Perfect! Problem solved. I think it would be worth adding this information somewhere conspicuous (for Windows, the README.win file would be good, as it has high visibility) - everything else in the installation is pretty much automatic.
Thanks very much. Ethan Hack On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, you wrote: > Hi Ethan > > Try editing the jemboss.properties file in : > mEMBOSS\jemboss\jar\resources\jemboss.properties > > And add EMBOSS_PROXY to the embossEnvironment entry, see the documentation > for the jemboss.properties file at: > > http://emboss.sourceforge.net/Jemboss/install/properties.html > > So try adding a line like this: > > embossEnvironment=EMBOSS_PROXY=wwwcache.ncl.ac.uk:8080 > > Then re-run Jemboss. If this works you should be able to access external > databases. > > To get the jemboss browser working for the help files I think you can just > edit the properties of the jemboss shortcut on your desktop and add "java > -DproxyHost= wwwcache.ncl.ac.uk -DproxyPort=8080 -jar ..." to the start of > the Target: field. > > Regards > Tim > > > On 24/7/07 10:25, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- >> Subject: [EMBOSS] mEMBOSS: Jemboss and proxy servers >> From: "E. Hack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Tue, July 24, 2007 9:28 am >> To: [email protected] >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> 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
