MapDisto beta - change log



v. 1.7.5 beta 4 build 7 (Oct 31, 2011, Excel 2007 only)

* Updated the Browser for Mapmaker module.

v. 1.7.5 beta 4 build 8 (Oct 31, 2011, Excel 2011 only, unreleased)
* “Use these data” and “Store data” no longer take hours...

v. 1.7.5 beta 4 build 7 (Oct 31, 2011, Excel 2011 only)
* Mapmaker module: Not really a new version, but I have modified the mmk.command file as Excel 2011 seems to work with Unix carriage returns, no old Mac ones. Everything seems to work fine now. The mmk.command can be downloaded
here.

v. 1.7.5 beta 4 build 6 (Oct 28, 2011, Excel 2007 only)

* Updated the Mapmaker module with XL2003 version scripts in Excel 2007 for Windows.

v. 1.7.5 beta 4 build 7 (Oct 27, 2011, Excel 2011 only)
* Updated the Mapmaker module with XL2004 version scripts in Excel 2011 for Mac OS X. Still some bugs, but approaching…

v. 1.7.5 beta 4 build 6 (Oct 27, 2011, Excel 2011 only)

* New MapDisto Toolbar that replaces the Browser (Browser needs modeless Forms, which are not supported in Excel 2011 for Mac OS X).
* Couple of small interface improvements.

v. 1.7.5 beta 4 build 5 (jun 23, 2011, Excel 2007 only)
* New Place loci function
* Changed "> LOD" by ">= LOD" in Closest marker search.

v. 1.7.5 beta 9 build 9 (March 25, 2011, Excel 2003-2004 only)
* Added plot phenotype
vs genotype for a specific marker.

v. 1.7.5 beta 4 build 2 (March 23, 2011, Excel 2007 only)
* Bug fix: import mapmaker datafiles of more than 254 individuals now works properly.
* Several small bug fixes

v. 1.7.5 beta 9 (June 5, 2010)
* Terminate Mapmaker now works on Mac OS X. You'll have to put the script 'kill_mmk.command' (available on the web site, 'Resources' section) in the ‘Applications/mapmaker’ folder.
* Option to simulate dominant markers in F2s (Excel 2004 for Mac Only)
* Command AutoBatchMapMapmaker (Excel 2004 for Mac Only)
* Command AutoBatchMap still buggy for F2 populations

v. 1.7.5 beta 8 (June 2, 2010)
* Corrected a bug in version for Excel 2004 for Mac, that was looking for a wrong path while running a Mapmaker command.

v. 1.7.5 beta 7 (June 2, 2010)
* Excel 2004 for Mac now supported.
You'll have to install Mapmaker for Mac OS X, which you will find in the
Resources section. In all cases, Mapmaker has to be installed in the ‘Applications’ folder:
1. Expand the mapmaker compressed file
2. Create a folder called ‘mapmaker’ in the ‘Applications’ folder
3. Move the files of the expanded folder to the ‘Applications/mapmaker’ folder).
There are three versions of Mapmaker:
- One for Intel Macs, compiled for big datasets.
- One for Intel Macs, compiled with the original parameters.
- One for Power PC Macs (G4 and G5 processors), compiled with the original parameters.
These versions seem to be much less “crashy” than the DOS version.
Many thanks to Jean-François Rami and Fausto Rodriguez for their kind help in compiling Mapmaker for the Mac.

v. 1.7.5 beta 6 (June 1, 2010, Excel 2003 only)
* Temporary version, unreleased.

v. 1.7.5 beta 5 (June 1, 2010, Excel 2003 only)
* Excel 2003 now supported. In MapDisto for Excel 2003, the Mapmaker commands are located in the MapDisto Mini Toolbar.
* Feature: Mapmaker Find groups.

v. 1.7.5 beta 4 (May 27, 2010, Excel 2007 only)
* Improvement: Longer timeout to wait for Mapmaker.

v. 1.7.5 beta 3 (May 27, 2010, Excel 2007 only)
* Bug fix: MapDisto will no longer erase the "mapmaker.bat" file

v. 1.7.5 beta 2 (May 27, 2010, Excel 2007 only)
* Improvement: Check for Mapmaker crash while running Map, Order and Ripple commands.
* Improvement: Added a command to manually terminate Mapmaker instances (useful in case of macro execution error).

v. 1.7.5 beta 1 (May 26, 2010, Excel 2007 only)
* Feature: Mapmaker integration! This is a Windows-only feature. Will not work on Mac OS X until I find a way to pass Unix commands from VBA. Thanks to Jean-François Rami for his kind help!
The Mapmaker commands are located in the 'Mapmaker' tab of the MapDisto Browser. You will need to install Mapmaker for MS-DOS in the C:\mapmaker directory first (see installer in
Resources section). Currently, the implemented commands allow to compute maps, order and ripple sequences and draw maps from Mapmaker outputs.
* Improvement: Better map drawing.

v. 1.7.2 beta 9.5 (March 18, 2010, Excel 2007 only)
* Option to use Framework map instead of computed map in Export map & data (option only available for Export to QGene v. 4).
* Error detection compatible with Jelly.
* Several small fixes…

v. 1.7.2 beta 9 (April 19, 2009, Excel 2007 only)
* New "About" window in the Excel 2007 version.
* Bug fix: In the Excel 2007 version, the chromosome, traits and map parameters labels are now properly drawn in the Draw Map and Draw QTL commands.


v. 1.7.2 beta 8 (April 19, 2009)
* Added a Browser, more user-friendly than the Toolbars that are hidden in the Excel 2007's ribbon. The browser also works in Excel 2003. It will not work properly in Excel 2004 for Mac OS X.
* Feature: Added a command to transpose the data in the Data window. Useful to prepare the data for the Color genotypes command.

v. 1.7.2 beta 7 (April 12, 2009)
* Added compatibility with Excel 2007, allowing to work with larger datasets.
Known bug: the chromosome names are not drawn in Excel 2007.
* Corrected a bug (probably introduced in beta 1) in computation of several statistics when analyzing large datasets.
* Accelerated the “Color” command in the Color Genotypes window (Excel 2007 only). However, the error detection commands will not color the error candidates correctly (this does not affect the results).


v. 1.7.2 beta 6 (January 20, 2009)
* Improvement: Added log of data alteration in Iterative Error Removal.

v. 1.7.2 beta 5 (December 14, 2008)
* Improvement: Decimal separator in dialog boxes works better with internationalized versions of Excel.
* Improvement: Iterative Error Removal was re-written and is now much faster and more reliable.
* Improvement: Color Genotypes works faster for F2 populations. It will also color heterozygote datapoints for SSD and IRILx populations.

v. 1.7.2 beta 4 (December 9, 2008)
* Improvement: Handling of international versions of Excel/OS.
* Bug fix: The new Read data command was generating an error in SSD, BC1, DH and HRIL populations. Fixed.

v. 1.7.2 beta 3 (December 9, 2008)
* Feature: Iterative Error Removal is now active for F2 populations.
* Improvement: Option to use AutoOrder in Iterative Error Removal. Option to use Replace Error Candidates by Flanking Genotypes in Iterative Error Removal.

v. 1.7.2 beta 2 (December 9, 2008)
* Feature: Color Genotypes is now available for F2 populations, allowing genotyping error detection, missing data inference, easy visualization of allelic configuration and other data manipulation features.
* Feature: Import and Export QGene v. 4 (.qfd) datafiles.
* Feature: Export map and data to CSSL Finder format.
* Improvement: Improved the Replace error candidates by flanking genotypes command.

v. 1.7.2 beta 1 (November 19, 2008)
* Improvement: RF 2-point matrix computation in the "Find groups" command is now almost twice as fast as in previous version (using matrices of integers) (excluding F2 populations). However, speed is unchanged on both Intel and G5 Apple computers.

v. 1.7.1 (October 2008, unreleased)
* Feature: Command to reset MapDisto in the "About" window.
* Improvement: better checking for missing data in the "Read data" command.

v. 1.7.0 beta 132 for Excel 2007 (March 19, 2007)
* Improvement: Some minor interface improvements.
* Bug fix: The Store data command was storing only the first 256 columns (version for Excel 2007 only).
* Bug fix: Some commands in Color genotypes were generating an error in case of having three (or more) co-segregating markers.
* Bug fix: Corrected a bug of double recombinant counting and display in Color genotypes.
* Bug fix: Some minor fixes.
This version does
NOT include some features of the version 1.7 final or 1.7.2 beta.