Release Notes

Version 4.11 BETA

Build Date: April 21, 2026

Added:

  • The RESET PREFERENCES button to the User Preferences and Group Preferences dialog boxes.

  • [Experiment Page] The Explore tab to allow double-clicking or dragging and dropping an item onto the Canvas to add a layer.

  • Support for more parameters for the importable batchload experiment CSV file.

  • Rock Maker Control Panel for service monitoring and Windows account configurations.

  • [Settings Menu] [Global Preferences Submenu] Separate label printing functionality to print experiment information to the Label Printing system property.

  • [Experiment Page] The loading spinner when opening an imaged experiment.

  • [Search and Filter] The Rows per page field to the Canvas, Drop, and Compare menus.

  • Support for new keyboard shortcuts in Search and Filter.

  • [ROCK MAKER-NT8 Integration] The ability to generate and relay ingredient and volume information for fragment screens.

  • [ROCK MAKER-NT8 Integration] The fragment screen dispensing support.

  • [Experiment Page] The Info toggle in the Tools panel to display information on drop images.

  • [Installer] The database backup and upgrade indicator during migration.

  • [Explore Menu] A Detail View option to the View dropdown in the top right bar.

  • [Experiment Page] The Fit to Plate button to the bottom bar of the Canvas menu.

  • Updated vendor screens for fresh installation.

  • [Experiment Page] Fragment information to the Well Ingredients submenu in the Canvas menu.

  • A Pan button to the bottom bar of the Canvas menu on the experiment page.

  • A Canvas Map button to the Navigator panel in the Drop, Well, and Compare menus on the experiment page.

  • A confirmation message when navigating away from the Experiment, Search and Filter, and Synchrotron Trip pages with unsaved changes.

  • The Download Protein Template link to the New Protein Formulation tab and Create Protein Variant dialog box.

  • [Experiment Page] [Tools] A box around the crystal length text of the Ruler in drop images.

  • A progress indicator to the Batchload Experiment Wizard during batchload file upload.

  • The Def. Fragment Vol. column to the Plate Types submenu in the Setup menu.

  • [Licensing] Support for ROCK MAKER Lite license feature.

  • A notification to inform users when ROCK MAKER is busy and cannot run another task.

  • [Optimization Wizard] A notification to inform users when selected wells for optimization exceed the number of target wells.

Improved:

  • User-facing error messages for various different exceptions.

  • [Experiment Page] The image viewing user experience by prioritizing canvas thumbnail image loading.

  • [Experiment Page] Breadcrumbs to display full experiment names.

  • Multiple-selection for right click in the Explore menu.

  • The error message for a failed SMTP configuration.

  • [Search and Filter] The error message when saving an existing search and filter file name.

  • [Setup Menu] [Imaging Submenu] A combinator in the Filters section of the Image Management Task tab.

  • [Explore Menu] The experiment information side panel to display protein name, concentration, and screen name.

  • [Experiment Page] [Fragment Layer] The Layers Design panel to automatically display the list of fragment screens during a fragment layer creation.

  • [Setup Menu] [Imaging Submenu [Image Management Task] The Filters section by merging BASIC and ADVANCED filters.

  • [ROCK MAKER Lite] The image saving feature to save all images of an inspection at once.

Changed:

  • Seat License validation mechanism to use a Windows-based authenticator application to validate the license from the server.

  • NEW FOLDER and NEW PROJECT buttons from the bottom to the top bar of the Define Location section in the Optimization Wizard.

  • The distinct rows option position from the Filter panel to the bottom bar of the Search and Filter page.

  • [Explore Menu] [Searches Node] The New Search Folder right click option in blank space to New Folder.

  • [Experiment Page] The Score button position from the top bar to the submenu bar below the Design, Image, and Well Ingredients submenus in the Canvas menu.

  • [Experiment Page] [Manual Scoring] The Assigning [] Score(s) progress bar to Applying [] Score(s).

Fixed:

  • [Search and Filter] The unapplied drop selection from the Result menu to the one highlighted in the Canvas menu.

  • [Experiment Page] [Compare Menu] The mismatch drop information in the Well and Compare menus.

  • [Experiment Page] The skipped Image submenu in the Canvas menu when navigating through submenus in an unimaged experiment.

  • [Experiment Page] The overlapping plate with the side panel in the Canvas menu when opening an experiment with multiple plates.

  • [Experiment Page] The changing compare view to a single drop image when switching regions, drops, or inspections in the Compare menu.

  • Software accessibility during a stopped service state due to the running RockMaker.exe file in the Task Manager.

  • A keyboard shortcut selecting items outside of the Rename Item dialog box when working with the text inside the dialog box.

  • [Mouse Click] The malfunctioning left click when double-clicking a folder and its subfolder simultaneously.

  • [Canvas Menu] The undisplayed plates in an experiment with more than 25 plates.

  • [Experiment Page] [Drop Menu] An error when navigating through drop images quickly.

  • [Experiment Page] The unresized Canvas menu when maximizing or minimizing the browser window.

  • [Experiment Page] The changing compare view to a single drop image when selecting a different inspection in an experiment with multiple inspections.

  • [Experiment Design] [Layers Design] The incorrect Grid and Linked layer order in the layer list.

  • [Search and Filter] The malfunctioning column sorting in the Result menu.

  • [Crystal Harvesting] The failure to harvest a crystal in an ROI.

  • [Search and Filter] [Result Menu] The automatic scroll back to the previously selected row after selecting another one in the table.

  • The imaging schedule related warning message appearing when saving an experiment with a customized schedule.

  • The failure to delete an in-use imaging schedule, triggering an error message.

  • [Experiment Page] [Image Tools] The misaligned Ruler’s dot and line.

  • The flickering interface of projects and folders in the Explore menu during batchload experiment creation.

  • [Experiment Page] The ingredient concentrations with more than two decimal digits in the Find Drops panel.

  • An error when deleting an image management task.

  • [Recycle Bin] The failure to restore a folder and its subfolder simultaneously.

  • [Performance] [Experiment Page] [Canvas Menu] The laggy zoom-in or zoom-out in an experiment with enabled Image Tuning.

  • The one experiment ID gap in the experiment names generated by the Batchload Experiment Wizard.

  • The failure to register newly-imaged drops for auto scoring schedule due to network issues during image processing.

  • [Optimization Wizard] An error when optimizing an original experiment with more wells than the optimized experiment.

  • An encryption operation failure due to domain account changes causing the software to display a 500 internal Server Error message.

  • The Single Drop Report displaying the last inspected image instead of the selected one.

  • The Well Report displaying the last inspected image instead of the selected one.

  • [Batchload Experiment] The multiple proteins generated from a protein name containing brackets in the batchload file.

  • An error when opening the General submenu of the Setup menu due to user configuration issues.

  • The crystal notification emailed to the support team instead of the experiment owner.

  • [Experiment Page] [Performance] The slow image loading.

  • [Search and Filter] Well numbers labelled as undefined in the Drop and Compare menus for experiments with a large number of wells.

  • The barcode printing issue, properly printing only 4 plate barcodes instead of all barcodes generated by the Batchload Experiment Wizard.

  • The incorrect online help link in the Import Protein dialog box.

  • [Experiment Page] [Info Panel] The undisplayed protein details in the Protein tab of the Ingredient Info once added to a layer.

  • [Experiment Page] [Canvas Menu] The undisplayed Drop button in the bottom bar of the Design submenu.

  • [Screen Import] The stockConcentration error message appearing after selecting Use Substitute Ingredient and clicking the IMPORT button in the Import Ingredients Options dialog box with a conflicting ingredient.

  • [ROCK MAKER-ROCK IMAGER Integration] Imported focus levels although the Enable Import Focus Level toggle button in the Focus Level panel was disabled.

  • A log error when opening an experiment with deleted images.

  • [ROCK IMAGER Processor] [Image Processing] The intermittent failure to process images due to deadlocked database transactions.

  • [Image Management Task] The failure to permanently delete experiments containing a hanging imaging task status.