Re: [Jmol-users] window.location="some URL" breaks Jmol viewer

2014-01-27 Thread Robert Hanson
I think when you set window.location you are effectively overwriting the page. The write command works by sending the data to a server and having it be reflected back to the user. On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Roberto Mosca wrote: > The download button that I press downloads a different fi

Re: [Jmol-users] window.location="some URL" breaks Jmol viewer

2014-01-26 Thread Roberto Mosca
The download button that I press downloads a different file with respect to the one that is loaded in the JSmol applet. In any case, my question is why the applet stops working after I set window.location to a different URL, in case you know it. On the other hand, I thought Javascript is not al

Re: [Jmol-users] window.location="some URL" breaks Jmol viewer

2014-01-24 Thread Robert Hanson
Where is the need for window.open() or window.location coming from in the first place? Jmol has a WRITE command that would let you do that, I think. Why not just use write file "xxx.pdb" That's much cleaner. On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Roberto Mosca wrote: > Ok, sorry, I could fix th

Re: [Jmol-users] window.location="some URL" breaks Jmol viewer

2014-01-24 Thread Roberto Mosca
Ok, sorry, I could fix the problem by using window.open() instead of setting window.location. In any case, anyone can help me in understanding what happens? Thanks in advance! :) Roberto On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Roberto Mosca wrote: > Dear all, > > I am experiencing a strange problem

[Jmol-users] window.location="some URL" breaks Jmol viewer

2014-01-24 Thread Roberto Mosca
Dear all, I am experiencing a strange problem with JSmol. I have a JSmol applet on my page and a link to download the PDB file. The link works by setting "window.location" to a php page that forces the download of the PDB file (via headers like "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=...") wit