Match! Version 2 Frequently Asked Questions
The "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ) provides an overview over the most common
questions along with the corresponding answers for Match! version 2:
When running Rietveld (FullProf) calculations I always get error messages like "Unable to read Rietveld output file fpcalc.out"
or "Your refinement did not converge".
If these messages are displayed every time you try to run a Rietveld refinement calculation,
please verify that you are using FullProf release April 2013 (or later). Older versions of FullProf
may not be compatible with Match!. You can select the directory in which an appropriate
FullProf version is installed on the "Rietveld" tab of the "Tools/Options"-dialog.
The "Rietveld (FullProf)" command is not active/available, even though I have defined the path to FullProf.
Please note that Rietveld refinement requires both diffraction data as well as crystal structure data. For the latter, the entries
in the Match list are used. Hence, you first have to import diffraction data, run a search-match and select at least one entry/phase as
"matching" before the "Rietveld (FullProf)" command becomes available.
We will modify this behaviour in version 2.1.1: Here the command will remain active, but you will get a corresponding 'error' message when you run
the command without having performed a phase-identification as described above.
How can I transfer the Match! diffraction pattern graphics to Microsoft Word as scalable vector images?
In contrast to version 1, the current version of Match! does not support the export of Windows
enhanced metafile files (*.emf). In order to transfer your diffraction patterns
as scalable vector plots to Microsoft Word, you can use the Scalable Vector Graphics format (*.svg) in combination with one of the following options:
- Use the open source program Inkscape in order to convert svg-files into emf-files, and import these emf-files into Word
- Import svg-files into Microsoft Word through Microsoft Visio
- Load the svg-file into Adobe SVGViewer, and copy it to Microsoft Word by "Drag and Drop"
In the following, we will demonstrate how to check the required settings and drivers for any
ICDD PDF relational database. We will use the PDF-2 Release 2012, so please note that you must replace "DSN_PDF2012", "PDF2012" and the directory names by the
corresponding values for your PDF version (e.g. "DSN_PLU2012" for PDF-4+ Release 2012, DSN_ORG2011
for PDF-4 Organics Release 2011, or DSN_PLW2012 for the WebPDF-4+ Release 2012):
- Open the Windows Control Panel (select "Start/Settings"), double-click "Administrative
tools", then "Data sources (ODBC)". This will run the ODBC Data Sources Administrator.
- Tabsheet "Drivers": Is "Adaptive Server Anywhere" (e.g. version 10.0 or 12.0) present? If not:
- Re-install the PDF database
- Make sure to carry out the second step of the installation in which the ODBC connection is created.
Note that write access is required for the main directory
of drive C:\ in order to install the ODBC database driver!
- Wait until the message "The installation is complete and will now terminate."
is displayed.
- Restart your PC if required.
- If the driver is still not present, please contact ICDD for installation support
(report "ODBC driver 'Adaptive Server Anywhere' is not installed properly")!
- If the driver is present, check the tabsheet "System DSN": The DSN "DSN_PDF2012" (or
similar, depending on your PDF version) must be present, and must be connected with
the driver "Adaptive Server Anywhere x.0". If this is not the case, either...
- Re-install the PDF database
- Make sure to carry out the second step of the installation in which the ODBC connection is created.
Note that write access is required for the main directory
of drive C:\ in order to install the ODBC database driver!
- Wait until the message "The installation is complete and will now terminate."
is displayed.
- Restart your PC if required.
- If the driver is still not present, please contact ICDD for installation support
(report "ODBC driver 'Adaptive Server Anywhere' is not installed properly")!
or
- Add the required DSN manually:
- In the ODBC Data Sources Administrator, open the tabsheet "System DSN"
- Press the "Add..." button
- Select driver "Adaptive Server Anywhere x.0" (depending on your PDF database version)
- In the dialog "ODBC Configuration" modify the following fields accordingly:
- ODBC/Data source name: "DSN_PDF2012" (or similar)
- Database/Server name: "PDF2012" (or similar)
- Database/Start line: "C:\ASA\win32\dbeng9.exe" (dbeng10.exe or dbeng12.exe, depending on your PDF database version)
- Database/Database file: "C:\Program Files\ICDD PDF-2 Release 2012\Data\PDF2012.db" (or similar)
- Database/Start database automatically (checked)
- Database/Stop database after last disconnect (checked)
I would like to add own diffraction data to the user database.
Does this affect my PDF installation ?
No. The user database is stored independent from the PDF database in a
separate directory. Match! accesses the PDF in "read-only" mode; i.e. your PDF
is not affected in any way. The combination of PDF and own (user
database) entries is achieved by creating combined index files, which
themselves are stored in a separate directory.
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