API to turn the absolute stereo label on programmatically

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to turn the absolute stereo label on programmatically. I have searched this forum and the closest I could find was this thread. However there has been no follow up on the subject since 2006 and I was wondering if this has been addressed.

 

The "Absolute" label can be turned on in MarvinSketch by invoking Options -> Show Absolute Labels as shown in the screenshot. I would like to have an API that I can access in my Swing app. Specifically,

• An option passed to MDocument or MolPrinter to look at the corresponding bit of the MOL block header to render a text label when the structure is chiral


• An option for me to set the textual of the label to a string I want to use, e.g. Chiral as opposed to Absolute

 

Is this something that can be supported?

 

Thanks,

Ning Yu

You can set the visibility of the "Absolute" label by the following way:

MSketchPane msketchPane = new MSketchPane();
msketchPane.setParams(chemaxon.marvin.sketch.SketchParameterConstants.ABSOLUTE_LABEL_VISIBLE+"=true\n");

You can find further description about the setParams method and ABSOLUTE_LABEL_VISIBLE in the Marvin Beans API doc:

MarvinPane.setParams(String)

chemaxon.marvin.sketch.SketchParameterConstants.ABSOLUTE_LABEL_VISIBLE

Thanks for the reply! Can I set the text to be rendered instead of the default "Absolute"?

Currently, it is not possible. the "Absolute" label is hardcoded into Marvin.

Is it a keen issue for you?