Marvelous
Yes, although I haven't tried extensevely your project, just read your
mail as of today 4/19/06 AJAX IS the way to go.. In fact I'm developing a
web interface for the use of the Jmol applet...
I'm planning on migrating to AJAX very soon and if your idea works it
could help a lot speed up the service, course I also added some
functions to
the jmol.js to increase functionality along twith others scripts I use
BTW plese check the GOOGLE tools for developing AJAX through the use of
JAVA, here:
http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/
that'll surely help a lot when it comes to time to do this.
Havent started to program in AJAX but definitely will soon.
I'll send ya some feedback on the use of your example...
Ttys
2006/5/17, Bob Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Jmol Users and CONFCHEM participants:
>
> SUCCESS!!!
>
> A demo of how one might in the near future (today, if you like) use
AJAX
> in relation to Jmol.
>
> I have adapted Jmol.js
> ( http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/jmol/test/proto/Jmol-new.js)
> to have one more command option:
>
> jmolLoadRCSB(fileFormat,PDBid,optionalScript,targetSuffix)
>
> All parameters are optional:
>
> fileFormat "CIF" or "PDB"
> PDBid a 4-digit PDB id
> optionalScript an optional script to run after the file is loaded
> targetSuffix the applet suffix (defaults to "0")
>
>
> You can check this out at:
>
> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/jmol/test/proto/altloc.htm
>
> or
>
> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/jmol/test/proto/new.htm
>
> or any related page, because they all use
>
> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/jmol/test/proto/property.js
>
> to create the page, and I added the link there.
>
>
> In all cases, that new link just under the applet loads any CIF file at
> RCSB into the applet using the command
>
> jmolLoadRCSB("CIF")
>
> [If you don't see the link or it doesn't work, reload the following
> links a couple of times and try again:
>
> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/jmol/test/proto/Jmol-new.js
> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/jmol/test/proto/property.js
>
> Sometimes browsers cache JS files a bit more intensively than HTML.]
>
>
> How DOES it work?
>
> When you click that link and enter a 4-digit PDB id, the new
function in
>
> Jmol-new.js sets up a "dynamic DOM script node" that automatically goes
> to a computer here at St. Olaf College, fusion.stolaf.edu, and requests
> JavaScript just like the request had been entered in a <script
> src=http://fusion.stolaf.edu....> tag. When the script returns, it has
> the CIF data tucked into a JavaScript array by the name of
> _jmol.modelarray along with a call to the processor function,
> _jmolLoadModel(), which looks like this:
>
> function _jmolLoadModel(targetSuffix){
>
>
>
_jmolLoadInlineScript(_jmol.modelarray.join("\n"),_jmol.optionalscript,targetSuffix)
> }
>
> That's all there is to it. The array is turned into a string ,and the
> string is sent to the applet via jmolLoadInlineScript() along with the
> optional script you have indicated.
>
> No forms. No cgi-bin. No pop-up windows. Just straight into the applet.
>
> I have no doubt some Mac users will report that this does not work. We
> shall see. :)
>
> UNDERSTAND that Jmol-new.js and JmolAppletProto.jar are the only two
> files necessary for this to work. The following HTML file will do
it. In
> fact, just for kicks, this shows how you don't even need Jmol-new.js.
> All you need is a copy of
>
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/jmol/test/proto/JmolAppletProto.jar
> in the directory containing the file containing this code:
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <script language="javascript"
> src="http://fusion.stolaf.edu/chemistry/jmol/Jmol-new.js";></script>
> </head>
> <body>
> <script language="javascript">
> jmolInitialize(".","JmolAppletProto.jar")
> jmolApplet(500)
> _jmol.RCSBserver = " http://pdb202.sdsc.edu"; //temporarily only
4/17/06
> </script>
> <p>
> <a href=javascript:void(jmolLoadRCSB())>Load a model from RCSB</a>
> <p>
> </body>
> </html>
>
>
> So you could implement this yourself. Today. In fact, if set any page
> you already have to use Jmol-new.js and JmolAppletProto.jar, then all
> you do is add a link to void(jmolLoadRCSB()), and you, too, can have
any
>
> PDB file at your fingertips.
>
> There's nothing special about www.stolaf.edu that makes it the only
> machine that can call fusion.stolaf.edu . I just ran this from my hard
> drive. I still can't quite believe it works. AJAX is incredible.
>
> Course, my IT people might be looking for the guy who's running up the
> CPU on that ColdFusion server.....
>
>
> How COULD it work?
>
> Realize that we only need fusion.stolaf.edu because RCSB doesn't
have an
> AJAX-JS interface. If they did, then we could just call them directly
> and save routing this though St. Olaf College. This, then, is what I am
> hoping to convince molecular structure database managers to do: offer a
> JavaScript AJAX-JS interface. It's very easy to set up. Just a little
> different packaging of the raw data on the other end, a few choice
> functions on the client end.
>
> I'm done for the day. Fine tuning will have to come later.
>
> Bob Hanson
>
>
>
>
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