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WinList 5.0 Updates and Service Packs

WinList 6.0 is a major version update with many new features and enhancements. 

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WinList 5.0 Service Pack 4

A new HyperLog transform for displaying negative and positive compensated log data has been added. The option can be enabled in the Advanced section of the Compensation toolbox. With the option enabled, events that become zero or negative as a result of compensation can be visualized and analyzed. (12Aug2003)

The Compensation toolbox now has a simple and advanced view. The advanced view is displayed when the "More >>" button on the toobox is clicked. This view contains most of the checkbox options and the Advice button. Click the "Less <<" button to restore the simple view. (19Aug2003)

The Create Region Array command in the Create menu has been enhanced. When this command is selected and a 1P histogram containing an FCOM parameter is active, a new checkbox will appear in the Create Region Array dialog. Enabling this checkbox will allow you to automatically generate an array of regions with aliases that describe the FCOM peaks. You can also enable these regions for Color Event gating.

The program now provides better accuracy for all routines that use the log function. (28Aug2003)

Histograms now feature an improved axis display, including axis and grid line weight preference as well as quantitation axes. (27Aug2003)

A "software battery" usage system that allows the program to run in a metered use mode has been added. The system is designed for users who have a limited project or want to try the program for a limited time. (26Sep2003)

The PC version now supports drag-and-drop of data files onto a datasource window. When you drop listmode files on a datasource, WinList will automatically create a batch with those files. If files are already in the batch, the program will ask whether you want to append the files to the batch or make a new batch. (10Sep2003)

Protocols now save a list of files in your batch, if you have created a batch. When the protocol is opened, the original batch will be reconstructed. (12Aug2003)

A new batch toolbar with VCR-like controls is now displayed at the bottom of the application window when you have selected more than one file or created a batch of files. The toolbar provides easy navigation through the batch, as well as automatic advancing. You can select a macro to run after each batch item is read, as well as choose various print options. (12Aug2003)

Additional keyboard shortcuts have been added for batch processing. The Right arrow and Up arrow will advance to the next batch item. The Left arrow and Down arrow will move to the previous batch item. (12Aug2003)

The Hi-Res Options dialog in Edit Datasource and in Preferences has been renamed and made more general. It is now named Linear-to-Log Options. It can be used to convert any linear parameters in listmode files to log for display and analysis. The Linear-to-Log preference dialog now allows you to specify by name the parameters to convert to log. Previously, parameters were specified by parameter number. (8Aug2003)

Color density on 2p histograms has been revised to provide better gradations in color. The maximum number of density levels has been increased to 40. An additional property allows you to control density enhancement, which can emphasize small or large populations. (15Apr2003)

The NStat region now supports an Import function that allows its X-axis partitions to be defined by a text file import. This feature was designed to allow partition information from ModFit LT's Proliferation Wizard to be imported, and allow gating regions to be defined based on the Prolif Wizard's analysis. To use the feature, first create an NStat with the same number of columns as the number of generations in the Prolif Wizard. Then, right-click on the NStat label and choose Edit Properties. In the Edit Properties dialog, choose Import and select the file created by ModFit LT's Prolif Wizard. ModFit LT must have a build date of 4-April-2003 or later to support this feature. (4Apr2003)

Added trig functions for calculated expressions. The new functions are FSIN (sine), FCOS (cosine), FTAN (tangent), FCTN (cotangent), FASN (arcsine), FACS (arccosine), FATN (arctangent), and FACN (arccotangent). See Add Parameters for details on these new functions. (30Oct2003)

If compensation is active and a data file is opened that contains a different number of parameters than the current file, the program displays an alert dialog and disables compensation. (3Nov2003)

The 3D version of WinList on the PC now features 2 additional display options for 3-parameter data. In addition to the cloud-cluster display, the viewer can display data as 3D dots or 3D spheres. Additional properties have been added to control the size and number of dots or spheres. (7Nov2003)

Added 2 properties to Miscellaneous Preferences which determine what keywords will be evaluated for the "Choose Dataset" dialog box that appears for FCS files with multiple datasets. This allows the user to customize the keywords that are used to describe each dataset when making a selection. (30Sep2003)

The registration dialog now displays a confirmation dialog when a valid unlock code is entered. (26Mar2003)

Bug fix: Corrected function of Get Previous Batch command when processing multiple datasource batches. (2Jul2003, VI 1099)

Bug fix: Under some circumstances, regions were not reassigned to the correct histogram during protocol playback or loading a region file. (9May2003, ML)

Bug fix: Corrected problem in PC version with macros that set up Remote links. In some cases, the macro would stop processing and/or not apply all macro commands correctly to the Edit Remote dialog. (NP, 25Apr2003)

Bug fix: Corrected problem saving gated datasource in tab-delimited format. The selected gate was not applied, resulting in an ungated output file. (22Apr2003, VI 1089)

Bug fix: Corrected problem when color density, contours, and outlier dots were enabled at the same time. With these options selected, the program now turns off the outlier dot options, and draws contours with dot density. (9Apr2003, VI 1087)

Bug fix: The Save option in the Edit Spots dialog now works correctly.

Bug fix: Macros can again record movement and creation of regions. (17Sep2003)

Bug fix: Added protection on Mac for displaying database viewer with more than 50 records. The application displays a message recommending that the viewer be closed and offers to close the viewer for the user. (30Oct2003) 

Bug fix: Corrected a problem with 3D version on Windows platform in which the program could stop responding when the 3D scene is spinning and a mouse action is performed. (5Nov2003)

Bug fix: When saving a data source as a new file (File->Save->Data Source), the program did not correctly export in text format in some circumstances. The column header was not written correctly. This has been corrected.

Bug fix: The median and mode of a region containing no events is now set to zero. Previous versions reported an interpolated value based on the region's boundaries. (25Nov2003)

WinList 5.0 Service Pack 3

This version adds some significant enhancements and bug fixes.

The program now supports up to 32-bit resolution data. Hi-resolution data files from Becton Dickinson Bioscience LSR and FACSDiva instruments and from Beckman Coulter FC500 have been tested successfully. See the topic Understanding Hi-res Data Files for further details. 

WinList now reads floating point listmode data. This data type can be created by some Becton Dickinson Bioscience and Guava Technologies products. WinList rounds the floating point values to 16-bit integer values for display and analysis.

2P graphics now provide an option to show "outlier dots " with contours. The program draws any dots that fall outside the boundaries of the first contour with this option enabled.

2P contour graphics now allow you to select a "base contour" level. This defines the area of the lowest probability contour, from 90-99%. 

Improved 2P dot plot display to provide higher resolution placement and dithering of dots, regardless of histogram resolution. 

The N-Color compensation system can now compute and display the effects of digital error on data files. The display appears 2P displays when enabled in the Compensation Toolbox.

New editing features allow visualization and fine-tuning of compensation settings.

WinList now allows normalization of listmode data, with special options in the Compensation Toolbox. 

A new command, Change Macro Paths in the Macro menu, simplifies moving macros and protocols to a new pathway or computer.

A new Results preferences, Use ADC Resolution, allows WinList to display and analyze all linear parameters at the native, ADC resolution, even if the histogram resolution is less. This allows histograms to use reasonable internal resolutions of 64-256 channels while providing full resolution for display and analysis.

The Edit Properties for Region dialog now contains an option that controls whether a region can be deleted or not. The option, Allow delete, is normally enabled, but can be disabled for regions you want to protect from accidental deletion. 

1P regions now resize more easily, regardless of the position of the region label. 

Graphics copied and pasted into other applications no longer draw the border.

A new region preference allows you to choose the default alias for regions. This feature makes it easy to display percentages of QuadStats and NStats directly on the histograms. Choose either "Region name" or "Percent of gate" from a list in the Regions branch of the Preferences dialog. New regions will use this alias. The Reset Alias button in the Edit Region List dialog will use the preference setting to initialize existing region aliases. Opening region files and protocols will apply stored region aliases to the regions. 

Create Region Array now allows decimal values to be entered for locations and sizes of regions. 

Several new options have been added to the Window Arrange All menu to align windows in a single column (vertically) or a single row (horizontally). The logic for tiling of histogram windows has been revised to keep histograms more square.

Linear axis labels will now automatically switch to number tic labels that are X 100 or X 1000 when labels exceed 10000 or 100000 respectively. This is indicated with text that appears next to the axis.

The Edit Trace dialog now allows 4 decimal places in each item.

The histogram name is now added as a keyword for remote DDE connection on the PC platform. This allows the remote app to differentiate DDE data from different histograms in the same file. (10Dec2002)

Added support for FCS files with multiple datasets, e.g. Beckman Coulter's FC500, Guava Technologies. When WinList detects a multiple dataset file, it displays a dialog to allow the user to select the dataset of interest for analysis. 

FC 500 files now display the $PnS keyword for parameter names. (4Dec2002)

Added keyword [DEFAULTPATH], which returns the protocol pathway. 

Added keyboard shortcut to close all windows. On PC, Ctrl-W. On Mac, Apple-W. 

Revisions have been made to the compensation system to improve the reproducibility of statistical results.

Revisions have been made in calculated parameter expressions to scale all parameters to a common resolution. Whenever a parameter is references in a calculated expression, it is transformed to a floating point scale ranging from 0.0 to 1023.0. This change may require edits to previously written calculated parameter expressions. The benefits of the change are that calculated expressions can be applied to data files with different parameter resolutions, and all parameters can be displayed on scale. 

Save Datasource and Save Histogram no longer overwrite $SYS keyword from original file. Instead a new keyword, RESAVED_BY, is added with the WinList signature.

The MultiGraph selection listbox now shows the datasource and histogram IDs, as well as the descriptive names.

Bug fix: Corrected byte swap problem in reading files created by Summit Software. Previously, files would read but not display or analyze correctly. 

Bug fix: On macro playback on the PC, the file selection dialog did not correctly select a network path if it was in UNC format.

Bug fix: Long data source filenames could create unexpected behavior with MultiGraph elements. In some cases, histogram axes would not display in the MultiGraph. 

Bug fix: When the program automatically allocated memory for additional regions beyond the initial protocol settings, it was possible to create a region with a duplicate name and ID. In most cases, two regions would appear to be R32. Corrected. 

Bug fix: Regions can be reassigned when protocol plays back, e.g. R4 assigned to R5. The problem could occur if regions were deleted and re-created before the protocol was saved. This has been corrected. 

Bug fix: Protocols with calculated parameters could appear to hang if WinList’s logging options was enabled. This problem has been corrected. 

Bug fix: Macro playback could produce inconsistent layouts, with some windows positioned incorrectly and some gates not assigned. This problem relates to some internal timing that allowed the macro to process the next step before the current step completed. It has been corrected. 

Bug fix: Remote connections on the PC displayed pasted pictures even after the connection was terminated. Now, any pasted picture is deleted before the remote connection is updated. 

Bug fix: The PC version now correctly handles remote POKE command with keywords for the optional 3rd argument. (VI1054)

Bug fix: 2p regions did not correctly show resize handles on protocol playback.

Bug fix: In previous versions, if data source windows were positioned off the left or top of the WinList workspace, or if histogram windows were positioned off the left or top of the data source, protocols would not correctly encode the position of the windows. On playback, the affected windows would not appear on the screen. The save protocol logic has been corrected to ensure that windows are not stored in an illegal location.

Bug fix: Macro playback of SetPath command now changes the file filter correctly.

Bug fix: The program now chooses $PnS keywords for parameter names for Diva files.

Bug fix: Corrected problem with reading compensation files cross-platform. Resave existing compensation files with the new version to upgrade them to the new cross platform format.

Bug fix: Protocols with 1P regions could position the regions slightly differently on different computers. Corrected. 

Protocol macros now pause if a data file used by the macro cannot be found.

WinList 5.0 Service Pack 2

This version adds some significant enhancements to regions, making them easier to use.

MAJOR CHANGE: A new Create menu option, Enable Region Creation, has been added. There is an associated button on the toolbar. In order to create regions, you must enable this menu option (or toolbar button). When the menu is checked, new regions can be created. When unchecked, region cannot be created. In either mode, existing regions can be moved, sized, and edited.

2P regions have an addition property that controls whether the resizing handles will appear. By default, the handles will NOT be displayed. You can change the property using the Edit Properties dialog for the region, or by choosing "Show resize handles" from the right-button popup menu. On the Mac, the right-button menu is accessed by pressing the Control key when clicking on the region label.

The Region preference "Shift key menu" has been replaced with "Show popup menu" to clarify its purpose. With this option enabled, WinList will display the region popup menu when you click on a histogram. When disabled, no menu is displayed and a new region is automatically created when you click. With the option disabled, you can display the popup menu by holding down the Shift key prior to clicking the mouse.

2P regions no longer show center and rotation handles when printing and when creating pictures for metafiles and clipboard.

A shortcut key combination has been added for Print Screen. Use Ctrl-S on the PC, or Command-S on the Mac.

The program now provides a "simple batch" feature that creates a batch automatically when you select more than one file in the Open File Data Source dialog. You can move through the files you select using the Next Batch/Previous Batch commands in the file menu. You can edit the batch using the Open Batch files dialog (file menu).

Gate expressions can now be 64 characters long. Previously, the limit was 32 characters.

Save Data Source has an option allowing the user to specify the number of events to save, as well as allowing the data to be saved as tab delimited text.

Bug fix: Corrected problem with 1P regions in which a region would not move when the label was dragged. The problem related to invisible resizing handles on the border of the region.

Bug fix: A data source created using the Duplicate Data Source didn't show "Q" buttons in some histograms.

WinList 5.0 Service Pack 1

This version corrects several issues found with version 5.0.

Speed of the file open/save dialog boxes has been improved for folders containing many files.

Bug fix: Corrected problem saving MultiGraph as graphic on Windows 98/ME.

Bug fix: Corrected bug with copying a MultiGraph with 4 or more columns or rows. This bug also occurs with saving a MultiGraph as a graphic. It is a Windows-only bug, and it does NOT affect Macintosh builds.

Bug fix: Corrected bug with Open Batch dialog that would crash the program if pathway or file names were too long.

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