PROBE for EPMA XP/Vista/Win7/Win8/Win10/Win11 Xtreme Edition Version Software Changes
User names (in parentheses) indicate grateful attribution for the preceding bug report or suggestion. Users "rule"!
05/01/24 Fix check for std sets > 0 when aggregate mode for interference elements sets (Adams).
04/24/24 Fix user specified format bug where standard number/name didn't have average columns
added (von der Handt).
04/20/24 Fix MPB bug when plotting errors bars and aggregate mode is on.
04/19/24 Fix ferric/ferrous control enables in CalcImage (uses CalcZAF form) (von der Handt).
04/17/24 Add time weighting factor to report format output (Locock). Add iHP200F image
calibration default to CalcImage Clear button (Yu).
04/16/24 Fix bug caused by checking for zero std intensities in UpdateGetStandards and
UpdateCalculateStdDrift procedures caused by new error trapping code for Julien's
combine samples with EDS elements bug (Locock).
04/15/24 Modify CalcImage beam calibration code to utilize more realistic default values for
JEOL and Cameca instruments (Boroughs).
04/10/24 Fix minor bug when adding new elements where beamsize was getting re-set to zero (Boroughs).
04/05/24 Fix subtle bug when combining data lines in Analyze! window with EDS (Allaz).
04/04/24 Modify labels in CalcZAF from K-Value to K-Ratio and for "Use All Matrix Corrections".
v. 13.8.3
04/02/24 Add export of positions for selected samples in Analyze! window right click menu (von der Handt).
03/30/24 Add "KiloVolts" array to plot std/unk output and also to Analyze! window right click.
03/29/24 Modify ScanData code to allow user to modify bias and gain values using right mouse
click (Michallik).
03/21/24 Fix JEOL MEC EDS interface to handle stage position updating (unfreeze JEOL imaging), and add point
v. 13.8.2 reservations (freeze JEOL imaging). Thanks to Scott Boroughs, Ying Yu, Chi Ma and Radek Michallik.
03/20/24 Fix output of specified APFs in AnalyzeTypeResults and when aggregate mode is on for both compound
and specified.
03/19/24 Work more on JEOL MEC EDS interface.
Modify JEOLSetProbeScan (not called by PFE, only by Monitor.exe and TestType.exe) to use
direct TCP/IP calls to 8x30/iHP200F instrument instead of EIKS. Modify JEOLGetMagnification to
use direct TCP/IP call.
03/17/24 Temporarily modify JEOL MEC EDS code to handle new stage move behavior in v. 1.0.7 of JEOL
SEMCenter software (Boroughs).
Add check for mixed bgds for aggregate in AcquireAutomateStart. Allow EDS and WDS aggregate elements.
03/15/24 Fix atomic weight bugs in Import From ASCII codes in Standard.exe.
v. 13.8.1
Modify set mag and beam deflect code to make direct TCP/IP calls to 8x30/iHP200F instruments (Boroughs).
03/14/24 Modify Plot std/unk code to handle samples with different kilovolts (for overvoltage plotting)
03/09/24 Add DoEvents statement in Acquire! MakeNewSample code to prevent file errors in ElementCheckXray.
03/04/24 Fix bugs in plot wavescan when displaying angstroms or keV wavescan plots with EDS spectrum. Also
fix issues with Load Xray Database and User Selected Lines when not plotting in spectrometer units.
Minor tweak to Automate confirm dialog. Trap "File table not found" error because SX.MDB.
03/02/24 Comment out Moy BSC code as it doesn't work as well as original code (need to
v. 13.8.0 modify r correction coefficients).
02/29/24 Add Maximum Total checkbox and text field to Plot stds/unkns dialog (Ruth/Lowers).
Fix MPB shared bgd bug when using combined conditions and not measuring beam currents (Ruth/Lowers).
Add extra warning for not measuring beam currents when using combined conditions with different
beam currents and also in FormGETOPT
Fix sensitivity calculations in CalcImage to load the raw data arrays (forgot to do this
last year!) (von der Handt).
02/23/24 Fix normalize bug when plotting difference wavescans. Modify batch files to compile/sign only
Probewin.exe/ProbeForEPMA.msi when no version change.
02/22/24 Fix bugs when opening total and stoich. oxygen formula GRD files (CalcImageLoadQuantImages).
02/21/24 Add difference wavescan plot option to Plot! window for "Flank" method.
v. 13.7.9 Add blank parameters output to user specified and report table output (von der Handt).
02/16/24 Modify atomic percent output to output atomic or mole oxide percents using new AtomicOrMoleOxideFlag
v. 13.7.8 parameter (Starykh).
Fix dead time de-normalization for six term dead time expression when bgd counts are negative (Nachlas).
02/09/24 Add additional fit statistics to MAN plot window (Locock).
02/08/24 Adjust demo mode time estimation code (fix code for TDI overhead).
02/06/24 Tweak TDI simulation code for better accuracy.
02/02/24 Fix bug when closing database preventing loading of same setup in new database (Williams).
01/30/24 Add Zbar calculations to MAN custom output (Locock).
01/28/24 Minor tweaks to TDI output to handle disable quant flags (Qi).
Minor tweaks to wavescan output to handle "continued" samples.
01/27/24 Fix array dimensioning in TDI output (Qi).
Fixed KLM output for wavescans (Boroughs).
01/26/24 Fix bug when using quick stds where correct count time for unknowns does not get loaded (Buse and vonder Handt).
Temporarily comment out error trap in AcquireStartAutomate to check for using quick stds with digitized sample
setups (it seems to work?).
Add right click menu to Analyze! to export wavescan data for selected samples (Boroughs).
01/24/24 Fix bug when using All Matrix Corrections because DAM was still using XPP parameters (von der Handt).
v. 13.7.7
Fix bug when using Output | TDI Intensities menu when samples have different numbers of elements (Qi).
Modify output TDI code to improve performance for absorbed current data output with TDI.
Mention linear equation fit form in MAN tooltip help (Locock). Add count time for peaking scans to
Run menu display.
01/23/24 Fix plot display issues for stds/unkns (Boroughs).
01/18/24 Fix bug in Standard that prevented H and He from being saved to the standard composition (von der Handt).
v. 13.7.6
Add Brian Joy as contributor to excess oxygen from ferrous/ferric calculations.
01/12/24 Add option to load project flags from an existing project when creating a new project
using the CalcImage project wizard (Boroughs).
Better handle output if Surfer app is not installed.
01/11/24 Fix bug where pre-peaking option was not getting the correct starting peak position if the
element was not the first element in the spectrometer (Williams).
01/08/24 Add tooltip help to CalcImage for analytical total min/max (Boroughs).
Modify MAN get sample elements code in DataLoadAllMAN to prevent elements from being loaded
out of order which can cause a problem if aggregate mode is utilized (Locock).
Modify empirical APF re-normalization code when using different primary standard to multiply
rather than divide (see file Oxygen measured and stoichiometric_11-20-2202.MDB).
Save FormCalcImage form position and size before performing quant (Boroughs).
12/29/23 Finish copyright changes.
v. 13.7.5
12/28/23 Update copyright to 2024.
12/20/23 Use "IdealArraySize" in line profile extraction in case filtering removes some pixels (Neill).
12/19/23 Fix a number of minor bugs when importing JEOL compositions from JEOL folder (Neill).
v. 13.7.4
12/16/23 Make element list in Sample Setup dialog taller so more elements are visible (Boroughs). Also modify
Automate! summary to include number of standard and unknown points (Boroughs). Add position increment
for Z positions when importing .POS files (Boroughs).
12/15/23 Warn user that not all fields are exported in standard database ASCII export.
12/14/23 Add default atomic charges and atomic weights when importing from JEOL and Cameca standard composition
v. 13.7.3 files (Neill).
Add sample and line numbers in PictureSnapApp for Display Selected Samples (in Analyze!) (Chouinard).
12/14/23 Fix bug in loading VolatileSelfCalibrationAcquisitionFlag from probewin.ini file (Boroughs).
Fix bug in combining analysis lines and combining data lines into a new sample if MAN
elements are present (Neill).
Add check for missing atomic weight in standard compositions in standard.mdb file (Neill). This
error should not occur, so please let us know if you see it.
12/12/23 Fix detection limit overflow bug (Chouinard, Moy).
12/11/23 Fix subtle bug when checking for duplicate elements and disable flags (Buse).
12/10/23 Tweak Effective.frm.
11/29/23 Modify Load File Setup code to save standard numbers/names/parameters more
systematically (Buse, von der Handt, Goemann).
11/28/23 Improve error handling in ElementGetData. Rename Effective.frm,frx.
11/27/23 Fix bug in ElementGetData when loading new standards in Standard app (von der Handt).
v. 13.7.1
11/27/23 Add usermac.dat and usermac2.dat (actinide) MAC files to CalcZAF distribution.
v. 13.7.0
11/22/23 Modify GetElmSetElmSave to include code to check for JEOL spectro jog for saving low multi-point
positions (Boroughs). Also fix bug where defaulted multi-point positions were not getting saved!
Also fix MPB index label controls.
11/21/23 Modify JEOL spectro backlash code to check backlash defined in the MOTORS.DAT (Boroughs).
v. 13.6.9
11/21/23 Minor tweak to text explanation in multiple setups dialog (Matthews).
11/19/23 Minor change in effective takeoff angle output in CalcZAF.
v. 13.6.8
11/17/23 Tweak STRATAGem/BadgerFilm GUI. Add set scan rotation controls in Imaging "@" button dialog (Boroughs).
11/16/23 Tweak STRATAGem/BadgerFilm output GUI to skip duplicate aggregated elements and also display x-ray
lines in case of multiple emission lines for an elements (Matthews).
11/13/23 Fix PHA MCA display output bug to FormSCAN. Fix output of duplicate elements in
STRATAGem output (Matthews).
11/12/23 Modify FormSetupRun to make filename label control longer for long folder strings.
Work on code to update FormSCAN if it is visible when running manual PHA scans.
11/10/23 Minor tweaks to standard compositions import from JEOL/Cameca.
11/09/23 Modify GetName code to not update standard name. Comment out code for
checking Surfer startup folder in registry.
11/07/23 Improve JEOL composition and position importing (Standard and Stage).
v. 13.6.7
Improve CalcZAF use All Matrix Corrections output.
11/06/23 Fix code for EDS interface turned off for net intensity calls.
11/04/23 Add link to new Probe Software YouTube channel from Help menu.
11/03/23 Remove temp total flag code from CalcImageLoadQuantImages (only use in output routines).
Add Run | Display Acquired Selected Positions on PictureSnap menu (Chouinard).
Add keV to CalcZAF Use All Matrix Corrections output.
11/02/23 Tweak CalcZAF Use All Matrix Corrections output.
v. 13.6.6
11/01/23 Modify CalcZAF to calculate intensities from concentrations for all matrix corrections.
Fix PictureSnap bug when loading positions for selected sample and no samples are displayed
in the Automate! window and fix DataCorrectDeadTime2 overflow. (Chouinard).
10/31/23 Modify RealTimeROMStartScan code to adjust start scan position if JEOL instrument
v. 13.6.5 to account for JEOL backlash size.
Make copy of standard.mdb for distribution (standard_UofO.mdb)
10/29/23 Disable Effective angle calculations for older MDB files.
Modify effective angle code to rotate spectrometer orientations if JEOL instrument (for anti
Cartesian stage coordinates) (Moy).
Comment out JEOL specific code for ETOA spectrometer orientation rotation (not needed?).
10/28/23 Add scaler effective takeoffs to MDB file. Fix FormGETELM update if user removes all TDI
v. 13.6.4 parameters (von der Handt). Add debug output for secondary boundary correction.
10/27/23 Add spectrometer orientations to MDB file. Work on effective TO code with Moy. More work on effective
v. 13.6.3 take off angle code for sample tilt calculations.
10/26/23 Add "doevents" line in NewMakeNewSample code to ensure sample setups get loaded properly (timing issue).
v. 13.6.2 Modify JEOL standard import to skip standards without element data (Neill).
Enable sample tilt and optional effective angle recalculation button in FormGetElm (Moy).
Add code to check for no EDS elements (Chouinard).
10/25/23 Changes to analytical sensitivity calculations (Buse). Add new plane fit code from Moy to calculate
sample tilt and modify effective takeoff angles.
10/22/23 Modify aggregate code check for different bgds to allow mixing off-peak channels with MPB channels
that have switched MPB channels to use off-peak bgds (Buse).
10/21/23 Fix code for separating or combining samples for TDI and CL data.
10/20/23 Fix problems with saving EDS net intensities when combining, or separating samples from Analyze! window.
v. 13.6.1
10/19/23 Fix a number of small bugs (Allaz, Rom, Nachlas, von der Handt and Seward). See GitHub history for details.
10/16/23 Fix minor bug in CalcZAF (remove unnecessary call to ZAFSetZAF) when calculating intensities
v. 13.6.0 from concentrations (Carpenter).
Start work on new code to calculate effective takeoff angles based on sample tilt.
10/14/23 Fix FormPERIODIC load event issue (Boroughs). Tweak MAN parameters output.
10/13/23 Add output of MAN STD DEV% fit to log window output and also to Report format (Locock). Call calculate
Z bar procedure in MAN dialog more to assure that displayed zbars are up to date.
10/12/23 Fix bug where Zfraction calculation flags were not being utilized in MAN sample calculations.
v. 13.5.9
10/09/23 Add (existing) UseEffectiveTakeOffAnglesFlag and (new) EDSEffectiveTakeoff parameters to
probewin.ini file.
v. 13.5.8
10/05/23 Modify FormGetElm to add extra column to element grid to display more information (Boroughs).
If running multiple sample setups and using "Run Multiple Setups One at a Time", warn user if
selected sample setups are not using the same number of sample setups (Boroughs).
10/03/23 Add spectro # and Bragg crystals to legend when duplicate elements are present to
standard and unknown plot output.
Add code to check for temporarily disabled EDS interface for image interfaces using EDS interface,
e.g., JEOL EDS, JEOL MEC, Bruker or Thermo (von der Handt).
10/02/23 Tweak secondary boundary fluorescence correction labels and captions in forms. Fix bug when
loading element from setup database because effective takeoff angles are not stored in setup
databases.
Add new wavescan report output from Analyze! Report button (von der Handt).
09/29/23 Fix bugs in effective takeoff angle code. Make text control visible.
v. 13.5.7
09/23/23 Tweak Donovan and Moy "BEXP:" output.
v. 13.5.6
09/22/23 Add best fit from Moy for Z fraction exponent as a function of electron beam energy.
09/21/23 Fix output bug in Output12 (TDI) if TDI element is disabled for acquisition or quant (Domanik).
09/19/23 Tweak code for DAM BSE model output.
v. 13.5.5
09/18/23 Modify User Specified code (CONVERT3.BAS) to handle when oxygen is an isotope for
oxide and mol% calculations.
09/17/23 Modify XYSCAN2.BAS to utilize new XInvert/YInvert flags and turn off "hill shading" for
color flood plots.
09/16/23 Modify tooltip help for ZAF GUI.
09/15/23 Modify Donovan and Moy defaults to use Armstrong/Love-Scott absorption options. Tweak MAN code
v. 13.5.4 to handle click events better and add new Confirm All button.
09/14/23 Fix MAN bug when updating element selected or saving assignments (use direct call to
MANSelectStandardList) (Allaz). Fix bug when entering specified element in Elements/Cations (Allaz)
09/12/23 Fix bug in secondary boundary fluorescence correction in PFE for elements with no SF correction.
Add interactive Help button for SF dialog in PFE.
09/09/23 Small tweak to secondary boundary fluorescence GUI. Small tweak to effective k-ratio output (CalcZAF).
v. 13.5.3
09/06/23 Fix bug if no standards loaded in run and closing file.
09/04/23 Update Nachlas cell # in About dialog. Fix problem when oxygen is analyzed, then disabled, then
v. 13.5.2 specified oxygen is added for formula calculations (Nachlas).
Modify Calculation Options dialog to fit on screen better (Nachlas).
08/29/23 Moved source code to NewSource computer (Win 11).
Modify MoveSpin code (Move.bas) to call MoveUpdatePositions instead of MoveUpdateForm.
08/25/23 Add code to just log motion timeout errors in JEOL instruments (just write warning to log window).
Modify FormMOVE code to not call PeriodicLoad if FormMOVE is not visible (to prevent possible out of
memory issues during automation) (Boro).
08/22/23 Add call to DataStandards(2) to save standard compositions before starting automation.
08/21/23 Tweak save element setup to database code to display new record number).
Update literature references (APA format) in report output (von der Handt)
08/19/23 Work more on ConvertToPrbImg code for converting JEOL linescans (von der Handt).
08/18/23 Fix minor display issue in MAN dialog (Neill).
08/17/23 Lost of changes for new continuum and BSE Z fraction code (Moy).
v. 13.5.0
08/16/23 Add JEOLCrystalFlipMillisecDelayAfter keyword to [hardware] for possible
crystal flip hardware issues (Jiang).
Various modifications to MAN and About dialogs (Neill).
08/09/23 Modify Analyze! button Combine Selected Samples into a New Sample button to
v. 13.4.9 allow user to combine sample elements or combine sample data lines into a new
sample (Lowers).
08/05/23 Tweak CalcZAF effective takeoff angle estimation code.
v. 13.4.8
08/03/23 Finish CalcZAF effective takeoff angle estimation code.
v. 13.4.7
08/02/23 Work on effective takeoff angle estimation code.
v. 13.4.6
07/31/23 Add output of variable Z fraction exponent for MAN parameters. Add two more references to AnalyzeTypeReport.
v. 13.4.5 Add variable exponent to Z fraction backscatter exponent code. Add new
Z fraction backscatter parameter to GetZAF form and code.
07/30/23 Modify MAN Z fraction zbar calculation to accept a zero for dynamically calculated
v. 13.4.4 Zbar exponents based on emission line energy.
07/29/23 Add new matrix correction code for Donovan and Moy BSC/BKS corrections (modified from PAP).
07/17/23 Enable secondary fluorescence from boundary code in PFE. Needs testing.
v. 13.4.3
07/14/23 Add code to read "effective takeoff angles" from SCALERS.DAT file and save to MDB database based on
v. 13.4.2 spectrometer/crystal combination.
07/13/23 Fix problem with loading standard parameters on first standard in run.
07/10/23 Small modifications to check for acquisition in progress, rather then RealTimeMode for combining
v. 13.4.1 or separating samples. Also load net intensities after combining or separating samples (Boroughs).
06/21/23 Modify Standard and Probe for EPMA to handle different atomic weights for standards
v. 13.3.2 and unknowns. Lots of code changes- needs to be tested. Note: Isotopes of the same
element should always produce the same x-ray intensities, but the concentrations and
stoichiometries will be different if the atomic weights are different.
E.g. Si28 vs. Si29.
06/05/23 Fix Cameca integer dead time issue (Fellowes).
05/31/23 Modify InitScalers to allows dead time values as low as 0.0001 us for SXES spectrometer intensities (Fellowes).
05/25/23 Add calls to save standard parameters whenever a standard is acquired. This is because if a standard is added
from the DIGITIZE form (Add Standards button) the parameters are not saved to the current probe run because
the DIGITIZE form is also called from the Stage app which cannot have these calls. This was only a problem
if a user copied a probe run database to another computer for re-processing without first closing it.
05/20/23 Add display of faraday cup wait in and out times in FormGETTIM.
05/19/23 Add INI flag DoNotMeasure2ndFaradayAbsorbedCurrentsFlag for JEOL instruments with failing faraday cup
to avoid bad second faraday cup measures (Ruth).
05/17/23 Fix minor bug in separate samples into lines code (Lowers). Update matrix.mdb binary k-ratio database to 860K binaries.
v. 13.3.1
05/11/23 Small tweak to Analyze! create new sample from selected lines.
05/08/23 Add new button for separating samples into single line samples and button for extracting selected
points to a new sample (Lowers).
05/04/23 Add export code to support XMapTools import format in CalcImage (Allaz and Radek).
05/03/23 Finish implementing Cameca SXFive tactis USB image reading.
v. 13.3.0
Add units for Output XY Plots window (Seward).
04/19/23 Modify CalcImage manual image load to warn user to enter beam currents and pixel dwell times
manually (Boroughs).
04/12/23 Add extra error info to automation code to try and track down modal dialog display issue.
04/04/23 Add code to handle histogram display when image has no image Z range (Boroughs).
Modify ConvertToPrbImg.exe to handle JEOL maps up to 5120 pixels (was 4096) (von der Handt).
04/01/23 Add new feature to only measure faraday and absorbed currents on first point of sample (Boroughs).
v. 13.2.9
03/31/23 Modify JEOL MEC EDS interface to close/re-open interface if closed because user switched to the
JEOL Imaging window.
03/29/23 Fix sulfur-oxygen bug for Fanal code.
v. 13.2.8
03/28/23 Modify JEOL EDS MEC interface to close then re-start EDS interface if error in starting spectrum.
Thanks to Chi Ma for help with testing.
03/15/23 Fix minor display issue in Automate window when deleting selected points (Neill).
03/12/23 Add check for combining subsequent samples if TDI data is present (Boroughs).
03/01/23 Add oxygen equivalent of sulfur (negative valences) calculations and output (Allaz).
v. 13.2.7
02/25/23 Modify JEOL MEC EDS code to warn user about closing EDS center window when acquiring EDS data
in Probe for EPMA (Hatton and Ma).
Add output of 2nd beam currents and stats in Analyze! windows for raw data output (Ruth).
02/17/23 Modify Thermo code to add 2nd attempt for socket time out errors (Boroughs).
02/11/23 Fix bug in Locock amphibole and garnet output if using duplicate elements in aggregate mode (Locock).
v. 13.2.6
Modify Alternative Zbar output in Standard.
02/09/23 Minor tweaks to EDS and imaging code (Boroughs).
02/03/23 Bump version to force update to CalcZAF for changes in ZAFSetZAF code.
v. 13.2.5
01/30/23 Minor improvements to EDS OEM export features (von der Handt).
01/23/23 Modify update dead time code (again!). Disable Integrate button in Model Backgrounds if more than one wavescan
is loaded.
Fix coating thickness bug in ZAFSetZAF if passed sample is a standard (Starykh).
01/22/23 Modify Model Background form and code to allow user to select different wavescans
for background fit, if more than one wavescan loaded.
Modify GetDead code to update Current parameters and database table
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