Enhancements over WinGX version 1.63.02

A small number of enhancements, changes and bug-fixes have been introduced to WinGX since version 1.63.02, the previous official release.

  1. Some programs e.g. PLATON, SYMMOL, SORTAV have been updated.
  2. To avoid compatability problems, the internal HTML browser has been removed from WinGX. In order to view the HTML help documents, it is now necessary to have an external browser available (Netscape or MS IExplorer). Since virtually all users will have such browsers anyway, it is hoped this change will not prove to be too inconvenient.
  3. Support for data reduction for Nonius KappaCCD (Process Data & KCD Image Tool) and SMART-SAINT systems. A GUI for the well known data reduction program SORTAV is included in this enhancement.
  4. An easy GUI for adding/modifying user-defined menu items.
  5. A NEEDLE absorption correction (specific for CAD4 data) has been added. This is similar to CYLINDRICAL but allows for needle dimensions much larger than the beam width and for absorption by glass capillaries.
  6. The default reflection file is now set by a new menu item (Set HKL file in Refine menu) so that SHELXL does not ask you which reflection file to use each time it is run. The current reflection file is displayed in the main program menu bar.
  7. A launch point for the new structure solution program SHELXD has been added.
  8. A number of changes have been made to SXGRAPH. Interprocess communication between SXGRAPH and WinGX has been extended. For example it is now possible to set the reflection file for refinement from within SXGRAPH
  9. By kind permission of Irfan Skiljan, the excellent free graphics program IrfanView has been included in the applications directory of the WinGX download.