I have installed the new Windows mEMBOSS. To use external databases, I have to connect to the web via a proxy server. When running EMBOSS programs from a Windows command prompt, I can do this successfully using the EMBOSS_PROXY environment variable. With Jemboss, however, external connections to databases give me a "socket connect failed" error message, and I can't reach external help files either.
The default setting in my Java Control Panel is "Use browser settings". I have tried changing this to "Use proxy server" and I have also tried specifying the proxy server from inside Jemboss under Preferences - Jemboss - Browser Proxies. Neither of these methods seems to make any difference. I'd be grateful for any suggestions as to what the problem might be. I hope the question is an appropriate use of this mailing list and apologise if it isn't. I suspect the solution may be helpful to others too (even it should be obvious...) - I don't think there's anything particularly unusual about the way my computer is set up. Ethan Hack -- Dr Ethan Hack | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] School of Biology and Psychology | Phone: +44 191 222 8576 Newcastle University | Fax: +44 191 222 5228 Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK _______________________________________________ EMBOSS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/emboss
