected destination columns.

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Note: The corresponding LabTalk script is colcopy orng:=[Book2]Sheet1!1:5 data:=0 mask:=1;

ORG-28425

Selection Comes Back Into View with Any Change

When user make any changes to an invisible selection, the selection will comes back into view

Select a cell in the sheet, then scroll to make the cell invisible. Try to type something, then Origin will auto scroll to make the cell visible. User can also try to copy, mask, fill data or click the formula bar, selection should come back into view.

ORG-28334

patternD Improvements

Improvements for the fill column with pattern date/time values tool

• Remove the Month and Year unit for the Time format as they are meaningless.

• Add Quarter unit for the Date format.

• Add Workday unit for both Date and Time format.

ORG-28200

Support real time drawing for graph object on workbook window

Support real time drawing for graph object in workbook

Active workbook, click the Rectangle toolbar button and try to drag a rectangle on the worksheet. In previous version, only a rectangle border is drawn. Now start from Origin 2024b, it will draw the real rectangle object on dragging like on graph window.

ORG-27231

SharePoint servers are now supported in the Connect to Web feature

Support has been added for connecting or opening files on a SharePoint server using the Connect to Web dialog.

This feature supports connecting to the following file types:

• CSV

• Excel

• Origin

• Matlab

• Shapefile

• N42

Support has also been added to open all file types that support D&D (drag-and-drop) import in Origin.

ORG-28339

JSON Connector now supports the JSON5 format

JSON Connector supports importing files in the JSON5 format.

The import method is the same as any JSON file.

ORG-26009

Cloud Data Connector Improvements

More information is now available via the Cloud Data Connector dialog regarding the file path and file ID.

New features include:

1. When connect to cloud, change data source will locate to imported file, and highlight it.

2. Right-clicking the file/folder in the cloud file browser now provides a context menu containing Copy Path and Copy File ID.

ORG-26001

Support added to scan and connect all files in a specified folder

The Auto Import menu now includes an On Folder Change option.

When the On Folder Change option is checked, if any file(s) are added or deleted within the current folder, Origin will automatically reimport all data in that folder.

ORG-28149

Update to newer CDF version 3.9.0

Updated CDF dll version to 3.9.0

We now support the import of CDF files up to 3.9.0.

ORG-28150

Udpate to newer HDF5 version 1.14.3

Updated HDF5 dll version to 1.14.3

We now support the import of HDF5 files up to 1.14.3.

ORG-28151

Update to newer NetCDF version 4.9.2

Updated NetCDF dll version to 4.9.2.

We now support the import of NetCDF files up to 4.9.2.

ORG-28152

Update to newer Matlab version 1.5.26

Updated Matlab dll version to 1.5.26

We now support the import of MATLAB files up to 1.5.26

ORG-28197

Update to newer SPSS SAV version 28.0.1

Updated SPSS SAV dll version to 28.0.1

We now support the import of SPSS file up to 28.0.1

ORG-28726

Improve speed of netCDF Connector

Improved import speed for NetCDF Connector.

Speed improvements have been added for the import of NetCDF files with many matrix objects.

ORG-23841

Support added to save Project Files in Cloud

Project files can now be opened from and saved to the cloud.

Some notes:

• If a project on a cloud is opened by another instance, then show Attention dialog, and not open this project again.

• If a project on a cloud is locked or checked out, then an Attention dialog shows for user to decide whether they would like to open it as read-only or not.

  • Choose yes to open as read-only.

  • Choose no to attempt an unlocked / checking in of this project.

    • If when unlocked/checked in successfully, then open it normally;

    • otherwise, a message displays “This file can not be unlocked/checked in. It is opened as read-only.”, and opens as read-only.

ORG-28166

LabTalk addition: “Connect by Duplicate”