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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 17 2008 - 12:56:24 CST

Linda,
  Just in case the issue relates to directory names containing spaces,
try installing msms in "C:\msms.exe", update the environment variable,
and see if the problem goes away. Let us know if that cures your problem.
Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 01:47:52AM +0800, Lu Lin wrote:
> Thank you for your reply.
> I installed MSMS and set the env. var "MSMSSERVER" to the place of the
> binary of MSMS as "c:\Program Files\...", and the env. var
> "VMDMSMSUSEFILE" as 1.
> But problem still exists like this:
> vmd > 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> ERROR) Cannot read MSMS facet file:
> C:\DOCUME~1\llu\LOCALS~1\Temp\vmdmsms.u0.41.
> face
> Info) Could not compute MSMS surface
> Info) Done with MSMS surface.
>
> >< Could anybody tell me the reason? Thanks a lot!
>
> Best,
> Linda
>
>
> L. Michel Espinoza-Fonseca wrote:
> >To solve this issue, check out this link.
> >
> >http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/ug/node66.html
> >
> >Basically you need to download Michael Sanner's MSMS and set up a
> >variable in window. Then restart VMD and try it again. This should
> >solve the problem.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Michel
> >
> >On Jan 17, 2008 3:35 PM, Lu Lin <llu_at_cs.hku.hk> wrote:
> >
> >>Dear VMDers,
> >>I wanna use MSMS in VMD, while, I didn't find MSMS plugin for VMD on
> >>windows(XP). And the error is like this:
> >>vmd > 'msms.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> >>operable program or batch file.
> >>ERROR) Cannot read MSMS facet file:
> >>C:\DOCUME~1\llu\LOCALS~1\Temp\vmdmsms.u0.173
> >>.face
> >>Info) Could not compute MSMS surface
> >>Info) Done with MSMS surface.
> >>
> >>Would anyone help me? Thanks a lot!!!
> >>
> >>Best regards,
> >>Linda
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > 

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