Change History for BlastStation2 for Windows Version 2.70 7/25/2010 - 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. - Export search results works faster than before. Version 2.65 1/26/2010 - Windows 7 support. - 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 2.63 6/29/2009 - NCBI BLAST for local BLAST searches was upgraded to 2.2.20, the most recent version of NCBI BLAST. - Permanent automatic upgrade support for permant license holders. - Modified to display the alert to visit tutorial page. - Fixed a bug to read NCBI XML file when there are more than two identities in the same sequence. - Fixed a bug which hang the program when exporting the results if there is no hit. Version 2.61 9/24/2008 - Officially supports Windows Vista. - 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". - Modification is made to read NCBI XML file. - Create DB is multi-threaded. - formatdb.log will be removed if its size exceeds the limit. - formatdb error message window is modified. Version 2.60 3/25/2008 - 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. 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. - Fixed a bug which fails startup with long jobname. - Fixed a bug which disables to change window size after program exit when window is minimized. Version 2.44 1/23/2007 - Some network parameters are modified due to the slow response of the NCBI server. Version 2.43 1/17/2007 - Sequence matching positions are added to exported files. Version 2.42 10/31/2006 - Minor modification due to the upgrade of NCBI BLAST server to 2.2.15. - Fixed a bug which fails to renew annual license. - Supports Permanent License. Version 2.41 9/29/2006 - Minor midificaiton due to the reorganization of NCBI BLAST database files. Version 2.4 9/27/2006 - Fixed a bug which fails to setup database name when job file is read. - Fixed a bug which fails to change genetic codes when using NCBI BLAST server. - Fixed a bug which fails to perform local BLAST search with blastx and tblasx. - Error handling for local BLAST search was added. - NCBI BLAST program was upgraded to 2.2.14. - Troubleshooting check box was added. - FASTA file type recognition function was added in Create DB. - Shortcut key (Ctrl-L) was added to Display Results. - Query sequence displaying function was added in Results tab. - Search results navigating user interface in Results tab was completely modified. Version 2.33 7/26/2006 - Error handling when XML file size is 0 and XML file format is invalid was added. - Fixed a bug which hangs the program during export when 0.xml is missing. - Fixed a bug which disables export menu when 0.xml is missing. Version 2.32 7/3/2006 - Minor modification for the EBI records which does not have Accession numbers. - Displaying the change history in the Update dialog was added. - 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 "All Best Hits" in the Export menu. The followings are modifications for the frequently happened network errors in the NCBI servers. - Modified to retry when network error happened. - Warning message when XML file is missing was added. Version 2.31 4/9/2006 - Minor modification due to the change of EBI Web Service. Version 2.3 3/12/2006 - WU-Blast2 search capability using the EBI server was added. - New, Open, and Save toolbar icons are disabled during the BLAST search. - Job file format was changed to the XML format. Version 2.21 1/19/2006 - Font size of the copyright notice in the "About BlastStaiton2" dialog was changed . - A bug in Register menu was fixed. - Trial user survey was added. Version 2.2 12/29/2005 - A bug in sequence data validation was fixed. - Error handling in Create DB was added. - Help was modified. - More strict sequence data check was added. - DB Maintenance was modified to remove nine database files for protein database. - Download DB was completely re-written for easier use.