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HMC Igor Procedure File

2011 Aug 23 The HMC procedure code has changed significantly. If you already have a copy of the HMC.ipf procedure file installed in the appropriate directory, it should update as normal. If you experience problems, however, remove HMC.ipf and follow the installation instructions below. Note, however, that the new version requires Igor Pro 6.2 or later.

Installation

The HMC menu uses another procedure file, AutoUpdate.ipf to monitor for new versions of Igor procedures and to update them automatically for you. The basic installation procedure for the HMC menu now is first to install AutoUpdate.ipf and then use a one-line command to install the HMC.ipf file.

  1. Open Igor Pro 6.2. If you have an older version installed, you can upgrade it following the instructions on the WaveMetrics website.
  2. From the Help menu select Show Igor Pro User Files. You should see a folder with several subfolders. The target folder is the one called Igor Procedures. You will be saving a file there in the next step, so make sure you know where it is.
  3. Quit Igor Pro.
  4. Right-click (ctrl-click) on this link and save the file AutoUpdate.ipf in the target folder folder that was opened in step 2. Make sure that your browser does not change the file extension from .ipf to .txt.
  5. Launch Igor Pro.
  6. In the command line, type the command Install("HMC.ipf"). Note that the string is case-sensitive; it won't work if you change the capitalization.

You should now have the HMC menu near the right of the Igor menu bar.

Unavoidable Gibberish

Once you have installed AutoUpdate.ipf and HMC.ipf, each time you launch Igor (which loads both file), Igor will check with this server to see if an updated version of either is available. If it is, it will ask if you'd like to update. Unfortunately, if you don't have a network connection, Igor will issue an error. I have tried to trap for this, but cannot intercept the error before the warning is posted. Just ignore it.

Detailed information about the HMC menu