why there's no coordinate bond in Marvin/JCHEM5.1.0

Hi,





In the bond type menu of MarvinSketch5.1.0/JChem5.1.0 (JVM*: Sun Microsystems Inc. 1.4.2_06 / OS*: i386 Linux 2.6.11.4-20a-smp


), there's no coordinate bond. But in its user's guide, there's a example to show how to use coordinate bond to draw coordination compounds. It seems coordinate bond should be supported in MarvinSketch5.1.0/JChem5.1.0. How can I find out the menu for it?





Best regards,


Xu

Hello Xu,





yes, it should be present at 3 places:


1. Bond > Type > Coordinate (last item)


2. Insert > Bond > Coordinate


3. on the left toolbar, open the drop-down menu of the Bond tool (first item)





Do you have it in any of the places?


Do you use the default configuration? (View > Configurations > Marvin)





Can you send us a screenshot, maybe it gives a hint about the problem.





Kind regards,


Judit

Hi Judit,





Yes, I used "view" -> "configuration" ->"Marvin". All places could not find "Coordinate". Please see the attached screenshot.





Best regards,


Xu

Hello Xu,





don't you use the extraBonds applet parameter by chance?





If you have a similar line in the applet, you won't have all bond types:

Code:

msketch_param("extraBonds", "arom,wedge,either,any,1or2");

If you do not wish to disable any bond type, you should remove this line completely.





Otherwise please select the desired bond types from the list below:

Code:

msketch_param("extraBonds", "arom,wedge,either,any,1or2,aromany,topology,coordinate");

Please tell us if this solves the problem or not.





Kind regards,


Judit

Hi Judit,


Whether I removed the line "msketch_param("extrabonds", "arom,wedge,either,any,1or2,aromany,topology,coordinate");" or list all desired bond types , the bond types do nothing changed.





Best regards,


Xu











msketch_param("preload", "MolExport");


msketch_param("bgcolor", "#b0b0b0");


msketch_param("molbg", "#F0F0F0");


msketch_param("extrabonds", "arom,wedge,either,any,1or2,aromany,topology,coordinate");


msketch_param("undo", "50");


msketch_end();

Hi Xu,





we are still thinking about other possible causes. We suspect that it has be a configuration issue because all of our Marvin and JChem Base examples contain the coordinate bond.





Do you use the menuconfig parameter perhaps?


If it is possible can you send us the full HTML code please?





Kind regards,


Judit