Ah, interesting. What you really need to do is explore whether you can use
JavaScript functions on that page and call them from Visual Basic. Here's a
link to a possibility:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion/browse_thread/thread/7c81a612b9fd026e
Looks like:
WebBrowser1.Document.parentWindow.execScript "jmolScript(xxxxx)", "JScript"
Or, possibly, to return a value:
x = WebBrowser1.Document.parentWindow.execScript "jmolEvaluate(xxxxx)",
"JScript"
Does that work?
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Michael Marden <michael.mar...@inserm.fr>wrote:
> WebBrowser1.Document.All(i).tagNAme
> WebBrowser1.Document.All(i).ID
> WebBrowser1.Document.All(i).Value
>
This is standard MSIE notation, with capitalization.
>
> This seems to give unique values, although many elements have no ID.
>
> For my set up in VB6, I see
>
> *index tagName id*
> 0 HTML
> 1 HEAD
> 2 TITLE
> 3 SCRIPT jmolcmd
> 4 SCRIPT
> 5 SCRIPT
> 6 BODY
> 7 SCRIPT
> 8 OBJECT jmolApplet0
> 9 BR
> 10 SPAN span_jmolCmd0
> 11 INPUT jmolCmd0
> 12 INPUT
> 13 BR
> 14 INPUT msg
> 15 (error)
>
These are just the elements of your page. These days, we use the ID field
for addressing specific elements. the NAME field is also useful in that it
groups radio buttons. (Can't think of anything else it is useful for.)
>
> So, for example, I can send commands with:
>
> WebBrowser1.Document.All(11).Value = "select 9 ; wireframe 80 ; color
> yellow ; spacefill 300"
> WebBrowser1.Document.All(12).Click
>
Certainly that is one way to do it. Still a hack, though.
>
> This seems good so far, but there are some obvious questions.
> 1) Are the names and numbers (index) subject to change in future versions
> of Jmol ?
>
These names and numbers are just based on that particular web page you have
loaded. You get to decide what you have there.
2) Is this the best way to go ?
>
I think so.
> 3) What name or index are to be used to obtain state information? For
> turning the spin on and off, it would help to know its current state.
>
Yes, hmm. I think you will have to have a JavaScript function on the page
that runs jmolEvaluate and then returns a value to VB
>
> In conclusion, these first results are encouraging, but it was done
> somewhat blindly.
> To be continued.
>
> Michael Marden
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