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04-02-2009 01:57 PM
04-02-2009 01:57 PM
Bookreader error on WinXP with BKB file from 1995
Bookreader error on WinXP with BKB file from 1995
Page type is 453, should be 1
my version of the BNU windows program is
Beta v1.2
dated 31-Jul-2001 ...
which calls the windows program
bookreader.exe
(dated 6-Sep-2000) which does execute and then gives me the above error when opening the file.
Other BKB files from older CDroms (where I got these windows utilities) do open OK ...
(had to build my own bookshelf.odl file to feed to BNU ... is it possible to mess that up)
any ideas ?
p.s. the CONSOLE.DECW$BOOK file opens just fine on Alpha OpenVMS v8.2 with BookReader :-)
Verne
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04-02-2009 04:56 PM
04-02-2009 04:56 PM
Re: Bookreader error on WinXP with BKB file from 1995
Re: Bookreader error on WinXP with BKB file from 1995
I suspect you'll need to take this up with HP customer support to get anywhere, but given the dates, the product involved (isn't that one that got sold?), and the nature of the data files (obsolete format), I think I know what their answer might be... :-(
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04-03-2009 03:22 AM
04-03-2009 03:22 AM
Re: Bookreader error on WinXP with BKB file from 1995
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04-20-2009 06:42 AM
04-20-2009 06:42 AM
Re: Bookreader error on WinXP with BKB file from 1995
Re: Bookreader error on WinXP with BKB file from 1995
The bottom line is, the Windows version of Bookreader actually does want the variable format (RMS) file structure that VMS uses !!
With help, I found two ways to do this:
1. when moving the *.decw$book files to the PC, inside your FTP client do
put/fdl xx.decw$book
and then ignore (delete) the FDL temp file created on the PC (the "main" file will be in the proper format).
OR
2. "convert" the file first on VMS:
a. copy xx.decw$book xx.dat
b. set file/attr=(RFM:FIX,RAT:NONE,LRL:512) xx.dat
c. FTP the XX.DAT file in binary mode to the PC
d. rename XX.DAT on the PC to either xx.decw$book or xx.bkb
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Once the file containing the two byte RMS variable record header bits is on the PC, run BNU, then get BOOKREADER up (by navigating to an existing BKB file on some bookshelf) then use the FILE--OPEN dialog to read your new file (if things got installed properly, you can double-click on the BKB file and BOOKREADER will be launched).
Of course you can also create your own bookshelf and other BNU files to make access easier.
I was shocked to find out (using a hex dump PC utility) that the PC files that worked fine with BOOKREADER had the RMS bytes at the beginning of each record !!
Now I can read all my decw$book files on my laptop.
Verne
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