Match! Frequently Asked Questions
The "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ) provides an overview over the most common
questions along with the corresponding answers:
In contrast to version 1, the current version of Match! does not support the export of Windows
enhanced metafile files (*.emf). In order to transfer your diffraction patterns
as scalable vector plots to Microsoft Word, you can use the Scalable Vector Graphics format (*.svg) in combination with one of the following options:
- Use the open source program Inkscape in order to convert svg-files into emf-files, and import these emf-files into Word
- Import svg-files into Microsoft Word through Microsoft Visio
- Load the svg-file into Adobe SVGViewer, and copy it to Microsoft Word by "Drag and Drop"
In the following, we will demonstrate how to check the required settings and drivers for any
ICDD PDF relational database. We will use the PDF-2 Release 2007, so please note that you must replace "DSN_PDF2007", "PDF2007" and the directory names by the
corresponding values for your PDF version (e.g. "DSN_PLU2006" for PDF-4+ Release 2006, or DSN_ORG2008
for PDF-4 Organics Release 2008):
- Open the Windows Control Panel (select "Start/Settings"), double-click "Administrative
tools", then "Data sources (ODBC)". This will run the ODBC Data Sources Administrator.
- Tabsheet "Drivers": Is "Adaptive Server Anywhere 9.0" present? If not:
- Re-install the PDF database
- Make sure to carry out the second step of the installation, i.e. the running
of "setup2.exe". Note that write access is required for the main directory
of drive C:\ in order to install the ODBC database driver!
- Wait until the message "The installation is complete and will now terminate."
is displayed.
- Restart your PC if required.
- If the driver is still not present, please contact ICDD for installation support (report "ODBC driver 'Adaptive Server Anywhere 9.0' is not installed properly")!
- If the driver is present, check the tabsheet "System DSN": The DSN "DSN_PDF2007" (or
similar, depending on your PDF version) must be present, and must be connected with
the driver "Adaptive Server Anywhere 9.0". If this is not the case, either...
- Re-install the PDF database
- Make sure to carry out the second step of the installation, i.e. the running
of "setup2.exe". Note that write access is required for the main directory
of drive C:\ in order to install the ODBC database driver!
- Wait until the message "The installation is complete and will now terminate."
is displayed.
- Restart your PC if required.
- If the driver is still not present, please contact ICDD for installation support (report "ODBC driver 'Adaptive Server Anywhere 9.0' is not installed properly")!
or
- Add the required DSN manually:
- In the ODBC Data Sources Administrator, open the tabsheet "System DSN"
- Press the "Add..." button
- Select driver "Adaptive Server Anywhere 9.0"
- In the dialog "ODBC Configuration" modify the following fields accordingly:
- ODBC/Data source name: "DSN_PDF2007" (or similar)
- Database/Server name: "PDF2007" (or similar)
- Database/Start line: "C:\ASA\win32\dbeng9.exe"
- Database/Database file: "C:\Program Files\ICDD PDF-2 Release 2007\Data\PDF2007.db" (or similar)
- Database/Start database automatically (checked)
- Database/Stop database after last disconnect (checked)
- If you have verified that driver and DSN are installed correctly as described above, and Match!
is still not able to convert the PDF database, please do the following:
- Check that the program "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Borland Shared\BDE\bdeadmin.exe" is
present. If not, please re-install Match!
- Run "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Borland Shared\BDE\bdeadmin.exe"
- In the left column, display tabsheet "Configuration", and open the tree "Configuration",
"Drivers", "ODBC". Make sure that the line "Adaptive Server Anywhere 9.0" is present.
If not, re-install the PDF database as described above.
- In the left column, display tabsheet "Databases", and open the tree "Databases". Click
on the line "DSN_PDF2007" (or similar), and check/correct the following data on the
right hand side:
- Type = "Adaptive Server Anywhere 9.0"
- ODBC DSN = "DSN_PDF2007" (or similar)
I would like to add own diffraction data to the user database.
Does this affect my PDF installation ?
No. The user database is stored independent from the PDF database in a
separate directory. Match! accesses the PDF in "read-only" mode; i.e. your PDF
is not affected in any way. The combination of PDF and own (user
database) entries is achieved by creating combined index files, which
themselves are stored in a separate directory.
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