> When using Chime, a file can be readily saved with a right click > File > > Save Molecule As... > > Is there way to save from a Jmol presentation.
Summary ======= The answer is ... probably yes, but it depends upon your browser configuration. In most prerelease versions of Jmol the top item in the popup menu is the name of the file (or name of the molecule). That popup brings up a menu with atom counts. The last item on that menu is the name of the file. Select that file and the browser will probably put up a dialog box asking you what to do with the file. You can then save the file. Detail ====== It is a simple question, but the answer is somewhat complicated. Unsigned applets have security constraints in order to protect people from viruses. Therefore, unsigned applets (including Jmol) cannot write to (or read from) the local hard disk. So, Jmol itself cannot directly save the molecule to your hard drive. However, an applet is able to ask the web browser to open up a window to a new URL. Therefore, Jmol can construct a URL to the molecular model file and ask the browser to open that file as a URL. How that is treated will depend upon the configuration settings of both the web server and the web browser. * The web server will look at the file name extension and send back a MIME type based upon that extension. * The web browser will use that MIME type to figure out what to do with the URL. * If the web browser has not been configured with any plug-ins (like Chime) OR if the file was compressed with .gz compression then the browser will not have a special handler for that MIME type and the browser will bring up a dialog box, asking the user what to do with the file. The user can save the file to the hard disk. Note that it is the browser and the user who are saving the file to the hard disk, not the applet itself. * If the web browser was previously configured with the Chime plugin, then the browser will probably recognize the MIME type and will bring up a new browser page with Chime. * Internet Explorer has some special handling and does not always follow the rules for MIME types. For example, it might recognize the fact that a .xyz (or .mol, or .pdb) file looks like a text file and it might choose to display the text file in the browser itself. One can then save the file from the browser. * If one has control over their web server AND they are not running the Chime plugin against the same web server, then one could configure the chemical MIME types on the server so that the server always tells the browser to pop the dialog box. This would (should) guarantee that the end-user is always prompted with a dialog box and is given the opportunity to save the file. Sorry ... it is ugly ... but that is the way it is. If anyone has any ideas on how to simplify this process I am open to suggestions. Miguel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
