The folks at PubChem are on to this. I have provided a test page:
http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/testPC.htm
On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 6:07 AM, pino.stricc...@libero.it <
pino.stricc...@libero.it> wrote:
> bob, i remember having troubles with sdf files, but not all sdf files. i
> ll let u know soonpino
>
>
> ----Messaggio originale----
> Da: hans...@stolaf.edu
> Data: 07/03/2014 18.42
> A: "jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net"<jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Ogg: [Jmol-users] Problem with Firefox and PubChem download
>
>
> I could swear this was working yesterday, so I think it is quite new.
> Something has changed at PubChem or with Firefox. I don't think it is
> Firefox, because I downgraded to FF 26.0 temporarily, and the problem
> persists.
>
> *Problem:* JSmol/HTML5 cannot download PubChem SDF files.
>
> *Configuration: *Firefox 27.0.1/Windows 8
>
> *Example:* http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/jsmol/jsmol.htm -- click on
> *:caffeine
> *link
>
> *Observation 1: *JSmol reports "unrecognized file format"
> *Observation 2:* No problem in MSIE or Chrome
> *Observation 3: *Same problem local or website
> *Observation 4:* Same problem with older, stable version of Jmol at
> http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/jsmol-2014-01-24/jsmol.htm
>
> *Observation 5:* The following simple direct AJAX call fails under the
> exact same conditions as above:
>
> alert($.ajax({"dataType":"text","async":false,"type":"GET","url":"
> http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/name/caffeine/SDF?record_type=3d
> "}).responseText)
>
> *Observation 6:* The following simple AJAX call
>
> alert($.ajax({"dataType":"text","async":false,"type":"GET","url":"
> http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/name/caffeine/SDF?record_type=3d
> "}).statusText)
>
> reports "OK" in other browsers but
>
> [Exception... "Failure" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"
> location: "JS frame ::
> file:///C:/jmol-dev/workspace/JSmol/site/jsmol/jquery/jquery.js :: .send ::
> line 8707" data: no]
>
> in Firefox.
>
> *Observation 7:*
> The following simple AJAX calls to a similar site work fine:
>
> alert($.ajax({"dataType":"text","async":false,"type":"GET","url":"
> http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/chemical/structure/caffeine/file?format=sdf&get3d=True
> "}).responseText)
>
> alert($.ajax({"dataType":"text","async":false,"type":"GET","url":"
> http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/chemical/structure/caffeine/file?format=sdf&get3d=True
> "}).statusText)
>
> The difference appears to be that PubChem is returning data with response
> type of chemical/x-mdl-sdfile, which forces a special download, as with
> PDF.
>
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> Bob
>
> --
> Robert M. Hanson
> Larson-Anderson Professor of Chemistry
> St. Olaf College
> Northfield, MN
> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
>
>
> If nature does not answer first what we want,
> it is better to take what answer we get.
>
> -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
>
>
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