Read Method

Applies To:

Molecule object

Description:

Reads data into a molecule from a specified file.

Syntax:

Molecule.Read ( BSTR/String filename )

filename path and name of source file

Remarks:

The method reads the following file types:

MDL Molfile (*.mol) ChemDraw (*.cdx)
ChemDraw 3.5 (*.chm)
MDL Sketch (*.skc) MDL Graphic (*.tgf) SMD 4.2 file (*.smd)
Conn. Table (*.ct) MSI Molfile (*.msm) Questel F1 (*.f1d) Questel F1Q (*.f1q)
MDL Rxn (*.rxn)

NOTE: To read any file other than MOL, you must have ChemDraw installed on your system.

Example:

The following Visual Basic code reads Test.cdx into the Molecule object CurrentMolecule.

Dim CurrentMolecule As Object 'Molecule object
Dim Path As String 'File path