Jan, 2001

=>README file for AutoNom Standard Add-ins v1.0 for ISIS/Draw and ISIS/Base (PC)<=

(c)Copyright 2001 by MDL Information Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

This document provides information about the following topics:

1. Introduction
2. Help Files
3. Known Limitations

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1. INTRODUCTION

AutoNom Standard Add-ins for ISIS/Draw and ISIS/Base

By installing the AutoNom Standard Add-ins for ISIS/Draw or ISIS/Base, you
automatically install AutoNom Standard, a free product provided by MDL
Information Systems GmbH. The AutoNom Standard Add-ins generate an
IUPAC-compatible chemical name for any structure that you draw in ISIS/Draw,
display in ISIS/Base, or register into a database through ISIS/Base.

Another version of AutoNom, AutoNom 2000, contains additional chemical naming
capabilities:

* Description of the absolute configuration on chiral centers (R, S) and
description of the topological stereochemistry on double bonds (E, Z)

* Display of atom numbering (atom locants)

* Use of the CAS ring system naming convention in addition to the Beilstein
convention

For information on ordering an upgrade to the AutoNom 2000 Add-ins, choose
Options (in ISIS/Base) or Chemistry (in ISIS/Draw) > Generate Name > Upgrade
AutoNom. Or, use your web browser to go directly to www.mdli.com/autonom for
information on how to order the AutoNom 2000 Add-ins.

If you want to implement or call AutoNom 2000 from another application or
product, site licenses for AutoNom 2000 are also available. For more
information, please contact MDL by email at [e-mail].

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2. HELP FILES

There are help files for each Add-in: AUTDSTD.HLP for ISIS/Draw, and AUTBSTD.HLP
for ISIS/Base. These files are installed in the ISIS directory.

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3. KNOWN LIMITATIONS

To disable *one* Add-in using the Add-in Manager, use the "Add-ins" tab, *not*
the "Installation" Tab. The "Installation" Tab moves files shared by both Add-
ins so that neither Add-in will work.
To remove *both* Add-ins, use the Windows "Add/Remove Programs" Control Panel.


When you configure AutoNom Standard for the first time in ISIS/Base, make sure
that you specify, at the minimum, the structure box and the browse box.
If you only specify the structure box, ISIS/Base does not recognize that you
changed the form and will *not* prompt you to save the form when you close the
database.

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