STN on the Web Release History
27 May 2014:
25 January 2014:
16 November 2013:
14 September 2013:
- New version of Structure Drawing Plug-in available:
The latest version of the Structure Drawing Plug-in has the following improvements:
Please download and install the new
version (V8.5.1-1) to take advantage of the latest improvements.
Please note: Another release of the Structure Drawing Plug-in, with additional bug fixes, is
planned for later this year.
- New version of CAS RegistrySM BLAST® Sequence Search Plug-in available:
The latest version of the BLAST Sequence Search Plug-in has the following improvements:
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- Compatibility with recent Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome browser versions
- Updated to use Java Runtime Environment version 1.7.0_21
- Fix for broken 'Help' and 'Print from Browser' functions under Windows 7
Please download and install the new version (2013.03)
to take advantage of the latest improvements.
18 June 2012:
03 December 2011:
18 June 2011:
25 July 2009:
10 Jun 2009:
09 May 2009:
27 July 2008:
10 July 2008:
29 June 2008:
15 June 2008:
08 February 2008:
26 January 2008:
12 August 2007:
29 July 2007:
04 March 2007:
12 January 2007:
- Structure Plug-in fixes:
Several additional bugs in the Windows version of the Structure Drawing Plug-in have been fixed. Please download and install the new
version (V8.01c) to ensure the highest level of accuracy in structure drawing and searching. Note that the version numbering scheme
has changed with this release (the previous version was V2.1.2), to be more consistent with the STN Express Structure Drawing component.
15 October 2006:
- New Features for Japanese Customers:
STN Tokyo users whose sessions include the display of Japanese characters can now download
those session transcripts in the PDF format. Also, for customers logged in to STN Tokyo with Japanese Language Features
enabled, clicking on a Full Text link will present the Japanese language version of Chemport.
01 July 2006:
- Structure Plug-in fixes:
Several additional bugs in the Windows version of the Structure Drawing Plug-in have been fixed. Please download and install the new
version (V2.1.2) to ensure the highest level of accuracy in structure drawing and searching.
22 January 2006:
- Structure Plug-in fixes:
Several bugs in the Windows version of the Structure Drawing Plug-in have been fixed. Please download and install the new
version (V2.1.1) to ensure the highest level of accuracy in structure drawing and searching.
20 November 2005:
- REGISTRY Spectral Property Images Available:
Spectral Property images are now available via several new display formats in REGISTRY/ZREGISTRY. For details,
please see page 13 of the Nov/Dec edition of STNews.
18 September 2005:
- Transcript Enhancements:
Several new features give you more control over your session Transcripts:
- The Transcript capture status and Transcript Name may now be specified at login time via
fields available on the Login Page.
- During your session, the Transcript capture status (ON/OFF) is displayed and may be easily changed
via a drop-down menu that appears at all times in the left-side navigation frame. The Transcript
capture status and name are also continuously displayed in your browser's status bar (bottom bar) if
your browser settings allow it.
- A new Transcript may be started at any time during the session
via the New... item in the Transcript drop-down menu.
- Structure Upload Enhancements:
A new version of the Structure Drawing Plug-in makes uploading multiple structures easy:
- The new Upload Multiple Queries item under the File menu makes it easy
to select and upload as many structures as you like in a single operation.
- The original file name of each uploaded structure now appears in the session window and transcript for
easy reference.
- Don't forget to download and install the new Structure Plugin (V2.1.0) from the Get Structure Plug-in Page.
12 June 2005:
- Enhanced Command History navigation:
As an alternative to using the buttons next to the command entry box to navigate through
the Command History, you can now use the Up and Down arrow keys for this purpose as well.
13 March 2005:
- Experimental Property Tag reference links:
CAPLUS document references appearing in the new ETAG and ETAGFULL display formats in
REGISTRY will contain links to automatically display the corresponding CAPLUS documents.
Normal CAPLUS display charges will apply.
- Windows Structure Plug-in fix:
A new version (V2.0.7) of the Structure Plug-in for Windows is available. This version fixes
a problem with structure upload failures that some customers have experienced
when using STN on the Web from a PC that has limited file access permissions.
02 January 2005:
- EPFULL database added to Patent Assistant:
The new EPFULL database has been added to the Patent Assistant.
- Windows Structure Plug-in fix:
A new version (V2.0.6) of the Structure Plug-in for Windows is available. This version fixes
upload failures that occur when the Refine Using Structure Filters option is
selected but all filters are removed.
14 December 2003:
The CAS Registry BLAST® software has been enhanced with the following new capabilities:
- Use either a CAS Registry Number® or a GenBank® Number in CAS Registry BLAST searches
- Receive an automatic update for any "not yet named" sequences in BLAST results if the sequence has been named
when the result is opened at a later date
To use the new features, a new plug-in is required and should be downloaded by January 31, 2004. It can be downloaded
from the Get Sequence Plug-in link on the login page navigation bar and installed by following the provided instructions.
After January 31, 2004, an error message will result if the Launch CAS Registry BLAST button on the Sequence Search Assistant
page is clicked and the new plug-in has not been installed.
3 March 2003:
New patent sequence database PCTGEN incorporated into Sequence Assistant:
- This extension of the existing Sequence Assistant offers menu driven biosequence searching
in the new database PCTGEN with the GETSEQ, GETSIM, and BLAST modules just like it is
already possible for the DGENE database.
- All options including offline sequence searches
and homology current awareness alerts and all parameters which are available in the command
mode via "RUN Packages" are available in menu and options screens. The assistant and its
functionality is fully integrated into the existing STN on the Web environment.
Details
13 October 2002:
The CAS Registry BLAST® software has been enhanced with exciting new functionality:
- A new plug-in is required. It can be downloaded from the Get Sequence Plug-in link on the home page (prior to logging on) and installed by following the provided instructions. An error message will result if the Launch CAS Registry BLAST button on the Sequence Search Assistant page is clicked and the new plug-in has not been installed.
- The maximum number of BLAST results has been increased from 200 to 1000.
- You may now set up weekly or biweekly BLAST alerts. For cost information, enter the Registry file during an STN session and enter HELP COST at the prompt.
- Searching on a subset of Registry in which the results have <50 residues is now an option when selecting the search parameters.
- The most recent version of BLAST software, as provided by NCBI, has also been loaded.
- You may open STN on the Web transcripts in STN Express with Discover! for use with the Express post-processing tools.
28 July 2002:
- Sequence Assistant for searching
biosequences in DGENE : This extension of the existing Sequence Assistant
offers menu driven use of the BLAST, GETSIM and GETSEQ modules for searching
protein and nucleotide sequences in DGENE. All options and parameters which
were available already in the command mode via "RUN Packages" are
now available in the menu and options screens. The assistant and its functionality
is fully integrated into the existing STN on the Web environment.
- Changeable Transcript Names: STN
on the Web transcripts can be downloaded via the Transcript Assistant. With
the new feature the default file names may be changed to customer needs. All
linked images will be renamed accordingly.
- IPAA for STN on the Web: With
this release, IPAA is also available for STN on the Web. The STN SAT (Site
Administration Tool) can be used to establish and administrate IP access for
end-users.
- More Hyperlinks:
- WPINDEX, WPIDS, WPIX
These files contain bibliographic and substance records. The new hyperlinks
(in the DCSE, KW fields) enable crossover linking between the two types
of records.
- INPADOCDB
The new link (in the OSDW field) offers crossover linking to corresponding
WPI records.
- DETHERM
This file contains bibliographic and table/numeric records. The new link
(in the field RACC) will automatically retrieve corresponding table
Details
20 January 2002:
- Search Assistant: This new
assistant leads the user through a series of easy-to-use screens that provides
the full power of STN searching. Under Search Assistants in the navigation
frame, just click on the Search Assistant link to get started.
- Results Assistant: You can
now go straight from searching with the Search Assistant to the Results
Assistant. The user-friendly Results Assistant provides not only print and
display options, but also the ability to sort your results and detect
duplicate results in multifile searches.
- Sequence Assistant: The
Sequence Assistant has been changed to allow you to choose BLAST®
searching for sequences in the CAS Registry file as well as to upload
sequences for searching in the DGENE file.
- Transcript Enhancements: All
transcript formats now contain images.
- New Structure Plug-in Now
Supported For IE 5.5 Service Pack 2 and Higher: Following Microsoft's
decision to no longer support non-Microsoft plug-ins, we have released a
solution for IE 5.5 Service Pack 2 and higher for Windows. To use the
Structure Plug-in with IE 5.5 SP2 and higher, just click on Get Structure
Plug-in and follow the download and install instructions.
Details
03 December 2000:
- Alert (SDI) Assistant: This
new tool leads the user, step-by-step, through the set-up of a customized,
automatic current-awareness Alert (SDI) in a single file. The Assistant
offers a concise overview of all the various optional SDI functions. The
Alert (SDI) Assistant is available from the Search Assistants folder in the
left-hand toolbar during an online session.
- Citation
Searching: The new Citing References button allows the user to
find documents that cite the retrieved reference. The system checks to see if
the document has been cited by other documents in CAPLUS and SCISEARCH
and retrieves the citing records from these two databases. The Citing
References button can be found in records from more than 40 STN databases
including: AEROSPACE, AGRICOLA, ANABSTR, BIOSIS, BIOTECHNO, CABA, CAPLUS,
COMPENDEX, EMBASE, ENERGY, FROSTI, FSTA, INSPEC, MEDLINE, METADEX,
RAPRA, and SCISEARCH.
- Transcript
Enhancements:
- Full-text links stay active in
downloaded transcripts
- Ability to select from available
transcript format options (rtf, pdf, html) at logoff
- All transcripts of the last 4 days
available at logoff
- Session in one transcript: when
there is a Logoff Hold or a lost session, the transcript of the resumed
session is appended to the previous transcript.
- Session output control feature
added: "Hide session output" and "Show session output" links in the right
hand corner of the bottom frame of the session page toggle the session output
shown in the session window on and off. This does not affect what is being
recorded in the session transcript. The transcript is controlled by the
Transcript Assistant.
- Special Character
Translation: Where possible, special characters, such as Greek beta, are
converted to expected representations, such as a Greek symbol, in displays and
transcripts.
- Related Records linked in Derwent
Databases: Records that are related in Derwent databases now have
hypertext links for Derwent World Patents Index accession numbers. The feature
links patent records in BIOTECHABS, BIOTECHDS, CROPU, DGENE, DPCI, DJSMONLINE,
WPINDEX, WPIDS, and WPIX. For example, the link for the accession number
in WPINDEX, WPIDS, and WPIX records allows the user to easily retrieve records
on the same patent in other Derwent databases.
- Upload Feature for Biosequence
Queries: Upload of long bio-sequences for use in the RUN GETSEQ and GETSIM
packages in DGENE is now available. The new "Upload Sequence" link is
available in the left-hand navigation bar in the Search Assistants
folder. The interface leads the user through the upload procedure.
After selecting the local ASCII file containing the biosequence, a click of
the Upload button automatically starts the Kermit transfer protocol performing
the upload.
- Enhanced Structure Plugin:
The new version of the Structure Plugin now allows generation of DWPI
structures. The Functional Group Search option and the Refine option are now
available. With these enhancements, the Web structure plugin now offers the
same functionality as STN Express.
16 April 2000:
- Search Preview: This new tool
supports less experienced searchers in conducting a preview search in the STN
Index environment, followed by retrieving relevant documents from the desired
databases. The navigation frame has been modified to reflect this new
tool.
- Patent Search: This new tool
offers convenient "point & click" searching and retrieval for patent
information based on patent, application, and priority numbers using the full
power of STN´s patent databases. In addition, all patent numbers, application
numbers, and priority numbers in patent file displays are hyperlinked to
initiate the Patent Search tool. Hyperlinked patent numbers also may be used
to initiate the STN Full-text Solution. The navigation frame has been modified
to reflect this new tool.
- Enhanced Transcript
Assistant: Self-executing zipped RTF/GIF and HTML/GIF transcript options
are offered for Windows and UNIX.
- Japanese Structure Plug-in: A
Japanese version of the structure query plug-in for Windows is
available.
- Macintosh Structure Plug-in:
A structure query plug-in for Macintosh is now available.
- Browser Behavior: Improved
browser responses to various situations have been installed, including a
smooth reconnect to a session after being disconnected.
- Product Information:
Convenient pre-login hyperlinks are now available to a Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQ) page and to the product news page.
- Browser Support: Microsoft
Internet Explorer 5.0 is a supported browser.
20 September 1999:
- Free Search Preview: STN
offers access to more than 200 databases in science and technology,
representing more than a billion individual records abstracted and indexed by
professional staff. STNindex is a powerful tool used to quickly scan multiple
databases and identify those that have records matching the query search
terms. Search Preview allows a limited use of this powerful scanning tool to
visually demonstrate the wealth of information that is available on STN. Click
on the "Free Search Preview" button from the Login Screen to try it
out.
- New Transcript Format: The
versatile Rich Text Format (RTF) is available for downloading session
transcripts and exporting them into a wide variety and versions of popular
word processing packages. The zipped RTF/GIF format includes all images
displayed during the session. The direct RTF format does not include images,
is a larger file taking longer to download, and does not require use of a ZIP
program.
- Upload Command File:
Professional searchers can create complex search strategies off line, and then
upload these command (script) files to an STN on the Web session for efficient
execution, thereby minimizing connect time charges for typing in and
correcting commands. Command scripts can be submitted one line at a time or
all at once. A script command line may be edited before it is
submitted.
6 June 1999: --- STN on the Web Release
STN on the Web offers web-browser
access to the complete content and functionality of STN for information
professionals and advanced end-users. STN offers powerful and integrated access
to more than 200 quality databases of evaluated information in science and
technology.
STN on the Web combines the STN command
functionality with web-browser technology. The complete set of STN commands, as
well as graphic chemical structure searching is available. Also available are
browser features such as hyperlinks, images integrated in text, and
context-sensitive help. STN on the Web also offers seamless access to electronic
and paper full-text resources, as well as the wealth of STN4s user documentation
just a click away.
STN on the Web main features at a
glance:
- Web-browser access to STN:
STN on the Web is designed to work with Netscape Navigator 4.x (Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP; Macintosh; Unix) and Microsoft Internet Explorer (Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP: 4.x/5.x; Mac: 4.x; Unix), with JavaScript enabled.
- Full STN functionality: All
STN files and commands are available.
- Complete session history:
Available during the session and as a transcript. The most recent part of the
session is shown on the session page; earlier parts can be viewed by scrolling
up the session frame. Transcript capture is always ON by default. Transcripts
(zipped HTML/GIF and PDF) are available for all sessions in the last 4 days. A
transcript of the current session can be downloaded immediately after
logoff.
- Chemical structure searching:
A structure drawing editor is available as free plug-in. Click on "Structure
Assistant" on the Session Page Toolbar for more information about the
Structure Assistant.
- Full-text solution: A
Full-text? button appears at the beginning of a bibliographic record when you
display a format that includes the document source information. Click on that
button for information about the full text options for that record. Options
are document order via fax or mail delivery, and may include direct access to
electronic full-text resources.
- Hyperlinks: Two types of
hypertext links may appear in your session window, external and internal ones.
External hyperlinks are URLs for web sites outside the STN on the Web session,
e.g., the homepage of a conference organizer in a CONF record. Internal
hyperlinks give you further information in your session environment, e.g., CAS
Registry Numbers and help messages.
- Integrated text and images:
Various STN files offer graphic images, which are automatically displayed in
context.
- STN documentation: The
Customer Support folder on the Login Page offers the wealth of STN
documentation. The STN database summary sheets and documentation on the STN
command language are also conveniently available during the session under the
Help Folder.
- Secure session: STN on the
Web may be accessed via the https protocol. The Secure Session button on the
Login Page Toolbar opens a new Login Page that uses the https protocol.
For a detailed description of
STN on the Web features, click on Product in the Help
Folder of the Session Page Toolbar.