From: Bob H. <ha...@st...> - 2006-09-25 19:11:16
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Rolf Huehne wrote: >Bob Hanson wrote: > > >>OK, First thing I saw when I opened a console: >> >>FileManager opening >>http://moleculesinmotion.com/Jmol10962/authored/scripts/all_off.spt >>ScriptException:SET ECHO must follow, not precede, model loading >> Script line:set echo off >> File:authored/scripts/all_off.spt Line number:44 >> >>Are you trying to put out an echo message to the blank applet before >>loading a molecule? This we cannot do (because there is no "frame" to >>hold the echo information). >> >> >> >> >This used to work with older versions like 10.00.36 or 10.2. > > I don't think so. Have you tried it? This is a fundamental limitation of echo that has been around forever. Without a model loaded there cannot be an Echo object (currently). I assure you, if there is no model loaded, there is no Frame object, and absolutely nothing -- not even the Jmol frank -- is put to the screen. The only thing that is different now is that you get a message saying that it won't work. If you want to send your web page a message, you can use the "message" command, but not the "echo" command. >I guess it has something to do with the new capabilities of the 'echo' >command. Although I think these capabilities might be useful, it will be >a major drawback if one can't display any more a message prior to >loading. Especially loading large or multiple frame structures can take >quite a while and the user tends to be impatient if nothing happens for >a while... > > Enter this as a feature request, please. I certainly think it could be useful. >Q: Wouldn't it be possible to retain a (supplementary) basic 'echo' >command like that in older versions that allows placing something like a >"Please Wait..." message before loading? > > > Maybe Version 9 had this --- certainly not 10. Miguel? >Regards, >Rolf > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your >opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash >http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >_______________________________________________ >Jmol-users mailing list >Jmo...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users > > |