Diamond Version 5 - Update Page

Once you have obtained one or multiple Diamond licences, you should visit this page from time to time, especially if you have deactivated the "Check for available updates" option. (Cf. command "Options" in the "Tools" menu, "Desktop" page of "Options" dialog.) If any bugfixes or (minor) improvements are available, you can download the concerning files from here.

The latest available version of Diamond is 5.0.2, released on February 6, 2024. If you are still using an older version (which can be checked with the "About Diamond" command from the "Help" menu), we strongly recommend to update to the latest version.

In general, you can use the above mentioned "online update" function in Diamond to update to the latest available version without needing to uninstall and re-install from a setup package. (See the command "Online Update" in the "Help" menu of Diamond and press the F1 key for more details.)

If you have not activated the above mentioned "automatic online update" or are not willing or able to run the update via the "Online Update" command from the "Help" menu, you can download the setup package from our Download page.

Version 5.0.2

Version 5.0.2 was released on February 6, 2024 and contains a bug fix for the "online update" function.

Note: An update to this version is not available via the "Online update" command in Diamond (cf. "Help" menu) but must be installed through the setup package from our Download page.

 Before you start the installation after successful download, make a backup copy of your license file "yourlicense.lic", which is located in the Diamond program directory, by default: "C:\Program Files\Diamond 5" or "C:\Program Files (x86)\Diamond 5". Then install Diamond (which replaces your license file with the general demonstration license file). After successful installation re-copy your backuped license file into the Diamond program directory.

Check if the update has been successful by running the command "About Diamond" from the "Help" menu.

Enhancements in version 5.0.1

Version 5.0.1 was released on January 30, 2024 and contains a new tool and a few bug fixes:

• A command Tools/Register Diamond Document Type was added, which
  - removes Registry entries of earlier Diamond versions 3 and 4 and
  - registers the Diamond document file type (files with the extension ".diamdoc") for the current version 5 in the Windows Registry.
  This command is very useful, if you encounter trouble opening a Diamond document file from the Windows Explorer or from the Windows desktop with this current version of Diamond.
  Note: Using this command requires running Diamond with administrator rights.
• Online help was not available for commands in dropdown menu of the Picture Tab Bar.

See also the "Known Bugs" page.

Version 5.0.0

This first version in a series of minor updates for Diamond version 5.x was released on October 25, 2023.

A list of new and enhanced functions (relative to the latest release of the prior version 4 of Diamond) is available from here:
https://www.crystalimpact.de/diamond/v5whatsnew.htm