Match! version 4.3 Build 360 has been released

May 4, 2026

We have just released the new Match! version 4.3 Build 360. The main improvements are an option to perform the degree of crystallinity (DoC) analysis automatically, as well as an improved display quality especially on Windows 64-bit platforms.

Here is the full list of improvements in the new version:

• The degree of crystallinity (DoC) analysis can now optionally be performed completely automatically, by using the new "default empty sample holder" feature as well as activating the corresponding new option on the "Automatic" page of the "Options" window.
• The latest degree of crystallinity (DoC) analysis result is now displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the Match! window. Clicking on the label either displays the detailed results, runs a new DoC analysis, or displays the error message (if a problem during the DoC calculation has occurred).
• Using the new menu command "Quantify / Select/change default empty sample holder pattern" you can rename or delete empty sample holder patterns that are currently stored in the settings.
• The display quality has been improved, especially on Windows 64-bit platforms.
• The new main menu "Tasks" contains the typical powder diffraction analysis tasks. They are also available as buttons with yellow background in the toolbar.
• You can now adjust the width of the uncorrelated peak highlight areas on the "Graphics" tab of the "Options" window.
• If refined data are available for a match list entry, the corresponding "Refined" data sheet is displayed by default (instead of the "Original" data sheet as up to now).
• When running the "Quantify / Reference Intensity Ratio (RIR)" command, Match! now switches over to the display of the profile calculated from the selected phases, e.g. in case a Rietveld refinement has been carried out previously.
• The "Link to orig. entry" in the data sheets of entries derived from the COD has been adapted to the new COD database directory structure.
• Several bugs in Rietveld refinement affecting the availability and application of profile shape parameters for pseudo-Voigt (Npr=5) and Thompson-Cox-Hastings (Npr=7) have been fixed.
• A bug affecting the Rietveld refinement of atomic site occupation factors has been fixed.
• Some minor bugs have also been fixed.

Match! users should check their update permission time (e.g. in "Help / About Match!") and then download and install the new version from here.

Match! Demo Version and Information

If you are new to Match! and would like to learn more about it, please visit the Match! web page. where you can also download a full-featured (time-limited) demonstration version free-of-charge.