02-07-2007, 03:14 PM | #61 | |
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As for the global BD font, it is ignored in lrf because the LrfMaker has its own global font assignment (styles -> paragraph). |
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02-07-2007, 03:32 PM | #62 | |
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Also you can try BookCleaner (it is a tool for advanced users allowing one to perform direct replacements in the book source code). To see how the code structure looks like, use html fragment editor. |
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02-07-2007, 10:52 PM | #63 |
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MEA CULPA. I do not now have (and never had) a problem with using the Font or the Color tools. I had the main frame filling the screen and forgot that these tools might be behind the main frame. I tried the program again today and no problem at all. Sorry if I caused you extra work. GREAT PROGRAM.
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02-13-2007, 01:51 PM | #64 |
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I tried reinstalling Book Designer on my (relatively) fresh install of Vista (32-bit) last night anticipating that I will need it very soon, but I just couldn't get it to produce anything (Reader, RTF). I could load the files OK and read them in the main window of BD, but everything I tried failed miserably. I apologize for not taking notes on error messages, screenshots, or anything else that might of been useful, but it was quite late (which certainly didn't help), I was tired and I just wanted it installed so I could go to bed. I tried installing 4.0, then copying the 4.5 (?) update and the 5.0 update into the program directory. I also tried 4.0 to 4.5 (which failed to even run). And a straight 4.0 install. Last, I tried 4.0 to 5.0 (skipping 4.5) and still had no luck.
This morning I was determined to get it to work. I tried "run as Administrator" (from the program directory since there was no option to do it from the desktop icon). I tried changing the output directories to a folder under the user namespace (c:\Users\L1Wulf\BDOutput\Reader and so on). Finally, I uninstalled, searched again through the wiki and this post to see if I was missing something obvious. I went to the Book Designer Blog (after translating of course ) and downloaded the Reader Parser and took a deep breath... This time around, I installed directly into the user namespace (c:\users\L1Wulf\BookDesigner), did the 4.5 and 5.0 updates and copied the new parser over. I changed the output directories to the user namespace again. I should have tried it after this, but I didn't, instead I went to the configuration settings and selected reformat completely (on a whim) then I loaded a book and gave it a shot. It worked! I went back to configuration settings and reset everything to defaults (are the defaults on fresh install different from what is set by clicking "default"--it seemed to me that it changed more than what I did originally) and tried again... and again it worked. I don't know what I did right this time, but it is working now and I am again a happy reader. I haven't fooled around much with it yet, but from what I've seen just on the make ebook screen and the corrector sidebar, I'm duly impressed. VVV, thanks for making such an incredible and powerful application for everyone to enjoy! |
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But I had changed all output to the user namespace the first time around (since I had already thought of the reason you mentioned which is also the reason why I changed the install destination--I just am not keen on doing this on a regular basis; call me silly but I'd like to keep my installed programs in "Program Files" with the default Vista protection in place ). Perhaps the temp files are hard coded to the temp directory?
Just took a look at the temp directory as it is currently installed and I noticed that there is several subdirectories (numbered 1-3), some of which contain .html0 files. Would I be mistaken in assuming these are the intermediate files used when converting the original file to BM native format? If so, then it disproves the possibility that Vista's protection is disabling the writing of temp files there since each test book I tried converted fine to the native format (ie I could open a PDF and view the converted text, make changes, etc), but would not "make ebook" to RTF, or Sony Reader. Now it bugs me to know what exactly is keeping it from working...but not enough to uninstall and reinstall back into the "Program Files" directory since I suspect I will have to just reinstall back to where it is at now in the long run. Incidentally, I can no longer open unprotected MS Reader files (.lit) as it throws an error on clit12a.exe (12a???). The error dialog must be in Russian as it comprises mostly of question marks on my system. The following is from the event viewer for the error: Quote:
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To be true I do not remember why I am unpacking lit files in such a way. But there were some reasons... |
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Ah, that might explain it then. Thanks for the insight! Perhaps if I ran as Administrator... If that works, I'll be sure to post back on it.
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I appologize for not reading the whole thread due to time restraints but have others noted an issue with embedded graphics? I tried converting The Virgin of Small Plains which I had in HTML mode. I tried from both HTML and RTF. In each instance it cut the chapters short wherever there were inline graphics. It did not seem to have a similar effect with graphics in front of chapter titles. Where it abruptly ended the chapter it normally shows about a dozen garbage characters. I ended up having to read into wordpad and then save as RTF (in order to preserve chapter title bolding).
Is this a known issue? Thanks. |
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Sorry to be dense, but could someone tell me what needs to be downloaded to use this program, please? I've looked at the web site, but I'm unable to find any description of it in English, and unfortunately I don't read Russian.
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I tried French, and it now keeps my extended characters pretty well, I only really have one more issue with this software, it seems to strip all & characters out of my original RTF.
R&D becomes RD, this would probably not normally be an issue, but baen's military scifi uses a lot of & |
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There is a file in the Help subdirectory called DesignerHelpEng that can load into Book Designer. (All of the graphics seem to go away and are replaced by red "X" signs if the file is viewed in anything other than Book Designer.) From there it can be viewed or saved as required. It is a good program with a few quirks; but, it does produce very nice output. |
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http://www.the-ebook.org/e107/request.php?8 and the last update http://www.the-ebook.org/e107/e107_f...2007_01_29.zip Install the program and extract all files from the update to the BD directory. That's all - have fun. Last edited by vvaann; 02-26-2007 at 03:23 PM. |
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Thank you!
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