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HCL Notes (formerly IBM Notes and Lotus Notes;^[1][2] see Branding below) and HCL Domino (formerly IBM Domino and Lotus Domino) are the client and server, respectively, of a collaborative client-server software platform formerly sold by IBM, now by HCL Technologies.^[3]

HCL Notes provides business collaboration functions, such as email, calendars, to-do lists, contact management, discussion forums, file sharing, microblogging, instant messaging, blogs, and user directories. It can also be used with other HCL Domino applications and databases. HCL Notes 9 Social Edition removed integration with the office software package IBM Lotus Symphony, which had been integrated with the Lotus Notes client in versions 8.x.

Lotus Development Corporation originally developed "Lotus Notes" in 1989. IBM bought Lotus in 1995 and it became known as the Lotus Development division of IBM. As late as 2015, it formed part of the IBM Software and Systems Group under the name "IBM Collaboration Solutions".

HCL acquired the products in July 2019.^[4]

HCL Notes is a desktop workflow application, commonly used in corporate environments for email and to create discussion groups, websites, document libraries, custom applications and business workflows.

On December 6, 2018, IBM announced that it was selling a number of software products to HCL Technologies for $1.8bn,^[5] including IBM Notes, Domino, Commerce, Portal, Connections, BigFix, Unica and AppScan. Their location within HCL Technologies' umbrella is named HCL Software.^[6] This acquisition was completed in July 2019.^[4]

Design[edit]

HCL Notes is a client-servercross-platform application runtime environment that provides an interface to the HCL Notes and Domino software.^{[clarification needed]} It can be used as an email client without an HCL Domino server, for example, as an IMAP client.

HCL Notes and Domino provide email, calendars, instant messaging (with additional HCL software voice- and video-conferencing and web-collaboration), discussions/forums, blogs, and an inbuilt personnel/user directory. In addition to these standard applications, an organization may use the Domino Designer development environment and other tools to develop additional integrated applications such as request approval / workflow and document management.

The HCL Notes and Domino product consists of several components:

• HCL Notes client application (since version 8, this is based on Eclipse)
• HCL Notes client, either:
  • a rich client
  • a web client, HCL iNotes
  • a mobile email client, HCL Notes Traveler
• HCL Verse client, either:
  • a web email client, Verse on Premises (VOP)
  • a mobile email client, Verse Mobile (for iOS and Android)
• HCL Domino server
• HCL Domino Administration Client
• HCL Domino Designer (Eclipse-based integrated development environment) for creating client-server applications that run within the Notes framework

HCL Notes and Domino compete with products from other companies such as Microsoft, Google, Zimbra and others. Because of the application development abilities, HCL Notes and Domino is often compared to products like Microsoft Sharepoint.^[7][8] The database in IBM Notes and Domino can be replicated between servers and between server and client, thereby allowing clients offline capabilities.

HCL Domino, a business application as well as a messaging server, is compatible with both HCL Notes and web-browsers. HCL Notes (and since HCL Domino 9, the Notes Browser Plugin) may be used to access any HCL Domino application, such as discussion forums, document libraries, and numerous other applications. IBM Notes resembles a web-browser in that it may run any compatible application that the user has permission for.

HCL Notes provides applications that can be used to:

• access, store and present information through a user interface
• enforce security
• replicate, that is, allow many different servers to contain the same information and have many users work with that data

The standard storage mechanism in HCL Domino is a NoSQLdocument-database format, the "Notes Storage Facility" (.nsf). The .nsf file will normally contain both an application design and its associated data. IBM Notes can also access relational databases, either through an additional server called HCL Enterprise Integrator for Domino, through ODBC calls or through the use of XPages.

As HCL Notes and Domino is an application runtime environment, email and calendars operate as applications within HCL Notes, which HCL provides with the product. A Domino application-developer can change or completely replace that application.^[9] HCL has released the base templates as open source as well.^[10]

Programmers can develop applications for HCL Notes in a variety of development languages including:

The client supports a formula language as well as JavaScript. Software developers can build applications to run either within the HCL Notes application runtime environment or through a web server for use in a web browser, although the interface would need to be developed separately unless XPages is used.

Use[edit]

HCL Notes can be used for email, as a calendar, PIM, instant messaging, Web browsing, and other applications. Notes can access both local- and server-based applications and data.

HCL Notes can function as an IMAP and POP email client with non-Domino mail servers. The system can retrieve recipient addresses from any LDAP server, including Active Directory, and includes a web browser, although it can be configured by a Domino Developer to launch a different web browser instead.

Features include group calendars and schedules, SMTP/MIME-based email, NNTP-based news support, and automatic HTML conversion of all documents by the Domino HTTP task.

HCL Notes can be used with HCL Sametime instant-messaging to allow to see other users online and chat with one or more of them at the same time. Beginning with Release 6.5, this function has been freely available. Presence awareness is available in email and other IBM Domino applications for users in organizations that use both HCL Notes and IBM Sametime.

Since version 7, Notes has provided a Web services interface. Domino can be a Web server for HTML files; authentication of access to Domino databases or HTML files uses the HCL Domino user directory and external systems such as Microsoft Active Directory.

A design client, HCL Domino Designer, can allow the development of database applications consisting of forms (which allow users to create documents) and views (which display selected document fields in columns).

In addition to its role as a groupware system (email, calendaring, shared documents and discussions), HCL Notes and Domino can also construct "workflow"-type applications, particularly those which require approval processes and routing of data.

Since Release 5, server clustering has had the ability to provide geographic redundancy for servers.

Notes System Diagnostic (NSD) gathers information about the running of a Notes workstation or of a Domino server.^[11]

On October 10, 2018, IBM released IBM Domino v10.0 and IBM Notes 10.0 as the latest release. In December, 2019, HCL released HCL Domino v11 and HCL Notes v11.

Overview[edit]

Client/server[edit]

HCL Notes and Domino is a NoSQL client/server database environment. The server software is called HCL Domino and the client software is HCL Notes. HCL Domino software can run on Windows, Unix, Linux, AIX, and HCL mid-range systems and can scale to tens of thousands of users per server. There are different supported versions of the HCL Domino server that are supported on the various levels of server operating systems. Usually the latest server operating system is only officially supported by a version of HCL Domino that is released at about the same time as that OS.

HCL Domino has security capabilities on a variety of levels. The authorizations can be granular, down to the field level in specific records all the way up to 10 different parameters that can be set up at a database level, with intermediate options in between. Users can also assign access for other users to their personal calendar and email on a more generic reader, editor, edit with delete and manage my calendar levels. All of the security in HCL Notes and Domino is independent of the server OS or Active Directory. Optionally, the HCL Notes client can be configured to have the user use their Active Directory identity.

Data replication[edit]

The first release of IBM Notes included a generalized replication facility. The generalized nature of this feature set it apart from predecessors like Usenet and continued to differentiate IBM Notes.

IBM Domino servers and Notes clients identify NSF files by their Replica IDs, and keep replicate files synchronized by bi-directionally exchanging data, metadata, and application logic and design. There are options available to define what meta-data replicate, or specifically exclude certain meta data from replicating. Replication between two servers, or between a client and a server, can occur over a network or a point-to-point modem connection. Replication between servers may occur at intervals according to a defined schedule, in near-real-time when triggered by data changes in server clusters, or when triggered by an administrator or program.

Creation of a local replica of an NSF file on the hard disk of an IBM Notes client enables the user to fully use IBM Notes and Domino databases while working off-line. The client synchronizes any changes when client and server next connect. Local replicas are also sometimes maintained for use while connected to the network in order to reduce network latency. Replication between an IBM Notes client and Domino server can run automatically according to a schedule, or manually in response to a user or programmatic request. Since Notes 6, local replicas maintain all security features programmed into the applications. Earlier releases of Notes did not always do so. Early releases also did not offer a way to encrypt NSF files, raising concerns that local replicas might expose too much confidential data on laptops or insecure home office computers, but more recent releases offer encryption, and as of^[when?] the default setting for newly created local replicas.

Security[edit]

IBM Notes was the first widely adopted software product to use public key cryptography for client–server and server–server authentication and for encryption of data. Until US laws regulating encryption were changed in 2000, IBM and Lotus were prohibited from exporting versions of Notes that supported symmetric encryption keys that were longer than 40 bits. In 1997, Lotus negotiated an agreement with the NSA that allowed export of a version that supported stronger keys with 64 bits, but 24 of the bits were encrypted with a special key and included in the message to provide a "workload reduction factor" for the NSA. This strengthened the protection for users of Notes outside the US against private-sector industrial espionage, but not against spying by the US government.^[12][13] This implementation was widely announced, but with some justification many people did consider it to be a backdoor. Some governments objected to being put at a disadvantage to the NSA, and as a result Lotus continued to support the 40-bit version for export to those countries.

Under current US export laws, IBM Notes supports only one version of the Notes PKI with 128-bit symmetric keys, 2048-bit public keys, and no workload reduction factor. The Domino server includes security tools support S/MIME, SSL 3.0 with industry standard key sizes for HTTP and other Internet protocols, X.509 client certificates, and an integrated certificate authority.

IBM Notes and Domino also uses a code-signature framework that controls the security context, runtime, and rights of custom code developed and introduced into the environment. Notes 5 introduced an execution control list (ECL) at the client level. The ECL allows or denies the execution of custom code based on the signature attached to it, preventing code from untrusted (and possibly malignant) sources from running. Notes and Domino 6 allowed client ECLs to be managed centrally by server administrators through the implementation of policies. Since release 4.5, the code signatures listed in properly configured ECLs prevent code from being executed by external sources, to avoid virus propagation through Notes/Domino environments. Administrators can centrally control whether each mailbox user can add exceptions to, and thus override, the ECL.

Database security[edit]

Access control lists (ACLs) control a user of server's level of access to that database. Only a user with Manager access can create or modify the ACL. Default entries in the ACL can be set when the Manager creates the database.

Roles, rather than user id, can determine access level.

Programming[edit]

IBM Notes and Domino is a cross-platform, distributed document-oriented NoSQL database and messaging framework and rapid application development environment that includes pre-built applications like email, calendar, etc. This sets it apart from its major commercial competitors, such as Microsoft Exchange or Novell GroupWise, which are purpose-built applications for mail and calendaring that offer APIs for extensibility.

IBM Domino databases are built using the IBM Domino Designer client, available only for Microsoft Windows; standard user clients are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.^[14] A key feature of IBM Notes is that many replicas of the same database can exist at the same time on different servers and clients, across dissimilar platforms; the same storage architecture is used for both client and server replicas. Originally, replication in Notes happened at document (i.e., record) level. With release of Notes 4 in 1996, replication was changed so that it now occurs at field level.

A database is a Notes Storage Facility (.nsf) file, containing basic units of storage known as a "note". Every note has a UniqueID that is shared by all its replicas. Every replica also has a UniqueID that uniquely identifies it within any cluster of servers, a domain of servers, or even across domains belonging to many organizations that are all hosting replicas of the same database. Each note also stores its creation and modification dates, and one or more Items.

There are several classes of notes, including design notes and document notes. Design notes are created and modified with the Domino Designer client, and represent programmable elements, such as the GUI layout of forms for displaying and editing data, or formulas and scripts for manipulating data. Document notes represent user data, and are created and modified with the Lotus Notes client, via a web browser, via mail routing and delivery, or via programmed code.

Document notes can have parent-child relationships, but IBM Notes should not be considered a hierarchical database in the classic sense of information management systems. Notes databases are also not relational, although there is a SQL driver that can be used with Notes, and it does have some features that can be used to develop applications that mimic relational features. IBM Notes does not support atomic transactions, and its file locking is rudimentary. IBM Notes is a document-oriented database (document-based, schema-less, loosely structured) with support for rich content and powerful indexing facilities. This structure closely mimics paper-based work flows that IBM Notes is typically used to automate.

Items represent the content of a note. Every item has a name, a type, and may have some flags set. A note can have more than one item with the same name. Item types include Number, Number List, Text, Text List, Date-Time, Date-Time List, and Rich Text. Flags are used for managing attributes associated with the item, such as read or write security. Items in design notes represent the programmed elements of a database. For example, the layout of an entry form is stored in the rich text Body item within a form design note. This means that the design of the database can replicate to users' desktops just like the data itself, making it extremely easy to deploy updated applications.

Items in document notes represent user-entered or computed data. An item named "Form" in a document note can be used to bind a document to a form design note, which directs the IBM Notes client to merge the content of the document note items with the GUI information and code represented in the given form design note for display and editing purposes. However, other methods can be used to override this binding of a document to a form note. The resulting loose binding of documents to design information is one of the cornerstones of the power of IBM Notes. Traditional database developers used to working with rigidly enforced schemas, on the other hand, may consider the power of this feature to be a double-edged sword.

IBM Notes applications development uses several programming languages. Formula and LotusScript are the two original ones. LotusScript is similar to, and may even be considered a specialized implementation of, Visual Basic, but with the addition of many native classes that model the IBM Notes environment, whereas Formula is similar to Lotus 1-2-3 formula language but is unique to Notes.

Java was integrated into IBM Notes beginning with Release 4.5. With Release 5, Java support was greatly enhanced and expanded, and JavaScript was added. While LotusScript remains a primary tool in developing applications for the Lotus Notes client, Java and JavaScript are the primary tools for server-based processing, developing applications for browser access, and allowing browsers to emulate the functionality of the IBM Notes client. With XPages, the IBM Notes client can now natively process Java and JavaScript code, although applications development usually requires at least some code specific to only IBM Notes or only a browser.

As of version 6, Lotus established an XML programming interface in addition to the options already available. The Domino XML Language (DXL) provides XML representations of all data and design resources in the Notes model, allowing any XML processing tool to create and modify IBM Notes and Domino data.

Since Release 8.5, XPages were also integrated into IBM Notes.

External to the IBM Notes application, IBM provides toolkits in C, C++, and Java to connect to the IBM Domino database and perform a wide variety of tasks. The C toolkit is the most mature, and the C++ toolkit is an objectized version of the C toolkit, lacking many functions the C toolkit provides. The Java toolkit is the least mature of the three and can be used for basic application needs.

Database[edit]

IBM Notes includes a database management system but IBM Notes files are different from relational or object databases because they are document-centric. Document-oriented databases such as IBM Notes allow multiple values in items (fields), do not require a schema, come with built-in document-level access control, and store rich text data. IBM Domino 7 to 8.5.x supports the use of IBM DB2 database as an alternative store for IBM Notes databases. This NSFDB2 feature, however, is now in maintenance mode with no further development planned.^[15] An IBM Notes database can be mapped to a relational database using tools like DECS, [LEI], JDBCSql for Domino or NotesSQL.^[16]

It could be argued that IBM Notes and Domino is a multi-value database system like PICK, or that it is an object system like Zope, but it is in fact unique. Whereas the temptation for relational database programmers is to normalize databases, Notes databases must be denormalized. RDBMS developers often find it difficult to conceptualize the difference. It may be useful to think of an IBM Notes document (a 'note') as analogous to an XML document natively stored in a database (although with limitations on the data types and structures available).

Since Lotus Notes 8.5, IBM started to change the term Database to Application, because of the reason that these files are not really object databases as mentioned above.

The benefits of this data structure are:

1. No need to define size of fields, or datatype;
2. Attributes (Notes fields) that are null take up no space in a database;
3. Built-in full text searching.

Configuration[edit]

The IBM Domino server or the IBM Notes client store their configuration in their own databases / application files (*.nsf). No relevant configuration settings are saved in the Windows Registry if the operating system is Windows. Some other configuration options (primary the start configuration) is stored in the notes.ini (there are currently over 2000 known options available^[17]).

Use as an email client[edit]

IBM Notes is commonly deployed as an end-user email client in larger organizations, with IBM claiming a cumulative 145 million^{[citation needed]} licenses sold to date.

When an organization employs an IBM Domino server, it usually also deploys the supplied IBM Notes client for accessing the IBM Notes application for email and calendaring but also to use document management and workflow applications. As IBM Notes is a runtime environment, and the email and calendaring functions in IBM Notes are simply an application provided by IBM, the administrators are free to develop alternate email and calendaring applications. It is also possible to alter, amend or extend the IBM supplied email and calendaring application.

The IBM Domino server also supports POP3 and IMAP mail clients, and through an extension product (IBM mail support for Microsoft Outlook) supports native access for Microsoft Outlook clients.^[18]

IBM also provides IBM iNotes (in Notes 6.5 renamed to "Domino Web Access" but in version 8.0 reverted to iNotes), to allow the use of email and calendaring features through web browsers on Windows, Mac and Linux, such as Internet Explorer and Firefox. There are several spam filtering programs available (including IBM Lotus Protector), and a rules engine allowing user-defined mail processing to be performed by the server.

Comparison with other email clients[edit]

IBM Notes was designed as a collaborative application platform where email was just one of numerous applications that ran in the Notes client software. The Notes client was also designed to run on multiple platforms including Windows, OS/2, classic Mac OS, SCO Open Desktop UNIX, and Linux. These two factors have resulted in the user interface containing some differences from applications that only run on Windows. Furthermore, these differences have often remained in the product to retain backward compatibility with earlier releases, instead of conforming to updated Windows UI standards. The following are some of these differences.

• Properties dialog boxes for formatting text, hyperlinks and other rich-text information can remain open after a user makes changes to selected text. This provides flexibility to select new text and apply other formatting without closing the dialog box, selecting new text and opening a new format dialog box. Almost all other Windows applications require the user to close the dialog box, select new text, then open a new dialog box for formatting/changes.
• Properties dialog boxes also automatically recognize the type of text selected and display appropriate selections (for instance, a hyperlink properties box).
• Users can format tables as tabbed interfaces as part of form design (for applications) or within mail messages (or in rich-text fields in applications). This provides users the ability to provide tab-style organization to documents, similar to popular tab navigation in most web portals, etc.
• End-users can readily insert links to IBM Notes applications, IBM Notes views or other IBM Notes documents into IBM Notes documents.
• Deleting a document (or email) will delete it from every folder in which it appears, since the folders simply contain links to the same back-end document. Some other email clients only delete the email from the current folder; if the email appears in other folders it is left alone, requiring the user to hunt through multiple folders in order to completely delete a message. In IBM Notes, clicking on "Remove from Folder" will remove the document only from that folder leaving all other instances intact.
• The All Documents and Sent "views" differ from other collections of documents known as "folders" and exhibit different behaviors. Specifically, mail cannot be dragged out of them, and so removed from those views; the email can only be "copied" from them. This is because these are views, and their membership indexes are maintained according to characteristics of the documents contained in them, rather than based on user interaction as is the case for a folder. This technical difference can be baffling to users, in environments where no training is given. All Documents contain all of the documents in a mailbox, no matter which folder it is in. The only way to remove something from All Documents is to delete it outright.

Lotus Notes 7 and older versions had more differences, which were removed from subsequent releases:

• Users select a "New Memo" to send an email, rather than "New Mail" or "New Message". (Notes 8 calls the command "New Message")
• To select multiple documents in a Notes view, one drags one's mouse next to the documents to select, rather than using +single click. (Notes 8 uses keypress conventions.)
• The searching function offers a "phrase search", rather than the more common "or search", and Notes requires users to spell out boolean conditions in search-strings. As a result, users must search for "delete AND folder" in order to find help text that contains the phrase "delete a folder". Searching for "delete folder" does not yield the desired result. (Notes 8 uses or-search conventions.)

Lotus Notes 8.0 (released in 2007) became the first version to employ a dedicated user-experience team,^[19] resulting in changes in the IBM Notes client experience in the primary and new notes user interface. This new interface runs in the open source Eclipse Framework, which is a project started by IBM, opening up more application development opportunities through the use of Eclipse plug-ins. The new interface provides many new user interface features and the ability to include user-selected applications/applets in small panes in the interface. Lotus Notes 8.0 also included a new email interface / design to match the new Lotus Notes 8.0 eclipse based interface. Eclipse is a Java framework and allows IBM to port Notes to other platforms rapidly. An issue with Eclipse and therefore Notes 8.0 is the applications start-up and user-interaction speed. Lotus Notes 8.5 sped up the application and the increase in general specification of PCs means this is less of an issue.

IBM Notes 9 continued the evolution of the user interface to more closely align with modern application interfaces found in many commercial packaged or web-based software. Currently, the software still does not have an auto-correct option - or even ability - to reverse accidental use of caps lock.

Domino is now running on the Eclipse platform and offers many new development environments and tools such as XPages.^[20]

For lower spec PCs, a new version of the old interface is still provided albeit as it is the old interface many of the new features are not available and the email user interface reverts to the Notes 7.x style.

This new user experience builds on Notes 6.5 (released in 2003), which upgraded the email client, previously regarded by many as the product's Achilles heel. Features added at that time included:

• drag and drop of folders
• replication of unread marks between servers
• follow-up flags
• reply and forward indicators on emails
• ability to edit an attachment and save the changes back to an email id

Reception[edit]

Publications such as The Guardian in 2006 have criticized earlier versions of Lotus Notes for having an "unintuitive [user] interface" and cite widespread dissatisfaction with the usability of the client software. The Guardian indicated that Notes has not necessarily suffered as a result of this dissatisfaction due to the fact that "the people who choose [enterprise software] tend not to be the ones who use it."^[21]

Earlier versions of Lotus Notes have also been criticized for violating an important usability best practice that suggests a consistent UI is often better than custom alternative. Software written for a particular operating system should follow that particular OS's user interface style guide. Not following those style guides can confuse users. A notable example is F5 keyboard shortcut, which is used to refresh window contents in Microsoft Windows. Pressing F5 in Lotus Notes before release 8.0 caused it to lock screen. Since this was a major point of criticism this was changed in release 8.0. Old versions did not support proportional scrollbars (which give the user an idea of how long the document is, relative to the portion being viewed).^[22] Proportional scroll bars were only introduced in Notes 8.^[23]

Older versions of Lotus Notes also suffered from similar user interaction choices, many of which were also corrected in subsequent releases. One example that was corrected in Release 8.5: In earlier versions the out-of-office agent needed to be manually enabled when leaving and disabled when coming back, even if start and end date have been set. As of Release 8.5 the out-of-office notification now automatically shuts off without a need for a manual disable.

Unlike some other e-mail client software programs, IBM Notes developers made a choice to not allow individual users to determine whether a return receipt is sent when they open an e-mail; rather, that option is configured at the server level. IBM developers believe "Allowing individual cancellation of return receipt violates the intent of a return receipt function within an organization". So, depending on system settings, users will have no choice in return receipts going back to spammers or other senders of unwanted e-mail. This has led tech sites to publish ways to get around this feature of Notes. For IBM Notes 9.0 and IBM iNotes 9.0, the IBM Domino server's .INI file can now contain an entry to control return receipt in a manner that's more aligned with community expectations (IBM Notes 9 Product Documentation).^[24][25][26]

When IBM Notes crashes, some processes may continue running and prevent the application from being restarted until they are killed.^[27]

Related software[edit]

Related IBM Lotus products[edit]

Over the 30-year history of IBM Notes, Lotus Development Corporation and later IBM have developed many other software products that are based on or integrated with IBM Notes. The most prominent of these is the IBM Lotus Domino server software, which was originally known as the Lotus Notes Server and gained a separate name with the release of version 4.5. The server platform also became the foundation for products such as IBM Lotus Quickr for Domino, for document management, and IBM Sametime for instant messaging, audio and video communication, and web conferencing, and with Release 8.5, IBM Connections.

In early releases of IBM Notes, there was considerable emphasis on client-side integration with the IBM Lotus SmartSuite environment. With Microsoft's increasing predominance in office productivity software, the desktop integration focus switched for a time to Microsoft Office. With the release of version 8.0 in 2007, based on the Eclipse framework, IBM again added integration with its own office-productivity suite, the OpenOffice.org-derived IBM Lotus Symphony. IBM Lotus Expeditor is a framework for developing Eclipse-based applications.

Other IBM products and technologies have also been built to integrate with IBM Notes. For mobile-device synchronization, this previously included the client-side IBM Lotus Easysync Pro product (no longer in development) and IBM Notes Traveler, a newer no-charge server-side add-on for mail, calendar and contact sync. A recent addition to IBM's portfolio are two IBM Lotus Protector products for mail security and encryption, which have been built to integrate with IBM Notes.

Related software from other vendors[edit]

With a long market history and large installed base, IBM Notes and Domino have spawned a large third-party software ecosystem. Such products can be divided into four broad, and somewhat overlapping classes:

• IBM Notes and Domino applications are software programs written in the form of one or more IBM Notes databases, and often supplied as NTF templates. This type of software typically is focused on providing business benefit from IBM Notes' core collaboration, workflow and messaging capabilities. Examples include customer relationship management (CRM), human resources, and project tracking systems. Some applications of this sort may offer a browser interface in addition to Notes client access. The code within these programs typically uses the same languages available to an in-house IBM Domino developer: IBM Notes formula language, LotusScript, Java and JavaScript.
• IBM Notes and Domino add-ons, tools and extensions are generally executable programs written in C, C++ or another compiled language that are designed specifically to integrate with IBM Notes and Domino. This class of software may include both client- and server-side executable components. In some cases, IBM Notes databases may be used for configuration and reporting. Since the advent of the Eclipse-based Notes 8 Standard client, client-side add-ons may also include Eclipse plug-ins and XML-based widgets. The typical role for this type of software is to support or extend core IBM Notes functionality. Examples include spam and anti-virus products, server administration and monitoring tools, messaging and storage management products, policy-based tools, data synchronization tools and developer tools.
• IBM Notes and Domino-aware adds-ins and agents are also executable programs, but they are designed to extend the reach of a general networked software product to IBM Notes and IBM Domino data. This class includes server and client backup software, anti-spam and anti-virus products, and e-discovery and archiving systems. It also includes add-ins to integrate IBM Notes with third-party offerings such as Cisco WebEx conferencing service or the Salesforce.com CRM platform.

History[edit]

IBM Notes has a history spanning more than 30 years.^[28] Its chief inspiration was PLATO Notes, created by David R. Woolley at the University of Illinois in 1973. In today's terminology, PLATO Notes supported user-created discussion groups, and it was part of the foundation for an online community which thrived for more than 20 years on the PLATO system.^[29]Ray Ozzie worked with PLATO while attending the University of Illinois in the 1970s. When PC network technology began to emerge, Ozzie made a deal with Mitch Kapor, the founder of Lotus Development Corporation, that resulted in the formation of Iris Associates in 1984 to develop products that would combine the capabilities of PCs with the collaborative tools pioneered in PLATO. The agreement put control of product development under Ozzie and Iris, and sales and marketing under Lotus. In 1994, after the release and marketplace success of Notes R3, Lotus purchased Iris. In 1995 IBM purchased Lotus.

In 2008, IBM released XPages technology, based on JavaServer Faces. This allows IBM Domino applications to be better surfaced to browser clients, though the UX and business logic must be completely rewritten. Previously, IBM Domino applications could be accessed through browsers, but required extensive web specific modifications to get full functionality in browsers. XPages also give the application new capabilities that are not possible with the classic IBM Notes client. The IBM Domino 9 Social Edition included the IBM Notes Browser Plugin, which would surface Notes applications through a minified version of the rich desktop client contained in a browser tab.

Branding[edit]

Prior to release 4.5, the Lotus Notes branding encompassed both the client and server applications.^[30] In 1996, Lotus released an HTTP server add-on for the Notes 4 server called "Domino". This add-on allowed Notes documents to be rendered as web pages in real time. Later that year, the Domino web server was integrated into release 4.5 of the core Notes server and the entire server program was re-branded, taking on the name "Domino". Only the client program officially retained the "Lotus Notes" name.

In November 2012, IBM announced it would be dropping the Lotus brand and moving forward with the IBM brand only to identify products, including Notes and Domino.^[31] On October 9, 2018, IBM announced the availability of the latest version of the client and server software.

Release history[edit]

IBM donated parts of the IBM Notes and Domino code to OpenOffice.org^[68] on September 12, 2007 and since 2008 has been regularly donating code to OpenNTF.org.^[69]

21st century[edit]

Despite repeated predictions of the decline or impending demise of IBM Notes and Domino, such as Forbes magazine's 1998 "The decline and fall of Lotus",^[70] the installed base of Lotus Notes has increased from an estimated 42 million seats in September 1998^{[citation needed]} to approximately 140 million cumulative licenses sold through 2008.^[71] Once IBM Workplace was discontinued in 2006,^[72] speculation about dropping Notes was rendered moot. Moreover, IBM introduced iNotes for iPhone two years later.^[71]

IBM contributed some of the code it had developed for the integration of the OpenOffice.org suite into Notes 8 to the project.^[73] IBM also packaged its version of OpenOffice.org for free distribution as IBM Lotus Symphony.^[74]

IBM Notes and Domino 9 Social Edition shipped on March 21, 2013.^[75] Changes include significantly updated user interface, near-parity of IBM Notes and IBM iNotes functionality, the IBM Notes Browser Plugin, new XPages controls added to IBM Domino, refreshed IBM Domino Designer user interface, added support for To Dos on Android mobile devices, and additional server functionality as detailed in the Announcement Letter.

In late 2016, IBM announced that there would not be a Notes 9.0.2 release, but 9.0.1 would be supported until at least 2021.^[76] In the same presentation IBM also stated that their internal users had been migrated away from Notes and onto the IBM Verse client.

On October 25, 2017, IBM announced a plan to deliver a Domino V10 family update sometime in 2018. The new version will be built in partnership with HCL Technologies. IBM's development and support team responsible for these products are moving to HCL, however, the marketing, and sales continue to be IBM-led. Product strategy is shared between IBM and HCL. As part of the announcement, IBM indicated that there is no formal end to product support planned.^[77]

On October 9, 2018, IBM announced IBM Domino 10.0 and IBM Notes 10.0 in Frankfurt, Germany, and made them available to download on October 10, 2018.^[78]

Prior to the 2018 sales to HCL, IBM made announcements that it continues to invest heavily in research and development on the IBM Notes and Domino product line.

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References[edit]

The following product updates can be used for both single user, site and network-client installations:

SigmaPlot v14 Patch 3 Release Notes

1. Removed Windows server installation restriction in a patch update.
2. Fixed a problem where when you have a Radar Line/Error Band subtype, the legend was set wrong.
3. Fixed problems where memory allocations weren’t being freed.
4. Fixed a problem where the object properties dialog wasn’t recognizing the Filled Arrows option.
5. Updated the License Utility  (Ver 1.0.17)
6. Added additional log details.
7. Added a provision to save a C2V file
8. Updated License Utility command line
9. Fixed a problem while editing legend items where redraws were happening on every keystroke.  Now it will update when you click somewhere else on the dialog, tab to another control, hit the return key, or close the dialog.
10. Changes to our registry code to fix a couple of problems in registering our 15 key files.
11. Verify that the registry contains all of the entries in our key files at startup.
12. If this fails, the user will be asked to restart SigmaPlot as administrator to fix the problem.
13. The registry values will then be rechecked and if any key files are still not registered, then the customer will be asked to contact Technical Support.
14. This is only performed once.
15. Fixed a problem where you couldn’t open Transforms Samples files in the Help menu.
16. Fixed problems with show/hide plots.
17. Fixed problems with Graph Examples and the Enzyme Kinetics Tutorial on the Help Menu were going to the wrong web page.

SigmaPlot v14.0.0.142 Release Notes

1. Fixed a crash running transforms on large datasets due to an error in memory management.
2. Changed the Date/Time format in the header of statistics and regression reports to use the Regional Settings choices for Date and Time as the default. When using the selections in Regional Settings, only the long date and long time formats are displayed.
3. Asymmetric error bar line and scatter plots were not recognized by the Graph Properties and Modify Plot dialogs. The Graph Properties dialog will show the plot type, data format, and column assignments incorrectly. Modify plot will also not recognize the correct plot description and an attempt to add new data will result in a new graph rather than modifying the existing graph.
4. Bitmap images on a graph page did not export their data from a Plot 14 notebook to an earlier version. When you opened the exported notebook in the earlier version, handles are provided for the bitmap and it has the correct size, but no image appears.
5. Plot names for nonlinear regression graphs have been modified to better distinguish the plots in the Graph Properties dialog.
6. 4k Monitor improvements
   • Header row in worksheet very small
   • Strange font sizes in Macro editing window
   • Small initial window size the first time the application is run
   • Notebook item icons in the notebook manager were very small on high res monitors
7. Line tools were unavailable for drawn rectangles or ellipses from the ribbon and the Object Properties and the tools (line thickness and line color) did not work for plot bars or legend boxes. Line properties have been re-enabled for the edges of solids which addresses the above objects. Transparency controls on the Line tab in Object Properties have been disabled for edges of solids since SigmaPlot 14 does not support transparency for edges.
8. A Plot 14 notebook with a graph page containing enhanced metafile images caused Plot 14 to crash if saved or exported. Note that versions of SigmaPlot earlier than 14 did not support enhanced metafile images on a graph page.
9. If you launched the Date and Time dialog on the Report tab for an open report, selected a format, left the Update automatically check box checked, and pressed OK, then only part of text is inserted into the report. This was a Unicode coding issue.
10. If a multiple scatter plot is created and is modified in the Graph Properties dialog to use a worksheet column for symbol size, then the plot description in the Graph Properties (select Plot in the tree) gave an incorrect plot type, calling it a bubble plot, an incorrect data format, and incorrect column assignments. The Modify Plot dialog was also affected also if you wanted to add new data to the plot.
11. Using the ODBC Options dialog from Import Database crashed SigmaPlot. The crash appeared when clicking in the Data Source list box or pressing OK.
12. Duplicate tick labels could appear on a category axis.
13. If the Status column for Survival Analysis contained text labels having more than 15 characters, then the labels would be truncated in the last panel of the Test Wizard preventing the labels from be selected for Censors or Events.
14. Covariate names having more than 15 characters were truncated in the Covariates dialog for Cox Regression result graphs. Also, an error message appeared when selecting User-Defined in this dialog.
15. New Help file (SPW.chm) and new User Guide (SigmaPlot User’s Guilde.pdf) – Fixed issues with some screenshots
16. Improvements to the New License Utility
    • Additional log file to keep all license apply and usage information.
    • Log File information has been changed with additional details to track.
    • Provision to update product serial number thru Contact dialog.
    • Provision to display current sentinel library version in the log.
    • Provision to save the history of licenses applied in the log file.
    • Command line improvements
17. New Splash Screen
18. Fixed a crash with a particular file.
19. The Pharmacology menu has been turned off in releases of Plot 14. It will now be turned on by default.
20. When you exceeded the maximum number of intervals when specified for a coordinate for a 3D plot in the Plot Equation dialog, an incorrectly worded message was shown.
21. When a graph is the data source for a curve fit, the indexed formats Category XY and Category Y are now allowed for a plot so that its entire data, including all tuples, will be used as the regression data.
22. Increased the width of the Test drop-down for statistics so the names of many statistical procedures are not truncated when selected.
23. Accessing Transform Notebook Item Text in a macro caused problems.
24. The Page setup dialog was not working right.
25. Fix for the Enzyme Kinetics exe file.  Now the newer 1.7 version EXE is used.  This fixes an issue when the user’s profile folder is not in the Windows default “My Documents” folder.
26. The version of the build has been changed from 14.0.0.124 to 14.0.0.142.

SigmaPlot 13 Hotfix

 Get the Update:sp_pagwf.zip (904 KB)

Installation Instructions:

• Close SigmaPlot 13 if open
• Download the zipped file to your machine desktop
• Unzip the .dll file
• Replace your current .dll file by moving the new file into the directory: C:\Program Files\SigmaPlot\Spw13
• For a 64-bit OS, move the new file into the directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\SigmaPlot\Spw13
• The path to your application may vary depending on your PC configuration but most typically, it will be on your C:\ drive
• Close all your folders and restart SigmaPlot

What is fixed?

If the “Graph Page” ribbon tab is selected, then clicking on the plot would sometimes produce unending series of “PageW” error messages. All SigmaPlot 13 users are encouraged to apply this hotfix to their client installation.
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SigmaPlot 12.5 Product Update

• Product: SigmaPlot
• Version: SigmaPlot 12.5.0.38
• Date: February 2013
• Title: SPW_WebInstall.exe (115 MB)

 Get the Update:sigmaplot12.5.zip (115 MB)

Installation Instructions:

• Download the zipped file to your machine desktop
• Unzip the installer file
• Uninstall SigmaPlot 12.0, 12.1, 12.2 or 12.3 Release Version
• Back up your files in the <user>\SigmaPlot\SPW12 folder if you have made changes to them. The exact profile folder depends on the operating system.
• Delete that <user>\SigmaPlot\SPW12 folder
• Double-click on the EXE file and install the program

What’s in the update?

Over 50 significant modifications have been made in this update including both bug fixes and improvements to the user interface. Some of the most important are listed below:

SigmaPlot 12.5 Improvements

• Combined the V12 Property Browser and some features of V11 Graph Properties to allow feature extensibility and improved ease of use.
• Used Dynamic Update in the new Graph Properties to provide immediate graph update.
• Removed the Graph, Plot and Axis tabs from the V11 design and replaced this with a fixed two-level tree. All items previously existing in those tabs can now be viewed at one time.
• Simplified user interface to select tree node on left then change property on right.
• Designed Graph Properties panel to allow clicking outside it.
• Implemented the Current Group to allow selecting axes, plots and graphs from within Graph Properties.
• Provided a Graph Properties transparency feature to allow viewing graph changes behind the dialog.
• Reduced the size of Graph Properties to reclaim some window real estate.
• Restored the Object Properties dialog and updated it with the new GDI+ features.
• Modified the curve fit library (standard.jfl).
• Implemented three additional weighting functions for each equation: 1/x, 1/x^2 and Cauchy.
• Restored the APE functions in the Five Parameter Logistic — 2 Slopes fit function.
• Updated the Stat Transfer library for improved data import and export.
• Added PDF vector export.
• Improved EPS export.
• Fixed an OLE display problem to make the size of a pasted object in Word or PowerPoint to be the same as the object inside SigmaPlot for a 100% zoom level.
• Added Modify Plot to the right-click-on-page menu.
• Added Transforms and Regressions to the help menu.
• Added anti-aliasing to the right-click-on-page menu.
• Removed number of data sets restriction in the ROC macro.
• Fixed crash when a Graph is pasted repeatedly on the graph page.
• Fixed disabled pasting (Ctrl-V) in report.
• Fixed a JPEG export crash.
• Fixed crash on opening SigmaPlot by double clicking a file.
• Clarified missing browser Help error message.
• Removed colored square behind 3D graph pasted into Powerpoint.
• Replaced sort in Fit with Weight dropdown with user-entered order.
• Changed Tolerance format in Regression Options panel to scientific.
• Enabled copy and paste (Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V) in Notebook Manager.
• Fixed crash caused by cell formatting.
• Corrected 3D axis positioning in TIFF export.
• Corrected color problem with WMF graph export.
• Corrected mis-indexing of data columns pasted into a report.
• Fixed multi-color text string problem.
• Fixed colors in cells which were not displayed when pasted from Excel.
• Fixed description logic in Parallel Lines Analysis macro.
• Fixed Tab key scrolling through page objects.
• Fixed long decimal display of certain worksheet numbers.
• Fixed non-sticky Cascade view.
• Disabled not-applicable right click graph page items.
• Fixed problem where the tooltip text is deleted for all macro buttons on the Toolbox tab.
• Fixed the legend to be displayed after its plot has been cycled off then on.
• Fixed shifting 3D axis titles when exported.
• Fixed a crash caused by adding data to a box plot with a transparent fill.
• Fixed disabled Modified Plot caused by a plot which now points to an empty column.
• Fixed color transparency which was not reliably connected to slider position.
• Fixed radar vectors to use color schemes.
• Fixed bug causing a black background color in an unfilled contour plot.
• Fixed crash when printing 3D graphs from the Notebook Manager.

SigmaPlot 12.3 Update

• Product: SigmaPlot
• Version: SigmaPlot 12.3.0.36
• Date: May 2012
• Title: SPW_WebInstall.exe (99.6 MB)

 Get the Update:sigmaplot12.3.zip (98 MB)

Installation Instructions:

• Download the file to your machine
• Unzip the installer file
• Uninstall SigmaPlot 12.0, 12.1 or 12.2 Release Version
• Back up your files in the <user>\SigmaPlot\SPW12 folder if you have made changes to them. The exact profile folder depends on the operating system.
• Delete that <user>\SigmaPlot\SPW12 folder
• Double-click on the EXE file and install the program

What’s in the update?

Over 110 significant modifications have been made in this update including both bug fixes and improvements to the user interface. Some of the most important are listed below:

SigmaPlot 12.3 Improvements

• Improved overall program stability.
• Fixed many controls in the Property Browser and how the properties  are displayed on the graph page.
• Improved macro recording of the Property browser
• Improved cursor movement in the Property Browser.
• Fixed graph refreshing for complicated graphs with lots of data points.
• Improved display of graphs copied and pasted from one page to another.
• Improved exporting of graph pages and graph selections.
• Improved copying and pasting of graphs pasted into Word, Excel and Powerpoint, including transparent 3D graphs and the Paste To Powerpoint macro.
• Improved printing of graphs.
• Improved legend generation and display.
• Fixed result graphs for Linear Regression tests with Confidence & Prediction selected.
• The speed of the drawing of graphs with spline curves has been improved.
• Improved the graph mini toolbars.
• Re-enabled the DPI combo box in the graph export dialog when exporting EMF files. The DPI value controls the resolution of any embedded bitmaps in the metafile like bitmap fill patterns.
• Improved the Installation of SigmaPlot 12 when SigmaPlot 11 was previously installed.
• Improved global curve fitting for non US Operating Systems.
• Fixed the running of an equation if more than 100 parameters are used when Global Fit Wizard or Regression is used.
• Changed the “Fit with weight window” in the Equation Options panel of the Regression Wizard to be a dropdown.
• Improved error messages for the One-Sample signed rank test.
• Fixed curve fit line data errors generated when the X axis is “Date & Time” and “Extend fit to axis” is selected.
• Fixed use of the Standard Curves macro on non-US systems.
• Modified the approximation methods for derivatives to be very accurate but also able to produce good approximations for very small parameter values (approx. < 1.0E-015).
• Improved the Fit Results panel of the Regression Wizard to give the user the ability to produce a report even if convergence is not obtained after the maximum number of iterations is reached.
• Modified the sample file NonLin.jnb to add examples of different weighting techniques and implicit fitting.
• Added context sensitive help in places where it was not available.
• Modified the content for Enzyme Kinetics help and the help for the Toolbox on the ribbon interface.
• Improved content in the FAQ on the web page.
• Fixed problems launching help topics from the help menu using a web browser.
• Fixed the reversal of the OVR/INS control.
• Improved the handling of spw.ini on machines with both Sigmaplot 11 and 12 installed.
• Improved the interaction between Sigmaplot and Excel.
• Modified Quick Start so the worksheet and graph are tiled when complete.
• Improved data handling with data pasted from Excel.
• Fixed Importing of data from XLSX files.
• Fixed exporting worksheets when using the .csv format
• Improved worksheet behavior including engineering notation and the Rounding of data.
• Improved the formatting of Engineering notation in the worksheet.
• Fixed Excel integration with SigmaPlot.

SigmaPlot 12.2 Product Update

• Product: SigmaPlot
• Version: SigmaPlot 12.2.0.45
• Date: October 2011
• Title: SPW_WebInstall.exe (90.4 MB)

 Get the Update:sigmaplot12.2.zip (90.4 MB)

Installation Instructions:

• Download the file to your machine
• Unzip the installer file
• Uninstall SigmaPlot 12.0 or 12.1 Release Version
• Back up your files in the <user>\SigmaPlot\SPW12 folder if you have made changes to them. The exact profile folder depends on the operating system.
• Delete that <user>\SigmaPlot\SPW12 folder
• Double-click on the EXE file and install the program

What’s in the update?

Over 120 significant modifications have been made in this update including both bug fixes and additional graphing and statistical analysis features. Some of the most important are listed below:

SigmaPlot Version 12.2 Improvements

• Completely reformatted Help and Manual
• Added mouse wheel scrolling to property browser combo boxes
• Added PNG format graph export
• Significantly improved program stability
• Added Kolmogorov-Smirnov assumption checking for the Mann-Whitney (Rank Sum) test
• Added one-tailed parametric t-test
• Improved the accuracy of power values for paired and unpaired t-tests
• Added percentile method option for rank-based tests
• Added enhanced metafile pasting to PowerPoint macro
• Added bitmap printing for displaying GDI+ features on any printer
• Fixed macros running in Windows 7
• Fixed copy and paste problems with Excel
• Corrected legend text editing
• Corrected the grouping of graph objects
• Fixed Standard Curves macro bugs
• Improved various tooltip descriptions
• Fixed PDF printing
• Fixed Paste to PowerPoint for multiple graph types
• Improved anti-aliased line performance
• Fixed 3D graph export
• Fixed various Radar Plot options
• Added type-in capability for various Property Browser combo boxes
• Improved UI for common log scale, axis breaks, bar thickness, data point sampling
• Fixed Date&Time axis tick values
• Fixed gradient fill legend display
• Improved ternary axis title display
• Fixed linear regression line incrementing colors
• Added New Section to SigmaPlot button
• Added arrowhead properties controls
• Fixed context sensitive Help

SigmaPlot Version 12.1 Product Update

• Product: SigmaPlot
• Version: SigmaPlot 12.1.0.15
• Date: April 2011
• Title: SPW_WebInstall.exe (76.3MB)

Get the Update:sigmaplot12.1.zip (76.5MB)

Installation Instructions:

• Download the file to your machine
• Unzip the installer file
• Uninstall SigmaPlot 12.0 Release Version
• Back up your files in the <user>\SigmaPlot\SPW12 folder if you have made changes to them. The exact profile folder depends on the operating system.
• Delete that <user>\SigmaPlot\SPW12 folder
• Double-click on the EXE file and install the program

What’s in the update?

SigmaPlot Version 12.1.0 Patch Improvements 

• Export to graphic formats when using Antialiasing, gradient fills and transparency
• Copy and Paste to MS Excel, MS Word and MS Powerpoint when using Antialiasing, gradient fills and transparency
• Stability of the Program
• Refresh issues in the graph page when changing properties in the Property Browser
• Updating of the Property Browser when making changes on the graph page
• Macro recording of the Property Browser
• Help for Quick Transforms, Macros and the Introductory chapter
• Date and Time axis scales
• Macro operation of the following macros:
  • Ligand Binding
  • Exploratory EK
  • Label Symbols
  • Dot Density
  • F test comparison of curves
• Display of graphs in the Gallery
• Pasting of dates into reports
• Hand Cursor panning
• Tool tips in the Ribbon
• Opening Excel files
• SigmaPlot Macro Library summary descriptions
• Error Bars display
• Copy and Paste styles in Property browser
• Second plot creation in radar graph
• Radar graph Error and Area band color display

SigmaPlot 11.2.0 Product Update

• Product: SigmaPlot
• Version: SigmaPlot 11.2.0
• Date: September 2009
• Title: Sigma Plot Patch_ 11.2.msp

 Get the Update:SigmaPlot_11_2_0_Patch.zip (9.97 MB)

Installation Instructions:

• The patch will only install if you have SigmaPlot 11
• Download the file to your machine.
• Double-click on the MSP file. The patch will install itself, replacing only files that have changed and leaving other files alone. You should not uninstall your previous version of SigmaPlot. You will not need your license file.

Note: If you uninstall SigmaPlot, you will need to install first SigmaPlot 11.0.0 and then run only the SigmaPlot 11.2.0 patch.

What’s in the update?

SigmaPlot Version 11.2.0 Improvements

• SigmaPlot Macro Library for the Standard Curve, Ligand Binding and ROC Curve macros.
• Samples file. Addition of Vector Plot sample and six other samples.
• Saving files to older versions of SigmaPlot.
• Window operations on the Graph page. Windows/Close all improvements and moving legend improvements.
• Angular control in toolbars using the mouse.
• Using 1-way repeated measures ANOVA as an alternate test to Freidman’s test.Improvements when there is unbalanced data.
• Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test. Improvements to the p-Value in non linear regression reports.
• Variance Inflation Factor for Logistic Regression. Improvements to the calculation of this value.
• Entering numbers in cells, specifically entering an “indefinite” value into cells.
• Confidence Interval columns for Polynomial Regression. Improvements to the labeling of this column.
• Missing values or blanks in cells for a categorical covariate in Cox Regressions. Improvements to the report.
• Chi-square test for 2×2 contingency tables. Improvements to Yates correction.
• Cox stepwise regression. Improvements to the report when there are significant covariates in the model.
• Nonlinear regression reports. Added the covariate matrix to reports.
• Dunnett’s test for 1-way repeated measures ANOVA. Improvements when there is missing data.
• Chi-Square test reports. Improvements when there is a row or column of the contingency table that has all zeroes.
• Holm-Sidak multiple comparison output. Easier to read.
• Bonferroni method computing the P-value when comparing groups for ANOVA interactions
• One-Way Repeated Measures ANOVA. Improved results for the constant variance test.
• User-Defined Transforms. Improvements when using the User Defined Transforms when the Regresssion Wizard is running.
• Quick Transforms. Using transforms as column titles improved.
• Plot Equations using Piecewise equations in the Regression Library.

SigmaPlot 11.1 Product Update

• Product: SigmaPlot
• Version: SigmaPlot 11.1.0
• Date: November 2008
• Title: SigmaPlot_11_1_0_Patch.msp

Get the update: SigmaPlot_11_1_0_Patch.zip (9.51 MB)

Installation Instructions:

The patch will only install if you have SigmaPlot 11

• Download the file to your machine.
• Double-click on the MSP file.
• The patch will install itself, replacing only files that have changed and leaving other files alone. You should not uninstall your previous version of SigmaPlot. You will not need your license file.

Note: If you uninstall SigmaPlot, you will need to install first SigmaPlot 11.0.0 and then run the SigmaPlot 11.1.0 patch

What’s in the update?

SigmaPlot Version 11.1.0 Improvements

• Help documentation
• Operation of the Create Graph Dialog in the Startup Screen
• Operation of Point Plots with Category Data Formats
• Operation of Vector Plots with out of bounds vectors
• Legends with the Incrementing color screen
• Text Box operation
• Pie Chart operation
• Percentile method in nonparametric statistical test.
• Copying and pasting text
• Updated FAQ Screen Shots
• Operation of the Batch Process Excel macro.
• Operation of line and rectangle objects.
• Nudge operation when the page is zoomed out
• Operation of add-ons
• Reports for the Descriptive Statistics test
• Operation of MS Excel Integration
• Standard curve macro for the 5PL equation
• Font handling
• Statistics result graphs
• Operation when using User Defined Transforms and the Regression Wizard simultaneously
• Multiple Comparisons for 3 Way ANOVA
• Additional support for Import and Export of EMF and WMF files
• Auto-legend error handling
• Recalculation using Quick Transforms
• Operation of the Data Point Sampling combo box in Graph Properties
• Operation of Global Curve Fitting on German Systems
• Operation of the Curve Fit line on a graph
• Scatter Matrix graphs
• Changed phone numbers in license registration ID generation dialog
• Operation of empty statistics tests
• Menu operation
• Stratified Cox Regression with missing subject data
• Sharpiro-Wilk for certain ANOVA tests
• 2-Way Repeated Measures ANOVA report
• Probability functions if the degrees of freedom is not an integer
• ‘Standardized Residuals’ graph for Statistics
• Operation of items in a notebook after saving, closing, and reopening the notebook
• Asian language support

SigmaPlot 11.0.1 Product Update

• Product: SigmaPlot
• Version: SigmaPlot 11.0.1
• Date: August 23, 2008
• Title: SigmaPlot_11_0_1_Patch.msp

This patch has additional support for running of Sigma Plot 11 in all Asian windows versions like Chinese/ Korean / Taiwanese , specific to Asian region customers.

Get the update: SigmaPlot_11_0_1_Patch.zip (5.71 MB)

Installation Instructions:

The patch will only install if you have SigmaPlot 11.0.0.

• Download the file to your machine.
• Double-click on the MSP file.
• The patch will install itself, replacing only files that have changed and leaving other files alone. You should not uninstall your previous version of SigmaPlot. You will not need your license file.

SigmaPlot 10.0.1 Product Update

• Product: SigmaPlot
• Version: SigmaPlot 10.0.1
• Date: January 30, 2007
• Title: SigmaPlot_10_0_1_Patch.msp

Get the update: SigmaPlot_10_0_1_Patch.zip (6.53 MB)

Installation Instructions:

The patch will only install if you have SigmaPlot 10.0.0.

• Download the file to your machine.
• Double-click on the MSP file.
• The patch will install itself, replacing only files that have changed and leaving other files alone. You should not uninstall your previous version of SigmaPlot. You will not need your license file.

Note: If you uninstall SigmaPlot, you will need to install first SigmaPlot 10.0.0 and then run the SigmaPlot 10.0.1 patch

Note: After installing the above patch, Download the New Sigmaplot Help File: spw.zip (1.77MB) and replace the one previously installed by the patch performed above.

If you have a problem viewing this help file do the following:

• Right-click on the file (spw.chm) in Windows Explorer and choose Properties from the pop-up menu
• Click “Unblock” button then “Apply”

Note: After installing the above patch, Download the New Standard Equations Library: standard.zip (151Kb).
If you have modified this file, save out your old file from the SigmaPlot user directory to a new name. By default, this directory is “My Documents\SigmaPlot\SPW10”. The next time you run SigmaPlot, you will be prompted to copy the new file over the old one. Select yes. You can then add your old user defined equations back into the new file.

Note: After installing the above patch, Download the New Standard Macro File: SigmaPlot_Macro_Library.zip (783Kb). After downloading, unzip the file to extract the “SigmaPlot Macro Library.jnb” file.
If you have modified this file, save out your old file from the SigmaPlot user directory to a new name. By default, this directory is “My Documents\SigmaPlot\SPW10”. The next time you run SigmaPlot, you will be prompted to copy the new file over the old one. Select yes. You can then add your old macros to the new file.
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SigmaPlot 9.0.1 Product Update

• Product: SigmaPlot
• Version: SigmaPlot 9.01
• Date: November 25, 2004
• Title: SigmaPlot9_01_Update.exe

Get the update: SigmaPlot9_01_Update.zip (42.2MB)

Problems fixed in 9.01

• If a data worksheet was opened so that more than 10 columns were visible, sometimes the first column would be missing from the worksheet. If the worksheet had 10 or less visible columns this problem didn’t occur.
• SigmaPlot objects pasted into Excel 2003 did not update properly after being edited. The new state was only displayed in Excel after a file save, or after running the “Activate As” dialog.
• When using SigmaPlot from Excel using Excel Integration an error message occurred when creating a category mean or median graph with SigmaPlot
• Highlighted worksheet data was not readable in the “Silver” color scheme in Windows XP.
• The Standard Curve macro did not work with 2 replicate sets of data.
• The Standard Curve macro did not handle decimal points correctly on European systems. The predicted x values were truncated to 1 digit
• The Standard Curve macro did not correctly handle columns of data that contained text only.
• The Standard Curve macro did not always handle worksheets with data to the right of left-adjusted data in German systems.
• Turning on the “Add Equation To Title” option in the curve fitter would cause the Standard Curve macro to operate incorrectly.
• Results for a bad non-linear regression (meaningless results) were being reported with a sum of squares of 0.0 and an R-squared of 1.0. These values are now reported as NAN’s (“not-a-number”).
• The “Help” menu did not function in SigmaPlot if there were no view windows open. F1 did work.
• The Macro Recorder reversed the row and column parameters when recording a “File Import” operation.
• Notebook Items could not be printed from the notebook tree control.
• A new graph was created if you tried to reselect the data columns for an asymmetric error bar vertical or horizontal bar graph using the Graph Wizard from the Graph Properties Dialog.
• An erroneous error message was given in the combined version of SigmaPlot and SigmaStat if you chose a SigmaStat Graph in the Graph Wizard and selected an output column for that graph, and then changed to a SigmaPlot Graph the did not require an output column and there was data in the originally selected output column.
• Filled contour graphs sometimes drew out of the graph area when a manual Y-axis scale was used.
• Notebook item summary information was not being saved for SigmaPlot 8 files opened in SigmaPlot 9.
• Symbols-from-a-column in SigmaPlot 8 files were not always being properly displayed in SigmaPlot 9.
• Date information was being truncated in the worksheet if it was inadvertently edited and the date format was an abbreviated format that did not contain the complete date.
• “Sample Files” in the Help menu could not be viewed with Mozilla-based browsers.
• Y-only graphs that used data point sampling to display only a portion of the graph were displayed differently than in SigmaPlot 8.0. The ordinal value of each point was used for the X value rather than the row number. (And vice versa for X-only plots).
• The ANOVA table in the Curve Fit report has been changed to include both the means-corrected and non-means-corrected sum of squares. The R-squared computation has been changed to always report the mean corrected value.

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