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Changes to Gene Construction Kit 3.5

Version 3.5.2 [9.28.2011]

  1. (W) Fixed an issue on Windows 32-bit systems that caused arcs to be missing when printed
  2. (M/W) Resolved a conflict when the Recent Items menu contains files named with special / foreign characters or symbols
  3. (W) Addressed a problem where Illustration images were not always displayed correctly
  4. (W) Fixed an issue which sometimes caused GCK Gel and Illustration files to open as blank if the user double-clicked to launch
  5. (M/W) Fixed an issue with the Legend in Gel files not correctly updating construct names that changed during a session
  6. (W) Added support for recognizing older formatted GCK Gel Files
  7. (W) Corrected the Export - Save As... menu to correctly display GCG File in the available options

Version 3.5.1 [7.13.2011]

  1. (M) Fixed a problem copying and pasting sequence text with non-standard font sizes from external programs
  2. (M/W) Fixed an issue with the General Info panel that sometimes caused selection / updating problems
  3. (W) Addressed a problem where certain operations sent the active window to the background
  4. (M/W) Updated GenBank Importer to utilize a generic conversion default if no user conversion defaults were present or defined
  5. (M/W) Updated the Deluxe Importer parser to better handle non-standard GenBank files (i.e. older exports from Vector NTi with invalid file headers and spacing)
  6. (M/W) Modified GCK to not clear the clipboard upon launch
  7. (M) Fixed an issue in the Region Info panel, which caused text modifications to not update dynamically
  8. (M/W) Fixed a problem with deselecting certain regions which sometimes caused a program crash
  9. (M/W) Updated license manager for more consistent KeyServer compatibility (Network users only)

Version 3.5.0 [5.24.2011]

  1. (M) Updated application bundle to Universal Binary for native Intel-based Macintosh computers
  2. (M) Added support for Mac OS 10.7 (Lion)
  3. (W) Addressed speed issues sometimes observed when working with files accessed across a network file server / USB drive
  4. (M/W) Added edit menu options to right-click mouse button
  5. (M/W) Updated font menu item to utilize standard operating system font panel
  6. (M/W) Added keyboard shortcut (Command-T / CTRL-T) for accessing the Font palettes
  7. (M/W) Added support for License Info panel to display license parameters
  8. (M/W) Added support for exporting files in GCK 2.5 format
  9. (M/W) GCK 3.5 now saves files in the earliest possible formats for backwards compatibility
  10. (M/W) Addressed a selection problem in Illustration window that caused application to crash
  11. (W) Fixed an intermittent problem where the active window would lose focus after performing multiple Deluxe Import or Mark Site operations
  12. (M) Updated position indicator to update in real-time for nucleotide selections
  13. (M/W) Fixed Deluxe Importer to save/restore text and popup selections
  14. (W) Addressed problems copying and pasting DNA sequence text from PowerPoint
  15. (M/W) Corrected a problem where AA’s displayed for a pasted protein sequence would not be shown in Illustration document
  16. (M/W) Addressed instances where construct name would not appear centered
  17. (M) Can now open construct files created on Windows with missing font names on the Mac
  18. (W) Added alert for users trying to change the name of open file on Windows
  19. (M/W) Fixed text selection problem with the General Info dialog
  20. (M/W) Updated clipboard to appropriately deal with Copy / Paste from an external program into a 'sticky end' site
  21. (W) Double-click on title bar to maximize file windows
  22. (M/W) Updated construct to revert to default format for typed-in nucleotides
  23. (M) Updated the construct window display to eliminate ghosting when dragging around construct title

Changes to Gene Construction Kit 3.0

Version 3.0.4 [12.24.2009]

  1. (M/W) Page setup parameters were not being saved
  2. (M/W) Could not save files to SMB mounted volumes or to some USB thumb drives
  3. (M/W) Fixed a problem that would not allow GCK to create new files under some circumstances when running shotgun cloning
  4. (M) Fixed a problem that interfered with Deluxe Importing some GenBank files
  5. (W) Fixed a problem with importing plain text DNA sequences
  6. (M/W) Fixed a problem that would cause the program to quit when double-clicking a site marker in sequence view if the file had invalid data
  7. (W) Fixed a problem that caused page breaks to be in the wrong place when printing a sequence view having Courier font in a size smaller than 18 pt
  8. (M) Fixed a problem in the Recent Items menu so that if two items have the same name but in different directories their pathnames are shown
  9. (M/W) Fixed a problem that would occur if the user tried to view a sequence window from a corrupted file

Version 3.0.3 [10.04.2009]

  1. (W) Some functions send active window to the background
  2. (M/W) page setup parameters are not being saved
  3. (W) drag file to open doesn't work
  4. (W) crash during export
  5. (W) Windows Double-click to open files will not work if application already open
  6. (M/W) Mark Sites doesn't remember previous settings
  7. (M) Illustration - problems with enzyme cut site information display
  8. (M/W) Three letter file extension displayed in construct title
  9. (M/W) Deluxe Import - Pick a Width
  10. (M/W) Deluxe Import - Size Arrowhead
  11. (M/W) Conversion Defaults Panel - Deluxe Import; changed to allow very tall line widths and other features
  12. (M/W) Search Files crashes application if 'Subdirectory' box is checked
  13. (W) Get Info panel for enzyme sites shows wrong sequence
  14. (M) Some GCK files cause app to crash under OS 10.5
  15. (W) Conversion defaults panel font changes on Windows
  16. (W) Incomplete error dialog text when creating introns over ORF start/stop
  17. (M) Error code 30568, when trying to click in enzyme lists
  18. (W) Fonts selector not correct in 'Default construct'

Version 3.0.2 [05.02.2009]

  1. (M) fixed a problem that caused page setup parameters to not be saved
  2. (M/W) increased allowable length of (enzyme) list names to 255 characters each
  3. (M/W) increased allowable length of file names to system limit
  4. (W) fixed a problem that did not allow user to drag file to application icon to open file
  5. (W) fixed a problem that caused construct window to lose focus after DB search
  6. (W) fixed installation problem that occured on some systems
  7. (W) corrected Gel Window export choices
  8. (M/W) implemented multiple Undo and Redo options
  9. (M/W) fixed problem when importing GCG files with comments containing '..'
  10. (M/W) fixed problem that occured some times when translating across an intron
  11. (W) fixed problem that caused a crash when creating a new enzyme list file under some circumstances
  12. (M) fixed a problem that caused a crash when exporting a formatted listing as text
  13. (W) fixed cosmetic problems that occured when maximizing a window
  14. (W) fixed problem with importing GenBank (.gb) files created by some other programs
  15. (W) fixed a problem when running both GI and GCK simultaneously
  16. (M) fixed a problem when editing a feature name during deluxe importingg
  17. (M) fixed problem in pagination when printing long sequence files
  18. (W) fixed selection problem after maximizing construct window

Version 3.0.1 [10.08.2008]

  1. (M/W) fixed a problem in PCR annotation where under some circumstances, the right primer was not annotated correctly
  2. (M/W) clarified output text in saved file generated from PCR results window

Changes to Gene Inspector 1.6

Version 1.6.7 [10.05.2007]

  1. (W) corrected wording in BLAST panel
  2. (W) Help --> Product Updates menu option now links directly to update file
  3. (W) fixed issue with loss of information from clipboard when GI notebook copy/paste with sub-selections of sequence
  4. (W) updated BLAST searching to work with new protocols at NCBI
  5. (M) fixed problem when opening a GI 1.5 notebook with internet analyses
  6. (M) fixed problem where copying selected sequences sometimes copied all sequences
  7. (M) fixed problem when adding sequence data to a consensus sequence
  8. (M) fixed problem drawing some custom score adornments
  9. (M) fixed problem when a notebook window picture crashes GI
  10. (M) fixed highlighting problem when changing case of seq file
  11. (M) fixed problem that did not allow protein dot matrix window size to be changed from 10
  12. (M) fixed problem with restriction enzyme analysis

Version 1.6.6 (Mac Only) [06.28.2007]

  1. Fixed background highlight problem when changing text to All Caps.
  2. Changed sequence copy function to only copy selected and shown sequences to the clipboard.
  3. Fixed problem which crashed GI when adding characters to the end of a sequence or pasting characters to the end of a sequence with consensus shading enabled.
  4. Fixed problem which crashed GI when drawing boxes around consensus matches.

Version 1.6.5 [03.05.2007]

  1. Updated file structures to be compatible with the newly released GI for Windows

Version 1.6.4 [03.25.2005]

  1. Fixed a problem that sometimes lead to difficulties in opening older notebooks containing very large sequence analyses
  2. Increased stability when working with large notebooks
  3. Fixed a problem that did not allow window size to be changed in dot matrix analyses

Version 1.6.3 [01.22.2005]

  1. Fixed a problem that sometimes lead to periodic crashes when command-dragging within the sequence editor to select multiple "columns" of sequence.
  2. Tweaked a number of interface items to clarify user choices.
  3. Fixed a number of sporadic cosmetic problems that arose when copying and pasting sequences between different sequence windows.
  4. Changed some code to allow GI to handle very large (chromosome sized) sequences more reliably.
  5. Changed GI preferences so that it can be launched from non-administrator accounts. Preferences are now stored individually for each user.
  6. Starting with this version, all GI Data files are stored within the Application package itself. It is no longer necessary to maintain an external GI Data folder.
  7. Fixed a cosmetic problem that sometimes cut off the right parts of dot matrix plots when a notebook was saved and then opened again.

Version 1.6.2 [08.14.2004]

  1. Fixed a problem that did not allow copying from other applications into GI under a specific series of steps.
  2. Fixed a problem that prevented dot matrix analysis from working under particular circumstances.
  3. Enabled the copying of table resuls from the notebook to other applications.
  4. Fixed a problem that did not allow dot size to be set in a dot matrix analysis.
  5. Fixed a problem that did not allow the table column widths to be preserved in a saved notebook.

Version 1.6.1 [07.15.2004]

  1. Fixed problem that produced inappropriate scrolling of a sequence window under some circumstances.