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radiochemistry
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 Posted - 08 Feb 2011 : 20:16:56
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When I edit a book (title etc) and want to update the link in the edit window the Browse button is like a dead fish, ie nothing, absolutely nothing is happening. I assume an Explorer or other file manager window should probably open but nothing happens.
Also, XBM is NOT opening my files, only the Edit window when you double-click it.
The file type is pdf, as pdf viewer I use PDFXChange viewer, and all files open w/o problem in Win Explorer or through the Viewer but not in XBM.
I have no idea how to fix that. Any suggestion is welcome.
My OS is Win7 Enterprise 32bit, and Win7 Pro in 64bit (Work & Home machines), both with the same XBM behavior |
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JDommi
Administrator
Germany
4692 Posts |
Posted - 08 Feb 2011 : 20:41:52
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As far as I know there are yet no file associations to open any of it. I can have a look if there is a file path stored. If yes, then I can try to add a link to open the file with the associated exe.
Or if you wanna try it your own:
<a href="file://///SERVER/directory/file.ext">file.ext</a>
At the moment I don't know the right variable names for path and book title. |
In order to achieve what is possible, you have to try the impossible over and over again.
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JDommi
Administrator
Germany
4692 Posts |
Posted - 09 Feb 2011 : 10:28:48
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*LOL* nonsens what I have written... of course opens XBM the files!
I have tested it with .pdf, .txt and .xbm and all files are opened with the associated exe. I don't know why there are problems when opening pdfs with PDFXChange. But please try to modify the BookCard with the link (with existing data!) I have posted above - only to test if that would solve the problem.
<a target="_blank" href="file:///F:/Books/Asimov, Isaac - 1. Foundation.pdf">file.ext</a> <-- as example |
In order to achieve what is possible, you have to try the impossible over and over again.
Hermann Hesse |
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radiochemistry
Starting Member
13 Posts |
Posted - 09 Feb 2011 : 22:09:10
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sorry JDommi but that path is worthless to me as I have no clue as to what to change besides F:/Books/Asimov, Isaac - 1. Foundation.pdf
my books are in F:/Ebook like F:/Ebook/Book.pdf
I am not nailed on PDFXchange viewer but I hate Adobe bloatware.
I use NitroPDf for pdf editing (can open pdf's as well) in addition to Sumatra PDF, none of these will fire up when I double-click on a book in XBM. The same happens with DJVU files.
This somewhat beyond frustrating imo since I now have my books all nicely catalogued but still can't open them from within XBM |
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JDommi
Administrator
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Posted - 10 Feb 2011 : 08:01:16
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Just save this as test.htm and have a look if the file will be opened with your viewer. Keep sure that you change the path and file to an existing one.
<html>
<head>
<title>TestLink to open a pdf file with its associated .exe</title>
</head>
<body>
<a target="_blank" href="F:/Ebook/Book.pdf">PDF file - test 1</a>
<a href="F:/Ebook/Book.pdf">PDF file - test 2</a>
<a target="_blank" href="F:/Ebook/Book.dvju">DVJU file - test 1</a>
<a href="F:/Ebook/Book.dvju">DVJU file - test 2</a>
</body>
</html>
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In order to achieve what is possible, you have to try the impossible over and over again.
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radiochemistry
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Posted - 10 Feb 2011 : 18:34:29
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I saved the file as test.htm after adjusting for the correct path/file name but I am sorry, JDommi, again my browser (FFox) comes back with an error message, as it doesn't understand the protocol used.
Chrome comes back w/opening the pdf, but for the djvu which is in the same folder it comes back with path/file not found.
IE9 gives me garbled crap for the pdf and file not found for the djvu
Maybe I try setting it up on a diff machine and see what happens then.
Thanks for your help so far, will keep yer posted
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JDommi
Administrator
Germany
4692 Posts |
Posted - 10 Feb 2011 : 22:10:10
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Aargh, sorry - my fault!
It must be: href="file:///F:/Ebook/... |
In order to achieve what is possible, you have to try the impossible over and over again.
Hermann Hesse |
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radiochemistry
Starting Member
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Posted - 11 Feb 2011 : 01:14:28
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Below is the syntax that I used and it works in FFox 4b11, Chrome 9, IE9RC on Win7 32bit Enterprise and Win7 64bit Pro
But despite that XBM still is not opening my documents even though I set the default pdf viewer to Sumatra, FoxIt, PDFXChange, NitroPDF for pdf files and WinDJVU for djvu files
<html>
<head>
<title>TestLink to open a pdf file with its associated .exe</title>
</head>
<body>
<a target="_blank" href="file:///g:/Ebook/advances.pdf">PDF file - test 1</a>
<a href="file:///g:/Ebook/advances.pdf">PDF file - test 2</a>
<a target="_blank" href="file:///g:/Ebook/advances.djvu">DJVU file - test 1</a>
<a href="file:///g:/Ebook/advances.djvu">DJVU file - test 2</a>
</body>
</html>
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JDommi
Administrator
Germany
4692 Posts |
Posted - 11 Feb 2011 : 08:33:35
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| Then I don't have any further idea... sorry |
In order to achieve what is possible, you have to try the impossible over and over again.
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files are not opening in edit window