This page lists latest updates of available downloads and online documentation and contains
other important information regarding Data Master 2000 project. If you want to
obtain new versions of DM2000 files, don't reload all archives - first look at this
page!
Latest updates:
26.11.2004 - DM2003 final release (build #195)
and new branding web site are ready for use!!!
14.10.2004 - DM2003 release candidate (build #191) was uploaded onto DM2000 website.
Bugfixes and several important new features like plot label objects.
1.07.2004 - DM2003 beta 2 (build # 165) with a lot of new features
and bugfixes made available for download. If you are still using DM2003 build #153, please update!
10.05.2004 - Long-awaited DM2003 now published!!!
Click link to the download page
20.10.2003 - DM2003 project officially announced.
24.03.2003 - New "official" release (build #107).
Many bugfixes, new help file, new samples, web site and almost all archives updated.
04.01.2003 - another preview build (#103) is ready!
In addition to #99, new commands in Serie Manager, full skin support and many bugfixes
in this release (IS distribution kit will be available after a short period of internal testing).
02.12.2002 - DM2000 build 10.6.0.99 preview
now published. New features: DDE server, online update checks, customizable
toolbars background image (and new sample "skins"!). Bug fixes:
minibrowser onUnload() MsgBox crash, Lorentzian peak fitter greatly improved.
Appropriate web site updates.
15.11.2002 - web site updates: new design
compatible with the most popular browsers (site tested with Netscape versions 4.03, 4.05,
MSIE 4-6, Opera 5 and Mozilla 1.0.1), added several new documents and links.
09.09.2002 - Final release with new implementation of
Function Copy operation published, all archives updated.
20.06.2002 - DM2000 release candidate distributive with latest bug fixes and
regular InstallShield installer made available for download.
04.06.2002 - Web site updated: new design and full online
documentation! 30+ new articles, existing pages corrected and extended. DM2000 help
file (dm2000.chm, available for separate download) also completed.
14.05.2002 - Preview build 10.6.0.94
(help file almost completed). Also new site preview is available.
25.04.2002 - Build 10.6.0.93 with several improvements and
context-sensitive help (help file included but still not finished!).
Warning: 1.5.2002-5.5.2002 and 9.5.2002-12.5.2002 GPI server will be down!
18.04.2002 - Updated MetaBase DLLs (compiled) and
all source code archives.
28.02.2002 - Build 10.6.0.89 with special plot series
manager window available for download (all source archives updated!). Now series management
process more convenient, intuitive and "object-oriented": you can apply standard
Copy/Paste/Cut/Delete commands on the list of Series objects. Plus, a
lot of improvements and bugfixes.
08.01.2002 - Build 10.6.0.85 with plot enhancements was published.
Now multi-level zoom undo and "smart" tick calculation mode available. Library and
DM2000 source archives also were updated.
19.12.2001 - Devices.ocx published (currently
only GPIB instruments are supported). Added ZMeter html-based
application as an example that implements this new technology.
13.11.2001 - Build 10.6.0.84 with install/uninstall user interface available
(Options | Setup menu item). Just click buttons instead of running command-line
utilities and manual registry editing.
05.11.2001 - Crashes in MetaBase property pages handler (proppage.dll)
under Windows 2000 fixed, archives updated.
01.11.2001 - Most of troubles with menu and toolbars configuration fixed
in build 83 (Delphi Update Pack 1).
24.10.2001 - dm2000.exe build 10.6.0.82 (with IDMApplication.LinearFit() and
IDMApplication.LMFit() members implemented) made available for download, site updated.
30.9.2001 - Archives are updated again. Build 77 released (with TCP/IP experiment
monitor, like in 9.x versions), demo programs updated for Delphi 6 compatibility.
6.09.2001 - Site and all archives updated.
Final beta 3 released - now Delphi 6 and W2K platform used for DM2000 development.
Official DM2000.EXE version:
Build number:
10.6.0.107
File date (dd.mm.yyyy):
17.03.2003
Size, bytes:
2 001 408
Known problems:
Closing document in minibrowser from within embedded script crashes DM2000 application.
If you try to reset menubar from Customize toolbars dialog box it will disappear. However,
after DM2000 restart original menubar will be displayed normally. Another
similar problem: when you reset toolbar, it forces background alignment to the blNormal.
When you have docked any "special" (popup) window, and perform
some operation on the active data window by selecting main menu item using keyboard
(e.g. Alt-E, C to copy), docked window grabs input focus and selected
operation executed on this window instead of data window. When you select menu
items with mouse or use shortcuts (Ctrl-C), all works fine. Workaround
is very simple: just click Alt (not hold!), then select menu item by letter or arrows.
I hope that in future versions of Delphi this bug will be fixed.
It was determined that recent versions of dm2000.exe require oleaut32.dll version 2.4 or
later. As a rule, many applications (e.g. MSIE5) update this library supplied with original
Windows 98 system. You may download correct OLE libraries
from this website.
If there's several user profiles on your system, MetaBase provider should be manually
registered for additional user accounts (installator registers it only for one profile).
Although it is possible to install and run DM2000 under Windows 95
(Internet Explorer 5+ and HH 4.74+ required!), you should keep in mind that DM2000 was
not well tested with this system and you may encounter some troubles. I still nave not
properly tested DM2000 under NT4 and ME systems, but I hope that it will also work.