Chuck, As Bob said, latest version means literally the bleeding edge releases 12.2.19 and 12.3.19. I had been using the full-fledged Jmol on as server to generate images and realized that I could lose the server-side GUI if we could figure out how to generate images using a GUI free version of Jmol. JmolData.jar was set up that way for extracting data from molecule files. When I asked Bob about including image file generation he attacked the problem with his usual vigor. Now script commands like "write PNG 'filename.png'" passed to JmolData.jar will write a png file of the view specified by the script even if the server does not have a GUI running.
Presently, I'm working on this for the python scripted server that supports the Web interface for the SageMath Package (www.sagemath.org). If you want to see a server running this experimental technology, visit my test server at http://141.233.196.149:8888 Login as: testJmol with a password of: test. This is a very wimpy old computer I keep running for test purposes. Don't expect very fast responses. Anyway, if you click on any of the pages/worksheets listed after you log in, you should see pages that use Jmol to display 3-D objects. The displays initially are static .png images generated by JmolData.jar running on the server. Jmol only becomes live when you click on the "make interactive" button. So the way to do this is generate system calls from your scripting engine like this: java -jar "path to JmolData.jar" -iox -s "path to script that loads molecule and sets view" -J "write 'filename.png'" Jonathan On Mar 29, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Charles Harrison Shubert wrote: > Hi Johathan, > > Could you say more about what "latest version" means, how to run JmolData.jar > headless on the server, and how it works as an image generator? This might > be a very nice way for me to get the iPad functionality I'm looking for. > > Thanks, > > --Chuck > > On Mar 29, 2012, at 10:08 AM, Gutow, Jonathan H wrote: > >> The latest version of JmolData.jar can be run headless on the server to >> generate image files. Dr. Jonathan H. Gutow Chemistry Department gu...@uwosh.edu UW-Oshkosh Office:920-424-1326 800 Algoma Boulevard FAX:920-424-2042 Oshkosh, WI 54901 http://www.uwosh.edu/facstaff/gutow/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
