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From: Lu Lin (llu_at_cs.hku.hk)
Date: Fri Jan 18 2008 - 03:09:13 CST

Hi, John,
Thank you for your reply. It is ok now. :)

Best,
Linda

John Stone wrote:
> 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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