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Created Unassigned: Add-in not working in Word 2013 [7566]

May 24, 2014, 4:00 am
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After adding formulas to a document, the Chemistry navigator remains empty.
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New Post: Word 2013 crashes when using Chem4Word

June 22, 2014, 8:00 pm
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Hello.

I'm using C4W v1.5 with Office 2013 x64 Spanish.
OS is Win8 Pro x64 Spanish.

Every time I access the Chemistry Tab and then the Options Button, Word 2013 crashes saying it has to restart.
Other buttons also make Word crash, or respond extremely slow... having sometimes to wait 2 minutes or more for something to happen.

How can I fix this?
Is there some LOG file I can provide you with, to help with the troubleshoot process?

Thank you kindly
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Reviewed: Chemistry Add-in for Word version 1.5 (jun. 25, 2014)

June 25, 2014, 5:28 pm
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Rated 3 Stars (out of 5) - Well, it installed well on my PC, but only in the admin account, not for all users. This seems to be disappointing, so I wanted to use CAifW 1.5 almost at once. Well, I haven't read the literature, so I'll have to check it out. This is not the first time I ever try to use CAifW, but always seems to happen it doesn't work in a fine manner, last time I used very nice (ver 1.1) but tend to crash when I installed Chem x Win, you know, that addin that performs all the needed corrections to embellish a chemistry doc.
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New Post: Word 2013 crashes when using Chem4Word

July 1, 2014, 5:19 am
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Hello,

Check "http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/chem4word/chemistry_add-in_for_word_user_guide.docx" and check out the Prerequisites and System Requirements sections. See whether it meets.

Check "http://officepreview.microsoft.com/en-us/support/choose-the-32-bit-or-64-bit-version-of-office-HA102840825.aspx". You have mentioned that you are using the 64bit version of Office(Office 2013 x64 Spanish). Try using a 32bit version of Office instead. If no pressing requirements with the existing 64bit Office, uninstall it and install the 32bit one.

Regards
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New Post: 403 error; Forbidden when clicking 'Import'

July 2, 2014, 4:14 am
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Hello,

The latest release for Chem4Word happened in Feb, 2014. Installing this new version 1.5 should solve this issue.

Regards
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New Post: 403 error; Forbidden when clicking 'Import'

July 2, 2014, 4:38 am
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Thanks, you are correct. I did install the new update when it came out and it fixed this issue.

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Created Unassigned: Works fine in 2 of 3 accounts on a PC [7567]

July 4, 2014, 9:43 am
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Hi, I'm using Chem 4 Word to draw some caffeine and related molecules directly. I only have an issue: look, I've installed it in my desk PC, which has three users, namely me as admin, me as user and guest account. the only thing is it doesn't work in my user account, although there is the COM device already marked as installed. I´ve checked out the other two accounts and works perfect! It seems to me that the trouble is with the VSTO engine, I can't get it installed in my user account, as it is in the other two. Do you have a guess what's wrong? Thanks! :)
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Commented Unassigned: Works fine in 2 of 3 accounts on a PC [7567]

July 4, 2014, 9:50 am
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Hi, I'm using Chem 4 Word to draw some caffeine and related molecules directly. I only have an issue: look, I've installed it in my desk PC, which has three users, namely me as admin, me as user and guest account. the only thing is it doesn't work in my user account, although there is the COM device already marked as installed. I´ve checked out the other two accounts and works perfect! It seems to me that the trouble is with the VSTO engine, I can't get it installed in my user account, as it is in the other two. Do you have a guess what's wrong? Thanks! :)
Comments: Uploading options/complements view as user
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New Post: Word 2013 crashes when using Chem4Word

July 9, 2014, 12:24 am
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New Post: Problem to visualize 2D formula

August 3, 2014, 7:04 am
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Hello everyone
First of all I apologize for my bad english...
I have a problem to visualize 2d formula of a molecule (Acyclovir): I "write" it in the panel and then press "Ok" but a new window appears saying: "The concise formulae and 2D Depictions are not shown. Also, non-valid labels will not updated. Structure change detected; Please review the labels."

So I write formula's name and press "Ok", but the window remains and nothing happens.
I don't really know what I should do.

I use Word 2013 on Windows 7, if it can be useful to know.

Thanks for help :)
Greetings
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New Post: Problem to visualize 2D formula

August 14, 2014, 1:00 am
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Hi,

Do you have some screen shots you can share with us?

/Mike
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Created Unassigned: Chem4Word & other Word addins causing Word 2013 to crash on Win 8.1 [7568]

August 19, 2014, 10:38 am
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I've been trying to track down a crash in Word 2013 when I have both Chem4Word & a normal Word 2013 addin installed. I've managed to reproduce the problem with these steps:

1) Install Office 2013 (Professional Plus in my case)
2) Install the Chemistry Add-in for Word
3) Create a Word add-in using Visual Studio, and then compile it without making any changes
4) Run the add-in from Visual Studio (which will install it)
5) Attempt to exit Word

Every time I try this, Word crashes. I downloaded the Chem4Word source code & ran Word from there, but I got no debugging information. The same thing happened when I launched Word from the basic add-in that I created - no debugging information. The crash dialog is just the standard Windows one - "Microsoft Word has stopped working".

I've looked at the Windows Event Viewer log, but it's not too useful - it only shows that the "Faulting module name" is ntdll.dll, with exception code 0xc0000374 (which I believe indicates some kind of heap corruption).

One thing I have noticed is that the Chem4Word add-in loads version 9 of the Microsoft Office assemblies (e.g. Microsoft.Office.Tools.v9.0, Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common.v9.0) while the newer add-in uses version 10 of the same assemblies. Also, it seems as though the Chemistry Add-in uses .Net 2.0, while the newer add-in uses .Net 4.0. I wonder if the problem is related to this - perhaps a DLL is being unloaded prematurely.

I've seen this when both Win 8.1 & Office were 32-bit, when both were 64-bit & when Windows was 64-bit but Office was 32-bit. Also, I tried installing the Chemistry Add-in both for all users as well as just for the current user, but I got the same crash in both cases.
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Source code checked in, #6f9a1a3065dd

September 3, 2014, 12:43 pm
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Fix bug in JSON invetor Changed default structure to single carbon atom Add ability to Add/Remove explicit Hydrogens Incremented version to 1.6.0.0
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Released: Chemistry Add-in for Word version 1.6 (Sep 03, 2014)

September 3, 2014, 12:53 pm
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This is the latest stable release for the new version of Chem4Word. The two major improvements are:
  • Allow user to add or remove explicit hydrogens
  • Force rendering of explicitly drawn hydrogens

Bugs fixed:
  • Fixed bug in JSON codes

Please download and try. Post to the mailing list or the FaceBook group with any bugs, but if you use the latter, please hashtag with #c4wbeta.
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Created Release: Chemistry Add-in for Word version 1.6 (Sep 03, 2014)

September 3, 2014, 12:53 pm
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This is the latest stable release for the new version of Chem4Word. The two major improvements are:
  • Allow user to add or remove explicit hydrogens
  • Force rendering of explicitly drawn hydrogens

Bugs fixed:
  • Fixed bug in JSON codes

Please download and try. Post to the mailing list or the FaceBook group with any bugs, but if you use the latter, please hashtag with #c4wbeta.
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Updated Wiki: Home

September 3, 2014, 12:59 pm
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Version 1.6 Now Released!

  • Added ability to add or remove explicit hydrogens.
  • Forced drawing of explicitly drawn hydrogens.
  • Fixed bug in JSON code.

Contacting The Chem4Word Team

The best way to get in contact with us and to bring up issues or bugs is via the discussions tab or the issue tracker.
Join our group on facebook.

Version 1.5 Now Fully Released!

After a successful beta, Version 1.5 is now ready for download. This is the full release version, made possible by our wonderful team (Andy Wright, Eric Schultz, Mike Williams, Alex Wade and Clyde Davies) and by the splendid people at ChemDoodle.

Version 1.5 addresses one of the most common requests for enhancements: the ability to create your own chemical structures from scratch. We integrated the publically available version of the ChemDoodle editor to allow you to do this.

We also have better integration with PubChem services. We have fixed a bug on querying the service, allowed paging through results, and also have sorted the results by relevance.

Please feel free to download!

Version 1.5 Beta

Great news! We now have the beta of the next version of Chem4Word ready for testing! We need you to test it. The most exciting new feature is integration with the ChemDoodle editor: you can now create your own chemical structures from scratch. There is also improved access to online repositories of chemical structures.

If you want to help us beta-test it, download it from https://chem4word.codeplex.com/releases/view/118025 . If you want to post test results, you can use the mailing list at http://mailinglists.outercurve.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chem4word . If you want to post results on FaceBook, please feel free to do so but add the hashtag ‪#‎c4wbeta‬ .

Mailing List

We now have a mailing list for Chem4Word. Please subscribe to hear the latest news and to take part in discussions on the future of this product!

Version 1.1 Release

This release is the first release under the aegis of the Outercurve Foundation (http://www.outercurve.org/). It is fully compatible with Word 2013 and also fixes some issues with OPSIN and PubChem downloads. Download it now from http://chem4word.codeplex.com/releases/view/102798.

This release could not have been possible without Jim Piavis and his team at Microsoft. We'd like to propose a formal vote of thanks for their dedicated effort in getting this released.

Contacting The Chem4Word Team

The best way to get in contact with us and to bring up issues or bugs is via the discussions tab or the issue tracker.
Join our group on facebook.

Copyright (c) 2013 The Outercurve Foundation. All rights reserved. This code is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. THIS CODE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

Version 1.0 release

We are launching the Chemistry Add-in for Microsoft Word v. 1.0 on 1 February 2011 and are also pleased to announce that we have become part of the Outercurve Foundation (http://www.outercurve.org/) in the research accelerators gallery.

The release version of the program is available from the downloads page along with the source code as a .ZIP package. The source code is also available under mercurial from the Source Code tab. Since our beta release in March 2010 we have been making several usability improvements including an improved 2D editor, some bug fixes, and also a completely refactored codebase. The package names have been changed to better reflect what they are doing, we have added new packages and we have moved various pieces of code (for example the navigator) from one package to another.

Introduction

The Chem4Word Project (http://research.microsoft.com/chem4word) began in 2008 as a collaboration between Microsoft Research and the University of Cambridge, designed to make it easier to insert and modify chemical information (labels, formulas, 2-D depictions, etc.) from within Microsoft Office Word, and also to have the chemical information stored and manipulated in a semantically rich manner.

On March 22, 2010, at the ACS meeting in San Francisco, CA, we announced the availability of a beta build, and we are now launching Chem4Word as an open source project overseen by Dr Joe Townsend.

Future work

We have identified a number of feature areas where we have definite plans for taking the project forward – these fall into two categories; chemical and non-chemical - each of the areas are outlined below in no particular order. In some cases we have already made a start on the code but these are not yet in a working state; in others we have fairly clear ideas as to how we want to progress and we hope that if we provide a very skeleton proof of concept implementation then people with more experience or design skills than us could take them forward. Finally some of the tasks need agreement at a high level as to the direction we should move in and we are engaging with the relevant people and organisations to proceed. We would welcome your feedback in these areas.
  • Chemical
    • 2D layout –if a molecule does not have a complete set of x2 and y2 coordinates on all the atoms then currently we cannot show a 2D representation. We plan implement the algorithm described by Clark et al. in J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2006, 46, 1107-1123 which will allow us to generate 2D representations from the connectivity. Of course as we want to support both high school and university chemistry we will probably need two different layout programs; one for each style. Should the bond angles be 120° or 90°?
    • 2D drawing – the current 2D editor allows tweaks and was deliberately envisaged to be different from existing editors. However, we do need to both improve the implementation – how should suggested changes be made? How should the user interact? The ordering of the suggested changes should be responsive to the users history.
    • 3D display – there is no 3D viewer in the add-in at present and we want one.
    • Converters – at the moment only CML can be imported – but if we have converters then mol, chemdraw, marvin, spectra (JCAMP) etc. could be imported.
    • InChI – do we want to be able to generate InChIs as part of the add-in? Should this be available via a web-service? Would authors and/or publishers find it useful?
    • PeakList UI – how can a user enter spectral data and associate particular stretches or chemical shifts with bonds and atoms? We have some UI mock-ups already prepared and are working on how the backing CML should hold the data.
    • Styles – since the start of the project we have intended to create chemical style sheets; several of our design decisions have been taken deliberately with ChemSS in mind even though so far we haven't even the beginnings of an implementation. Styles would need to be able to hold everything from preferred bond lengths and angles to whether or not methyl groups should be represented as "Me", "CH3" or just a line etc.
    • Reactions – we want to support these but how should we. A big area.
  • Non chemical
    • Test environment – we have a set of unit tests for NUMBO but need to fully test all the code, we want a continuous build and test setup. We are looking at maven at the moment.
    • GUI testing – we have a fair amount of GUI and it needs to be tested.
    • Command Window – using COA we should be able to perform all the chemical changes which are taking place in the 2D editor and elsewhere; this means we should be able to script things through a command window – possibly used to test as well.
    • Vector Graphics – we currently generate PNG images whenever a 2D image is visible on screen (both in the navigator and the document) other than when the molecule is in the 2D editor. This is wasteful (in terms of time) and provides lower quality images than we could otherwise have. We should be using vector graphics throughout.
    • Copy/Paste – an implementation that fully works
    • Gallery – the gallery uses chem4word.dotx to store molecules which the users places in the gallery. This template is based on normal.dotx and therefore installing the add-in can mess up peoples' formatting. It would be better to simply point to a directory and when view gallery is pressed to show a navigator-like view of all the molecules in this directory. The user can use this to select the molecule in insert.
    • Smart Tag – similar changes to the gallery required. Lets pick up the molecules the user already has in their molecule directory.
    • Externalise resources – the groups which are suggested in the 2D editor are at present stored in the resources of the NUMBO project. These are just xml/cml files and it would be better to move them to an external location. They would then be easily user customisable.
    • Math Zones – the add-in wraps math zones to show chemical text in the document but we have to use different techniques to show chemical text when not in the document. This gives an inconsistent look and feel (and means that we have to maintain more code). Either we should be using math zones everywhere (which many not be possible) or nowhere. Wrapping the math zones is also (we believe) causing problems with allowing us to do direct editing of the chemistry in the document, rather than having to use modal dialogues.
    • Ribbon – The ribbon currently uses customUI which is preventing us from having buttons with dynamic content; and we really want these.
    • View Port – what if you don't want to show the whole molecule in the document? We would like to implement a view port concept to enable the user to define the viewable portion.
    • Hooks into CML – how should third parties get hold of the CML? And how could they make changes and then give it back to us again which some changes?
    • RACSO peak lists – the idea behind this is to be able to convert the spectral data entered by the user into the form currently accepted by the publishers (each publisher has a particular and slightly different house style) in the correct format and insert it into the document. Changing the ChemSS would change the formatting.
    • Functional programming and performance - the code has been written in a stateless manner which provides an elegant design but is not optimised for performance. This is entirely in keeping with Donald Knuth's "premature optimization is the root of all evil". However Chem4Word has some areas (systems with many rings, interactive drawing) where many identical calculations are repeated and this is evident in performance). This is an area where modern programming methods (e.g. memoization) should be rewarding.

Contacting The Chem4Word Team

The best way to get in contact with us and to bring up issues or bugs is via the discussions tab or the issue tracker.
Join our group on facebook.

Copyright (c) 2011 The Outercurve Foundation. All rights reserved. This code is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. THIS CODE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

This software also makes use of the Microsoft ChemSans and Microsoft ChemSerif font sets which are available at http://research.microsoft.com/chem4word under the Microsoft Research License Agreement.
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Source code checked in, #a6449ea6cdcc

September 4, 2014, 2:10 am
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Added my own Explicit hydrogen remover
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Released: Chemistry Add-in for Word version 1.6 (Sep 03, 2014)

September 4, 2014, 2:15 am
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This is the latest stable release for the new version of Chem4Word. The two major improvements are:
  • Allow user to add or remove explicit hydrogens
  • Force rendering of explicitly drawn hydrogens

Bugs fixed:
  • Fixed bug in JSON codes

Please download and try. Post to the mailing list or the FaceBook group with any bugs, but if you use the latter, please hashtag with #c4wbeta.
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Updated Release: Chemistry Add-in for Word version 1.6 (Sep 03, 2014)

September 4, 2014, 2:15 am
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This is the latest stable release for the new version of Chem4Word. The two major improvements are:
  • Allow user to add or remove explicit hydrogens
  • Force rendering of explicitly drawn hydrogens

Bugs fixed:
  • Fixed bug in JSON codes

Please download and try. Post to the mailing list or the FaceBook group with any bugs, but if you use the latter, please hashtag with #c4wbeta.
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New Post: Chemistry add-on and low resolution screen and printing of drawing

September 7, 2014, 11:56 am
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Hi

So far this is an extremely useful addition for chemistry related papers

However, when I insert a drawing from the chemistry gallery, the screen resolution is low and the print quality is quite low as well.
Windows 7, 64 bit, Word 2007

Any advice? , also, it is possible to change the colors on the gallery drawings to black, that may help as the printer I'm using is a 600 dpi laser monochrome.
Thanks
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