Sunset Lake Software - Comments for "Molecules version 1.4: Now for iPad"

For Android there is now a

For Android there is now a version of Jmol that you may like to try:
http://wiki.jmol.org/index.php/Support/Android

I'm working on adding

I'm working on adding additional file type support (someone was going to implement XYZ input, but they never wrote back). You should be able to open email attachments in .pdb or .pdd.gz format by tapping and holding on the item, then selecting Open In Molecules. That works just fine on my devices.

As for DropBox, I'll probably add iCloud sync support first. I don't have a lot of time to work on this, and DropBox integration looks like it might take a little more effort.

Great app - love the surface

Great app - love the surface rendering - looks fantastic! Next time I give a poster presentation at a conference I'll have an iPad right there to show some structures.

Any chance of implementing opening of e-mail attachments or files from Dropbox? Also, what about being able to open other file types like vanilla XYZ and Mol2?

Yes, iOS 4.2 fixed the 4.1

Yes, iOS 4.2 fixed the 4.1 issue with LLVM, so you can remove those flags. I just haven't updated the code yet for that.

Brad, Just loaded the 10/21

Brad,

Just loaded the 10/21 source and compiled it against iOS 4.2; it still has the "_IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED is defined twice" error, but removing the Other C Flags setting resolves that.

Thanks for making the source available.

There really isn't anything

There really isn't anything out there for Android yet. One app is atom3d and isn't useful. Maybe some Android developer would port your code over. Thanks for releasing it!

Disregard my earlier

Disregard my earlier comments. It turns out that the project I have for the previous version has some issues with the iOS 4.1 SDK. I'd resolved those at some point in the version I'm working on now.

Try downloading a prerelease build of that version from here, which should compile properly on 4.1. I'm still working on a few bugs, though, so this isn't the version I'll be submitting as an update.

I also tried using LLVM as

I also tried using LLVM as the C/C++ compiler version.

I'm also getting the error

I'm also getting the error and can't get past it. It says it's happening when it tries to precompile Molecules_Prefix.pch. I set the base SDK for all configurations to iOS Simulator 4.1, and checked the Other C flags entry but it was already empty. I'm running XCode 3.2.4 64-bit.

Any other ideas? I'm eager to see this!

That's due to a workaround I

That's due to a workaround I put in place to allow the application to compile with LLVM against the Simulator in the 4.1 iOS SDK. To fix this, build using the iOS 4.1 SDK using the LLVM compiler or go to the target's build settings in Xcode and remove what's in the Other C Flags setting.