Creating a Script Execution Button

After you write a script, you can place a button on a form to execute that script. When you click the button, ChemFinder looks for a script with the corresponding name in one of three places:

• The same directory that contains the form.
• The ChemFinder System directory.
• The directory containing the ChemFinder application.

The corresponding name that ChemFinder looks for is one with the first 8 characters of the button label, with all spaces replaced by underscores, and the .cfs extension.

For example, you have a script that displays a molecule's NMR spectrum named Show spectrum.cfs. You can run this script by clicking a button you create instead of choosing it from the Scripts menu. If the button label is "Show Spectrum" ChemFinder looks for the script "SHOW_SPE.CFS" and executes it to display the spectrum.

To place a button on a form:

1. Write a script using the ChemFinder Automation Language (CAL).
2. Click the Button tool on the Form toolbar.
3. On the form, click and drag to draw a button.

   The Enter the Label dialog box appears.

4. Enter a label that corresponds to the name of the script and click OK.

To run the script:

• Click the button on the form.