TablemasterG2

TablemasterG2 generates (nice) "experimental data" tables from SHELXL generated CIFs (Crystallographic Information File). The program is written in PureBasic.

Use is simple:

1. Open up to 5 CIFs with the Load CIF n buttons.

2. Decide if you want to include Temperature and Moiety Formula.

3. Decide if you want units in [unit] or more SI-like style /unit style by checking SI Units.

4. A plain text overview is displayed in the preview window. RTF, LaTeX and Markdown outputs will look differently from plain text but contain essentially the same information.

5. Adapt the page orientation to your needs. The Auto feature changes the orientation to Landscape if the table exceeds 4 columns.

6. Copy the resulting table as RTF (useful for MS Word or Libre Office Writer), LaTeX, plain (Unicode) text, plain text with Markdown formatting with the Copy Format buttons.

7. It is also possible to save the resulting table in one of the above formats by clicking the appropriate Save Format button.

Other options

• Clear all: Clears everything.
• Help : Displays this help.
• About : Version and license.
• Exit : Exit.

Limitations

• TablemasterG2 can handle SHELXL generated CIFs only (starting from SHELXL-97).

• The CIF should be free of errors, otherwise outputs will be senseless or the program will crash.

• If the space group is not given in the way TablemasterG2 can handle it, the space group will be replaced by ?. Recent SHELXL versions insert the space group automatically. The format is recognized by the program.

• Tables can exceed the size of a A4 page in the LaTeX output. In this case you have to reduce the number of columns, change the page orientation or use the tabularx environment (has to be inserted manually in the .tex file).

• The number of recognized CIF items is fixed in the source code.

Compilation

• TablemasterG2.pb, help.txt, license.txt should be in the same folder.

• Open TablemasterG2.pb with PureBasic.

• Choose Create Executable... in the Compiler menu.

• Tested with PureBasic 5.50, Windows 10 (x64) and Linux (x64).

License

BSD 3-Clause License

Copyright (c) 2016, Sebastian Dechert All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

• Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

• Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

• Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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