SimArray
SimArray
A user-friendly and user-configurable microarray design tool [PubMed | Journal]
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SimArray.pl and WinSimArray.pl version 1.2

  1. The wash configuration file was renamed time, to allow for instrument- and user-defined print settings affecting single print-cycle times. The index.sa file was also amended to allow for this change.

  2. Source code was modified to look for a 'time_file' within index.sa and the internal variable $WASH_FILE was renamed $TIME_FILE. These changes were made to prevent confusion.

  3. Links to previous versions of SimArray were broken because the current index.sa and configuration files will no longer work with older versions of SimArray.


SimArray.pl and WinSimArray.pl version 1.1

  1. The URL for an example index.sa file has been added to the -h help text to help users who downloaded the source code but failed to note that an index.sa file was also required.

  2. Implemented the -v option, to display the version and release date. There is also a brief description of the changes that have been made. Whilst the -v option will be retained, we may not add the release notes if the modifications are extensive because of the need for brevity.

  3. To compensate for text-editors converting tabs to variable numbers of spaces, SimArray and WinSimArray no longer assume that columnar data is tab-delimited.

  4. Whilst implementing the above, some simple reality checks for the configuration and sources.txt files were also introduced. Both SimArray and WinSimArray will now abort with a warning if a problem is found.

  5. Implementation of the -f command-line option, to display example index.sa and configuration files with the correct format. These can be used to resolve any file format problems.