DADiSP Top Ten Features
DADiSP version 6 includes a
number of exciting new features and enhancements. The majority of these
changes and improvements are the direct result of customer requests and
interaction. Below is a summary of some of the major enhancements included
in DADiSP:
Active Document Server
DADiSP now supports external Worksheet Documents or .DWK files
(DADiSP Worksheet File). DWK files are single file, standalone worksheets
that can be saved or opened by DADiSP. In addition, DWK files can be emailed
and viewed by anyone running DADiSP 6.0 or higher. DWK files can
be displayed directly from the Web by Internet Explorer if DADiSP
6.0 is installed. DADiSP functions as a full ActiveX Document Server.
DADiSP Worksheets can be embedded, manipulated, saved and printed by any
ActiveX Container application such as MS Excel or MS Word.
Extended Automation Server
DADiSP adds several data transfer methods to an already powerful
Automation Server environment. DADiSP's
dual COM automation support allows both interpreted languages such as
Visual Basic and compiled languages like C/C++ to make efficient use of
DADiSP as an extremely powerful data analysis engine. Any application
supporting Automation can seamlessly connect to DADiSP via standard ActiveX
protocols to gain access to over 1000 fast and efficient data analysis
routines. DADiSP also functions as an Automation Client, allowing
any COM based Automation Server to be incorporated into the DADiSP environment
via SPL, DADiSP's Series Processing Language.
Just in Time Memory Management
DADiSP employs an optimized memory management scheme to make the
most of system memory when processing large or small datasets. Large series
are transparently buffered to and from the disk while in memory buffers
are sized specifically to the result of the calculation at hand. The maximum
buffer size can be customized to take advantage of today's large memory
systems. Calculations involving smaller series are automatically compacted
to conserve total memory space.
Faster Execution
Combining JIT memory management with code optimizations has resulted
in speed improvements of up to 100% for critical signal processing functions
such as FFT, SPECTRUM, PSD, CONV and FILTEQ. Additional core routines
have been optimized providing increased performance for several other
matrix and series manipulation routines.
New Function Wizard
DADiSP provides a new "Function Wizard" to guide you through the
selection of appropriate analysis routines in a simple and natural manner.
Functions are easily grouped to form any type of specialized analysis
expression or routines can be executed immediately to provide quick and
accurate results.
Recursive Window References
Worksheets can optionally include
recursive formulae to support the simulation of discrete and analogue
feedback based systems.
Direct Annotations
Text, legends, line and arrow
annotations can be directly manipulated with the mouse. Annotations can
be moved, edited or deleted by right clicking or mouse selection. Full
text and line annotation properties are configurable by standard dialogues.
Improved Hard Copy
DADiSP automatically adjusts
the Worksheet or Window plot to make maximum use of the printer's graphics
capabilities. Plot attributes such as colour, margin alignment, borders
and text justification can be specified through simple Print Preview dialogues.
Print Preview has been enhanced to produce a more realistic rendering
of the printed page.
Expanded Documentation
The DADiSP Function Reference has been significantly expanded and
enhanced. Examples from the on-line help files can be cut and pasted directly
into a DADiSP Worksheet for immediate evaluation.
SPL Extensions
DADiSP's Series Processing Language, SPL, has
been extended to provide variable function arguments, ternary conditional
statements, user defined error handlers and optimized loop processing.
SPL's C/C++ syntax offers a familiar and clean programming style allowing
users to create custom functions and procedures using standard programming
techniques.
And Over 100 New Functions
DADiSP 6 includes over 100
new built-in and SPL routines spanning the areas of matrix and series
manipulation, signal processing, math, color, series generation, curve
fitting and statistics. DADiSP now offers over 1000 analysis routines
with an intuitive and familiar user interface to provide one of the most
comprehensive and easy to use data analysis tools available today. |
