Match! version 4.2 Build 329 has been released

July 11, 2025

The new Match! version 4.2 Build 329 has become available today. The "guided operations" improvements of the previous version have been further refined, making the new version even more easy and flexible to use. In addition, the Windows version has been verified to work with all upcoming ICDD PDF Release 2026 databases. Some minor improvements have been implemented as well as all currently known bugs have been fixed.

Here is the full list of improvements in the new version:

• During guided operations, Match! now also allows you to restrict your analysis to certain chemical classes ("subfiles", e.g. "mineral" or "cement material").
• You can now answer "No (don't ask again)" to the questions regarding chemical class, known elements or phases when running the "Quantitative and qualitative analysis" command, in order to suppress future displays of these questions.
• New "Automatic" finishing option: "Export result to LIMS" writes the result (contents of the match list) to a csv-file in the directory given on the "Automatic" tab of the "Options" window, with extension "_LIMS_ddmmyyyy_hhmmss.csv". Here, "ddmmyyyy_hhmmss" is the current date and time when the LIMS file is written.
• New file format "LIMS" for batch script command "export_matchlist"
• When importing crystal structure data (space group HMS) with given origin choice from CIFs, Match! now also understands "origin choice 1" and "Origin Choice 1", as alternatives to "O1".
• New edition "2025.07.04" of the COD reference databases, now providing the "Organic" subfile flag (restraint) for the full COD reference database (in addition to "Cement materials", "Inorganic" and "Minerals").
• The new version has been verified to be compatible with all upcoming release 2026 ICDD PDF database products.
• Several bugs have been fixed:
  • In certain situations, Match! could crash when automatically marking the next phase after an automatic search-match (update of FoM values) calculation after a phase selection.
  • Match! could crash while switching over to a different reference database.
  • A bug causing the "COD-Inorganics" reference database to contain several organic compounds/phases has been fixed.

Match! users should check their update permission time (e.g. in "Help / About Match!") and then download and install the new version from here.

Match! Demo Version and Information

If you are new to Match! and would like to learn more about it, please visit the Match! web page. where you can also download a full-featured (time-limited) demonstration version free-of-charge.