Installing DNA Baser Sequence Assembler. Running two instances at the same time. Installing multiple versions. Affordable alternative for DNA sequence analysis and assembly and contig alignment

Installing DNA Baser Assembler

Running two instances at the same time

Installing multiple versions

Using different versions of DNA Baser Assembler

Because DNA Baser is monolithic and independent, it is possible to have more than one version of DNA Baser installed in your computer at a moment. The only minor caveat is that only one version/installation will be associated with the chromatogram files (SCF, ABI, SEQ, and FASTA). Generally, this is the latest version installed.

We recommend you to install multiple versions using a folder structure like this:

c:\Program Files\DNA Baser v1.00

c:\Program Files\DNA Baser v2.50

c:\Program Files\DNA Baser v2.61

etc

Running two simultaneous instances of DNA Baser Assembler simultaneously

Starting with DNA Baser Assembler version 2.62, you cannot normally run two instances of the same program at the same time. More exactly, if you double click a chromatogram file, and an instance of DNA Baser Assembler is already running, that file will be loaded in the running instance instead of starting a new instance.

However, there is a small trick that will help you to achieve this. In order to run two instances simultaneously, navigate to application's folder (the folder where DNA Baser Assembler is installed). In the 'System' folder you will find a file called "OnlyOneInstance". Delete this file and restart DNA Baser Assembler.

Example: C:\DNA BASER\System\OnlyOneInstance