MATCH! - Phase Identification from Powder Diffraction - Version 2.0.0 beta 12 Contents of this Readme File: 1. Installing Match! 2. Running the software, adjustment of skill level 3. Reference Pattern Database 4. Documentation 5. Online Update 6. Uninstalling Match! 7. Online Support 8. Known Bugs 9. Time-limited licence 10. Limitations of the beta-version 11. Contacting Crystal Impact 12. Copyright and Version Information 1. Installing Match! Before you install and run Match!, you should check the following minimum system requirements: - Personal Computer with Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 - 1 GB of RAM - Hard disk with minimum 1.5 GB of free disk space - Graphics resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels (1280 x 800 pixels or more recommended) In order to install Match!, please download and run the corresponding installer from http://www.crystalimpact.com/match/download_v2_beta.htm If you already have Match! 2 installed on your machine and have created a new reference database (e.g. the PDF) "for all users", please note that uninstalling Match! 2 will automatically delete the "Reference Database Library" entry for it (not the reference database or the corresponding index files itself). Hence, there are three options: - Do NOT uninstall a previous version of Match! 2 before installing a new version. - If the Reference Database Library entry has been deleted by the uninstaller, you can add the corresponding reference again (without having to run the database indexing again) using the "Add" button/function at the bottom of the "Reference Database Library" dialog. Normally, reference databases are created in the "Application Data" directory (or the corresponding "Crystal Impact/Match! 2" subdirectory). - Finally, you can prevent the uninstaller from deleting the references to your own reference databases by creating them not "for all users" but only for you. In order to do so, please make sure the deactivate to corresponding checkbox at the bottom left of the "Create Reference Database" dialog when creating/ indexing a new reference database. If you are using Microsoft Vista, Windows 7 or 8 as operating system, please note that you need to run the installer (and uninstaller) using administrator rights explicitly. In order to do so, please right-click on the installation file you have downloaded, then select "Run as administrator" from the context menu. Please note the terms of the "End User License Agreement", which will appear in the second dialog box of the installer! 2. Running the software, adjustment of skill level Once the installation program has finished and displayed this message, you can run Match! e.g. by double-clicking the file "Match!.exe" in the directory where you have installed the program (e.g. "C:\Program Files\Match! 2"). Alternatively, you can run the software by clicking the Windows "Start" button, then on "Match2/Match!". By default, Match! will run in the so-called "Beginner" setting, which means that many steps are carried out automatically: Once you have started the software, you will be asked to select a diffraction data file to be imported. Once you have selected it, Match! will automatically run a raw-data processing as well as a search-match. Of course, you can disable/modify this "batch" behaviour: In order to do so, please e.g. "cancel" the "File import" dialog (or wait until the calculation has finished), then select "Tools/Options". On the "Batch" tab of the "Options"-dialog, you can now select your skill level (from "Beginner" which is default up to "Expert" where you have to run every single step manually). Of course, you can also select individual batch steps according to your requirements. 3. Reference Pattern Database The current beta-version of Match! 2 is by default installed along with the COD-Inorganics reference database. As an alternative to this database, you can also use any ICDD PDF database product, or the "old" ICSD/Retrieve database (released 1993-2002), if you have a valid licence for it. Finally, it is also possible to apply your own diffraction or crystal structure data in phase identification, by importing them into a so-called "user database". 4. Documentation The current beta-version contains no real tutorial yet, just a short "quickstart" and an overview over the keyboard and mouse shortcuts that can be used within the software. Of course, a complete tutorial will become available in the near future. The "Tutorial Handbook" (keyboard shortcut overview) is delivered in Acrobat Reader format (PDF). You can access it either within Match! from the menu ("Help-Tutorial Handbook") or directly by double-clicking in the "Tutorial.pdf" file in Match!'s program directory. Of course, the first official release of the software will not only contain a complete tutorial handbook but also a comprehensive online-help library. However, in the current beta-version, it is not available yet. 5. Online Update By default, Match! automatically checks the Crystal Impact web server for a more recent version each time it is executed. If a new version is found, you will be informed and guided to the corresponding web page from which you can download the new version. You can also manually check for a more recent version, simply by selecting the "Check for updates..." command from the "Help" menu. The procedure will be the same as the one described above for the automatic update. 6. Uninstalling Match! If you would like to uninstall Match!, please click on the Windows "Start" button, then click on "Programs", and finally select the command "Uninstall Match!" from the "Match! 2" subfolder. If you are using Microsoft Vista, Windows 7 or 8 as operating system, please note that you need to run the uninstaller using administrator rights explicitly. In order to do so, please right-click on the command "Uninstall Match!" in the "Match! 2" subfolder, then select "Run as administrator" from the context menu. Alternatively, you can also open the "Control Panel" from the "Settings" folder in the Windows "Start" menu. Afterwards, double-click on "Software" (on some operating systems called "Add/Remove Programs) in order to bring up the normal Windows software installation dialog. In the list, please mark "Match! 2", then click "Change/Remove". As soon as the uninstall program has been opened, please click "Ok" in order to remove Match!. 7. Online Support In case of trouble with the Match! beta-version, please send a detailed description of the issue you found by e-mail to putz@crystalimpact.com 8. Known Bugs Being a beta-version, a couple of bugs are still present in the software. They will be fixed one by one in the following releases. 9. Time-limited licence The current beta-version is time-limited until May 31, 2012. Since the full version will be released by the end of May 2012, the evaluation period of the beta-version will no longer be extended after this date. 10. Limitations of the beta-version In the current beta-version of Match! version 2 there are still the following limitations: - The online help is not available yet. - The tutorial handbook already contains a lot of information but only a single tutorial session up to now. - The beta-version licence is limited in time; the software will run until May 31, 2012. 11. Contacting Crystal Impact To contact a Crystal Impact sales representative, either * send an e-mail to sales@crystalimpact.com * fax to +49-228-9813644 * call +49-228-9813643 * or write to: Crystal Impact GbR, Kreuzherrenstr. 102, D-53227 Bonn, Germany. 12. Copyright and Version Information *************************************************************************** * MATCH! - Phase Identification From Powder Diffraction - * * Version 2.0.0.beta 12 * *** *** * (C) Copyright 2003-2012 Crystal Impact, H.Putz & K.Brandenburg GbR, * * Bonn, Germany. * * All rights reserved. * * Author: Dr. Holger Putz * *** *** * Latest update of this Readme File: April 25, 2012 * ***************************************************************************