This upgrade installs version 2.0 of the NIST MS Search Program. This upgrade will not replace your NIST MS Search Program v 1.6 or 1.7, but it will upgrade any previously distributed version 2.0 files. Please refer to readme_v20.txt included in the zip file for more details. This software upgrade should not be applied to the software accompanying the NIST 02 MS Library.
UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS: Detailed instructions are included in readme_v20.txt in the zip file. Please read this document before downloading the complete zip file. For this upgrade to work properly, it is important that the MS Search Program is not open when the files are extracted.
32 Bit Program – The NIST MS Search v2.0 is a true 32 bit application and thus requires Windows NT 4.0, 95, 98, Me or 2000.
Structure Searching – The search program will now find all data based on its structural similarity. The searching can be done with either data from the NIST MS library, a user MS library or from a structure drawn in most chemical drawing packages. To enable structure search in user libraries use strdbld.exe to create and update structure indexing.
User Library Structures – Present since version 1.6, but possibly new to some of the users.
Overall User Interface – The user interface should be easier to use and more conformant with normal Windows conventions.
Compare Views – There are a number of new ways to visually compare two spectra.
Drag and Drop – Data can be dragged and dropped between windows.
Direct interaction with a number of chemical drawing packages – For details see "How to send a drawing to a structure drawing program".