Change History for BlastStation2 for Mac OS X Version 2.72 7/11/2011 - NCBI BLAST for local BLAST searches was upgraded to 2.2.25, the most recent version of NCBI BLAST. - Modified to accept input data using drag and drop. - Modified to accept database input file using drag and drop. - Modified to create database from FASTQ as well as FASTA file. Plain, .gz, .Z, and .zip text files are accepted. - Added function to change database folder. - Added option to add query length and query and hit positions to export file. - Added alignment detail display function. Version 2.70 7/30/2010 - EBI access method is changed from SOAP web service to REST web service. - Exporting search result sequences in FASTA format is added. - Displaying sequence by clicking ID for local database without NCBI format deflines is added. - Delete, Backup, and Restore Jobs are added. - Added jump drawer position setting in Preferences. - Added grayscale display mode. Version 2.66 5/20/2010 - Some parameters were adjusted for the recent slow EBI server responses. Version 2.65 12/12/2009 - High performance local BLAST search using multiple cores on your PC. - Added Max target sequences in output file in Options window. - Added Advanced Options in Options window. - Added Indexing option in Create DB window. - Added Advanced Options in Create DB window. Version 2.64 9/8/2009 - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard support. Version 2.63 5/11/2009 - NCBI BLAST for local BLAST searches was upgraded to 2.2.20, the most recent version of NCBI BLAST. - Modified to be able to restart cancelled job. - Permanent automatic upgrade support for permant license holders. - Modified to display the alert to visit tutorial page. - Fixed a bug which prevents launch. Version 2.61 9/4/2008 - Officially supports Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. - EBI:NCBI-BLAST server support instead of NCBI BLAST server. This is due to the recent changes of NCBI server use policy. If you continue to use previous version of BlastStation2, your IP address may be blocked to access NCBI web sites. All previous version users must upgrade to this version. - Modification due to EBI WebService wsdl change. - Bug in Resume search is fixed. - There is only one header line in "Export All" csv file. - Filter default value for WU-Blast2 protein search is changed to "seg". - formatdb.log will be removed if its size exceeds the limit. - formatdb error message window is modified. Version 2.53 3/16/2008 - Quick fix version due to the recent change of NCBI server use policy. If you continue to use previous version of BlastStation2, your IP address may be blocked to access NCBI web sites. All previous version users must upgrade to this version. We will terminate to use NCBI Blast server and migrate to another server in the next release soon. Version 2.52 11/5/2007 - Modification due to the NCBI html format change. Version 2.51 4/28/2007 - Modification due to the failure of XML file return from NCBI BLAST server. Version 2.50 4/23/2007 - Modifications due to NCBI BLAST interface change. - Display search completed time on the results tab. Version 2.42 10/31/2006 - Supports Permanent License. Version 2.41 10/11/2006 - Minor midificaiton due to the reorganization of NCBI BLAST database files. - "Close Window" was added to the File menu. - Fixed a bug which hangs the program when huge search results are exported. - Fixed a bug which hangs the program during reading XML file when there is No Hits in local BLAST searches. - Fixed a bug which hangs the program during "Create DB" with over 60 MB FASTA file. - Fixed a bug which disables the launch of the program if it is installed under Mac OS X accounts other than Admin. - Install package supports multi languages (English and Japanese). - NCBI BLAST for local BLAST searches was upgraded to 2.2.14. - BlastStation2 is a Universal Binary (supports Intel Macs). - Assigned keyboard shortcut to "Display Results". - A function to display the Query sequences during navigating the results was added. - The user interface to navigate the search results are completely modified. Version 2.33 7/26/2006 - Fixed a bug which hangs the program during "Export Best Hits" when there is No Hits. - Fixed a bug which disables displaying more than 2 search results when 0.xml is missing. - Fixed a bug which hangs the program during "Export Best Hits" when 0.xml is missing. Version 2.32 6/27/2006 - Minor modification for the EBI records which does not have Accession numbers. - Displaying the data range in the results tab was added. - Fixed a bug which disables export menus on Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. - Displaying the change history in the Update dialog was added. - DB file type was added in the DB Download window. - Disk free space checking capability during the DB download and the DB creation was added. - Corrupted NCBI DB file checking capability was added. - Minimize button was added to the DB Download window. - Example DB files for local search were added. - Added "Export Best Hits" in the File menu. The followings are modifications for the frequently happened network errors in the NCBI servers. - Fixed a bug which hangs the program during the "Export All Results". - Fixed a bug which hangs the program during the results display. - Warning message when XML file is missing was added. - Extracting FASTA data when network error happened and displaying warning message were added. Version 2.31 4/11/2006 - Minor modification due to the change of EBI Web Service. Version 2.3 3/15/2006 - WU-Blast2 search capability using the EBI server was added. - Error handling in Create DB was added. - DB Maintenance was modified to remove nine database files for protein database. - Trial user survey was added. - Fixed a bug that causes all programs are enabled after search.