I realize that. You are the first to try to use this information, I think.
Just tell me what you think "shapeInfo" should include.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>ah, one more thought!
>>
>>
>>Try
>>
>>var infoString = jmolScriptWait("shapeInfo")
>>
>>or
>>
>>var V = jmolGetPropertyAsArray("shapeInfo").Draw.obj[0].vertices
>>
>>array V will now be a full list of the vertices for all models.
>>
>>
>>
> The command works. But since it doesn't provide for which object the
> coordinates are, I guess I will have to use 'jmolGetPropertyAsJSON' to
> get all necessary information. I have to take a deeper look into that
> before I am able to use it, but I like the possibility to get all
> necessary information for all draw objects at once.
>
>>
>>
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>The next issue (if 'show draw' works correctly) is to read the
>>>>>information from Jmol and to generate the corresponding 'echo'
>>>>> command.
>>>>>To avoid parsing the message callback stream, I tried the
>>>>>'jmolScriptWait' command for the first time. But it totally freezes
>>>>>Firefox 1.5.0.7 with Java 1.4.2_11 on SuSE linux 9.3. The browser
>>>>>freezes independant of the script command I used.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Interesting -- this means that those browsers are using the event
>>>> queue.
>>>>David Evans at Eli Lilly had this problem with the application (as
>>>>opposed
>>>>to the applet). The solution for applications was to make sure you call
>>>>scriptWait() from a new thread rather than the one associated with a
>>>> user
>>>>action, like clicking a button.
>>>>
>>>>Something to try: If the jmolScriptWait function is being run because
>>>> the
>>>>user has clicked on a link or button, try making sure that the button
>>>>method looks like this:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> onClick="setTimeout('clickAction()', 100)"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>the 100-ms delay won't be noticed by the user, but a new thread is
>>>>started
>>>>that isn't the event queue thread. So it shouldn't hang the program.
>>>> Then
>>>>
>>>>function clickAction() {
>>>> var info = jmolScriptWait("draw $border1;show draw")
>>>>}
>>>>
>>>>If anything will work, that stands the best chance.
>>>>
>>>>I seem to remember having this sort of problem with Opera browsers some
>>>>eons ago, even with regular scripting, and the only solution was to use
>>>>setTimeout() this way with every user-derived action.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Unfortunately it doesn't work. Without 'jmolScriptWait' in 'clickAction'
>>>the method works, but with it the browser freezes.
>>>
>>>
> The freezing problem seems to depend additionally on other things. Today
> Firefox didn't freeze either with or without the timeout. I restarted
> the browser several times and never got a freeze. Yesterday I always got
> a freeze, but I am not aware of any change (not even a reboot or a new X
> server session). So 'jmolScriptWait' unfortunately still remains on my
> "don't use it" list.
>
>
> I noticed a strange behaviour of the 'show draw' command. If the
> definition command and the show command are provided within a single
> 'jmolScript' command, no coordinates are shown. Only if they are
> provided within different 'jmolScript' commands the coordinates are shown:
>
> jmolScript("draw line1 (atomno=1) (atomno=2); draw line1; show draw;");
> -> WITHOUT COORDINATES
>
> jmolScript("draw line1 (atomno=1) (atomno=2);");
> jmolScript("draw line1; show draw;");
> -> WITH COORDINATES
>
> Sometimes the 'show draw' command freezes Jmol with the following error
> message (I couldn't figure out any specific condition, version 10.9.86):
>
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at org.jmol.viewer.Draw.getDrawCommand(Draw.java:658)
> at org.jmol.viewer.Draw.getProperty(Draw.java:217)
> at org.jmol.viewer.Frame.getShapeProperty(Frame.java:1096)
> at
> org.jmol.viewer.ModelManager.getShapeProperty(ModelManager.java:393)
> at org.jmol.viewer.Viewer.getShapeProperty(Viewer.java:2475)
> at org.jmol.viewer.Eval.show(Eval.java:4720)
> at org.jmol.viewer.Eval.instructionDispatchLoop(Eval.java:610)
> at org.jmol.viewer.Eval.runEval(Eval.java:104)
> at org.jmol.viewer.Viewer.evalStringWaitStatus(Viewer.java:2289)
> at org.jmol.viewer.ScriptManager.runScript(ScriptManager.java:130)
> at org.jmol.viewer.ScriptManager.runNextScript(ScriptManager.java:119)
> at
> org.jmol.viewer.ScriptManager$ScriptQueueRunnable.run(ScriptManager.java:147)
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
>
>
> Besides the Java console shows sometimes the following error message (no
> freezing of Jmol):
>
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: null source
> at java.util.EventObject.<init>(EventObject.java:34)
> at java.awt.AWTEvent.<init>(AWTEvent.java:252)
> at java.awt.event.ComponentEvent.<init>(ComponentEvent.java:94)
> at java.awt.event.WindowEvent.<init>(WindowEvent.java:174)
> at java.awt.event.WindowEvent.<init>(WindowEvent.java:211)
> at
> java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchEvent(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:576)
> at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3506)
> at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1627)
> at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:1606)
> at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3477)
> at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:480)
> at java.awt.SequencedEvent.dispatch(SequencedEvent.java:93)
> at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:478)
> at
> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
> at
> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:151)
> at
> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:145)
> at
> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:137)
> at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:100)
>
> Regards,
> Rolf
>
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