Windows

You will need the original Diffract from your CD for this update. You have to create an environment variable showing where the software is installed to have the update run correctly (instructions in the Readme). Please be sure to read the ReadMe file included to update properly! Please contact me if there are any problems with the updater.

Download the Diffract 1.0.5 updater (2.9 Mb, 1/10/12)

Mac

Note that after reading the information that opens when you first open the updater, you have to close that information window in order to update your old copy of Diffract. You will need to have a copy of Diffract on your hard drive (you cannot update a copy on the CD itself).

Download the Diffract 1.0.5 updater (Intel only) (3.9 Mb, 1/10/12)

Download the Diffract 1.0.4 updater (last PPC updater) (6.5 Mb, 1/10/12)

Release notes

v. 1.0.3

• v1.0.3-compile RB2011r3.
• Should find Help folder on WIndows machines.
• Fixed potential missing font issue.
• Added preferences saved between runs, including window positions.
• Fixed issue in plot window with using cm length scale.
• Fixed occasional vanishing depth labels on section window.
• Universal binary should run under Mac OS 10.7

v1.0.4

• Fixed bug introduced in 1.0.3 which crashes Diffract if non-default distance units were used when code was last quit
• Fixed negative slowness when adding a layer and using s/nm unit.
• Fixed reopening data file with different units chosen (old files opened assuming they were stored with ns units)
• Removed extra diffractors left when opening a model file with fewer diffractors
• Can now delete single diffractor more easily
• Queries user to enable error bars if opening a data file with error bars

v1.0.5

• Compiled with RB2011r4 (no PPC code support; improved Lion support?, smaller executable)

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