History of Changes - JChem for Office

    Sept 17th, 2024: JChem for Office 24.4.1 (Platinum.1)

    Platinum.1 has been released based on the Frequent Release 24.3.0.

    Changes are listed from our last LTS release (Osmium.3).

    Marvin/JChem 24.4.1 used.

    New Feature

    • ChemDraw 23 can be selected as chemical editor in JChem for Office.

    Improvement

    • We have made some refactoring in our code base to improve its stability.
    • JavaMarvin is renamed to Marvin as the Molecule Structure Renderer in Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
    • Old ChemDraw versions (12-17) have been removed from the list of available chemical editors on the Options panel.
    • External monitor user experience was further improved.

    Bug Fixes

    • System Access Violation Exception error appeared when importing from a database.
    • System Access Violation Exception occurred for calculating Bemis-Murcko scaffolds.
    • All possible columns in an Excel workbook were exported to file, not just the pre-selected columns.
    • Wrong value was shown instead of a license exception if a required license was missing for a calculation.
    • JChem for Excel File Converter did not run after installation.
    • Non-standard characters added as Text in MarvinSketch were not displayed properly in Word
    • ID Assignment field was unnecessarily displayed under the Marvin Editor at several places.
    • One structure per page file import did not place structures and their corresponding properties on separate pages.
    • “Structure record not found for the hash.” error message was displayed if structures were copied from one workbook to another and the primary source was closed afterwards.
    • Fixed scale was set to 0 in Word, PowerPoint and Outlook after performing a database import with a query structure that was copied from an external chemical editor
    • License Manager could only be opened once in Excel.
    • Editor pane did not work in Excel.

    Other Changes

    • The JChem for Office installer now installs the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable Package. Previously the 2013 version was installed.