D I F P A T A N
Version 1.5, March 1996
Program for X-ray diffraction powder pattern analysis, peak decomposition, pattern combination and comparison.
Author: R. Kuzel Jr. (several routines were
written by D.Rafaja)
Address: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Charles
University, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic
E-mail: kuzel@karlov.mff.cuni.cz
WWW page: http://krystal.karlov.mff.cuni.cz/priv/kuzel/difp
Unfortunately, the program does not run under Windows 2000.
Hardware and software requirements:
Computers : PC/AT compatible, MS-DOS, CGA, EGA,
VGA, Hercules graphic cards
Processors - Intel 286 and higher (old version for systems
without math coprocessors available)
Memory : 640 kbytes
Peripheries directly supported : EPSON printers, Hewlett-Packard
plotters or HP laser printers (HP-GL language)
Files on distribution disks or in ZIP file.
Distributed files:
| DIFPATAN.EXE | main program |
| DFHelp | help file |
| CONFIG.PRF | configuration file |
| ALPHA2.PRF | histograms for alpha2 separation |
| COLORS.PRF | colors for main menu |
| SCREEN.PRF | specifications of graphic windows |
| CGA.PRF * EGA.PRF * VGA.PRF * HERCMONO.PRF * |
(* can be copied into SCREEN.PRF for corresponding graphic card) |
CGA.BGI, EGAVGA.BGI, HERC.BGI, LITT.CHR should not be neccessary in ver. 1.5
Possible examples of .DAT, .BAR, .RIE, .GRF, .PRN, .FIT files.
It is strongly recommended to keep all these files in one directory, which must also be the current one at the start of the program. Backup of configuration files is recommended because configuration file can be rewritten from within the program but without comments.
Calling conventions :
DIFPATAN parameter 1 parameter 2
parameter 1 - version number (1-5) [default 3] = number of full diffraction patterns which can be kept in the memory simultaneously.Amount of free memory can be find in item VERSION of the Main menu. Remaining number (to 5) can be used for BAR files (angles, intensitites)
parameter 2 - full name (including a path) for the configuration file [def. CONFIG.PRF in current directory]
Examples:
Difpatan
Difpatan 4
Difpatan 1 c:\users\me\myconfig.prf
For Windows users
The program can be started in a window. The switching to whole screen mode can be done as usual by pressing Alt+Enter. Screens of the program can be copied to Clipboard by standard Windows ways.
Help :
The Help for the program DIFPATAN is invoked from chosen menu by pressing ? (help for corresponding topic is shown), you can select from an index of help topics by pressing <F1>, and you can page backward through a list of previously selected topics by pressing <AltF1>.
The text for a given topic may also contain links to other topics, which can be selected by moving the cursor to the appropriate word or phrase and pressing <Enter>.