i installed bookdisgner in vista os but i have a problem when i pusg the sony reader botton for conversatin
it made nothing the conversatint tool isnt woeking ?
any one have a soulotion ?
thanks !

BookDesigner works for me in Vista and does the conversions for all the other formats except the Sony Reader. No new window or anything else happens when I invoke the Reader conversion. I have installed, unistalled, and reinstalled the last three versions in Vista protected memory, user areas, and even another disk drive. All have the same issue. BD works fine for the Reader when I reconfigure and boot to XP.

I suspect that the call to MSH_LRSParser.exe or perhaps one of the settings file is the culprit. Help!

[ADDED] By the way, I am using my admin account to install and execute BD.

Dandan,

Have you installed Book Designer correctly? You need to first install "BookDesigner40.msi" and then, once that's installed, unzip "BookDesignerExe.zip" on top of it.

Dandan,

Have you installed Book Designer correctly? You need to first install "BookDesigner40.msi" and then, once that's installed, unzip "BookDesignerExe.zip" on top of it.

Yep --I understand that. Works fine on XP and mostly on Vista -- just not the Reader conversion.

if i understand correctly we have the same problem !
anybody can help ?

The only other question that occurs to me to ask is did you install BD in your "Programs" directory?

It seems to me that someone had a problem when they did that since Vista doesn't like files to be created automatically in that dir, and BD does that as a matter of course.

Ah, yes, and is the update file you're using marked April 12th (I think it's the 12th, it's definitely April)? I think that's the most recent one.

Tried it in programs , in user area, and on a separate drive -- no difference. Using the last update -- same effect for all recent updates anyway.

The only other question that occurs to me to ask is did you install BD in your "Programs" directory?

It seems to me that someone had a problem when they did that since Vista doesn't like files to be created automatically in that dir, and BD does that as a matter of course.

Ah, yes, and is the update file you're using marked April 12th (I think it's the 12th, it's definitely April)? I think that's the most recent one.

up to now we can use the sony librie option it is working ? anybody tried it ?

up to now we can use the sony librie option it is working ? anybody tried it ?
Books made with the Sony Libre option look awful on the Sony Reader.

I had the same problems. I went to the C:\Program Files\Book Designer 4.0 and granted full access to my userid on the security panel for the folder. (right click on "book designer 4.0", select, properties, and then select the security tab. Then grant full access to your userid.

I had the same problems. I went to the C:\Program Files\Book Designer 4.0 and granted full access to my userid on the security panel for the folder. (right click on "book designer 4.0", select, properties, and then select the security tab. Then grant full access to your userid.

stell dont working can you tell please more detailes what shell i do maybe i dont fint the right procedure to repair the problem ? a screen shoot ?

I had the same problems. I went to the C:\Program Files\Book Designer 4.0 and granted full access to my userid on the security panel for the folder. (right click on "book designer 4.0", select, properties, and then select the security tab. Then grant full access to your userid.

I did this and still have the problem that everything works except the Reader Conversion. Nothing happens -- just as if there were a dead button. I suspect that it is a missing files -- perhaps Visual Basic.

The normal reason for the Sony Reader conversion option not working is incorrect installation. I know I've already asked you this, but are you sure that you've done the "two stage" installation - first "BookDesigner40.msi" and then "BookDesignerExe.zip" on top of it?

can you please give as the last link which works on vista os ?

The normal reason for the Sony Reader conversion option not working is incorrect installation. I know I've already asked you this, but are you sure that you've done the "two stage" installation - first "BookDesigner40.msi" and then "BookDesignerExe.zip" on top of it?
I believe that it was done correctly. Does the original BookDesigner40.msi even have a Sony Reader option?

Does the original BookDesigner40.msi even have a Sony Reader option?Nope, it only has the Librié one.

That's correct, but the point I was making is that if you just install the update, and don't install it on top of the correct BD 4 installation, you get a "Sony Reader" option but it doesn't work.

Just want to add that I have the same issue.

Installed the .msi, copied the contents of BookDesignerExe.zip over the top of it. Everything else works, except clicking the 'Reader' option does nothing.

I took ownership of the folder and have complete access to everything in there. Still no dice. Also changed a lot of the offending executables to run in xp compatibility mode.

Does it work if you switch off the increased user account security in Vista? If it does, that would indicate that it's a file access permissions issue. I have a vague memory of vvv (BD's author) saying that the "Make Sony Reader" option creates temporary files in the ROOT of the C: driver. Perhaps it's those permissions which are the issue?

First thing I did when I installed vista was disable all that junk.

BookDesigner & Windows Vista
BookDesigner не мог работать под новой операционной системой Windows Vista. Проблема заключалась в отсутствии библиотек DHTML Editing Control for Applications Redistributable Package. Для устранения проблемы скачайте с сайта Microsoft файл DhtmlEd.msi и установите его.

Скачать: DhtmlEd.msi
any one can translate waht this means ?

BookDesigner & Windows Vista
BookDesigner не мог работать под новой операционной системой Windows Vista. Проблема заключалась в отсутствии библиотек DHTML Editing Control for Applications Redistributable Package. Для устранения проблемы скачайте с сайта Microsoft файл DhtmlEd.msi и установите его.

Скачать: DhtmlEd.msi
any one can translate waht this means ?

It could not work under the new operating system Windows vista. Problem consisted in the absence of libraries DHTML Editing Control for Applications Redistributable Package. For eliminating the problem download Microsoft file DhtmlEd.msi and will establish it.
Note you can download DhtmlEdmsi here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b769a4b8-48ed-41a1-8095-5a086d1937cb&displaylang=en

it works ?
the sony reader button now is working ?
for me not ! up to now !

These issues are the reason I'm staying with XP Pro. I want my Sony tools to work.

Agreed. I'm not going to touch Vista until SP1 at least!

I'm not touching Vista until all the stuff I use is known to run with it.

it works ?
the sony reader button now is working ?
for me not ! up to now !

Also no change for me. The Sony Reader covrert button or menu command just doesn't respond -- just as before.

The Vista solution is to UPGRADE TO WINDOWS XP PRO!

There is nothing in Vista that makes it worth the switch for me. I still have a laptop running Win98SE and one computer in Win2kPro. The reat are in WinXP and I expect to stay there for a long time. Microsoft has already promised support for WinXP to about 2012 so I should be good for a while.

Maybe by then Vista will have stabilized. :shrug:

I think, in fairness, that Vista is extremely stable. The issue isn't with stability, but with the fact that the "security model" of Vista has been damatically "tightened", making it a lot more secure against attacks. The other side of the coin, though, is that a lot of "legacy" software will have to be modified in order to be compatible with Vista.

I know.. I'll switch to Vista once XP is no longer supported.

all you have to do is install book designer 4.0 any where except in the c/program files
for some reason it wont work in there

then just copy & paste the update over the original & delete original shortcut and create a new one from folder

easy peasy

ANDYAFRO

I still can't get this to work with a Vista Business install. I click on Sony Reader and nothing happens - seems to be working fine with all other book types. I tried everything - reinstalling local space, running as administrator, checking permissions - and nothing seems to work. Has anyone had this issue and been able to resolve it? Thanks!

I still can't get this to work with a Vista Business install. I click on Sony Reader and nothing happens - seems to be working fine with all other book types. I tried everything - reinstalling local space, running as administrator, checking permissions - and nothing seems to work. Has anyone had this issue and been able to resolve it? Thanks!
Did you properly install the 4.0 version and then copy the update over the installed copy?

yes, i did. i've also tried an older version of book designer that supported the reader, also, with no luck. thanks for your help!

yes, i did. i've also tried an older version of book designer that supported the reader, also, with no luck. thanks for your help!
One more suggestion.. Try the following thread, it has a link to something Vista is missing that XP had built-in that might be the reason why BD is not working.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11786

One more suggestion.. Try the following thread, it has a link to something Vista is missing that XP had built-in that might be the reason why BD is not working.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11786

I think that's a dead link. You can get the missing software here though:

http://tinyurl.com/y8gz4y

i did install that before installing bd, but still not working. anyone else still having this problem? is a new version coming soon?

I think that's a dead link. You can get the missing software here though:

http://tinyurl.com/y8gz4y
Thank you for pointing out the dead link. The messages where the dead links are have been fixed to have the working links.

i did install that before installing bd, but still not working. anyone else still having this problem? is a new version coming soon?
One thing I just remembered is that the new security in Vista can possibly cause a problem if you install to "Program Files". Try uninstalling BD and installing to another directory not in "Program Files" and see how that goes. Supposedly it has something to do with write access and you need write access to some of the subdirectories with BD.

yah i installed it in my local space, still not working.

yah i installed it in my local space, still not working.
Are you using a 32-bit or 64-bit Vista?

If 32-bit, then the only other suggestion is to go find yourself a copy of WindowsXP.

it's 32-bit -- i'm gonna try to stick it out with vista. will let you know if i figure it out.

is vvv still around? anybody else able to solve this problem?

is vvv still around? anybody else able to solve this problem?
No idea where vvv is at the moment. But he does chime in once in a while. So be patient.

hi everyone
there is a new book designer update that seems to solve sony reader book maker problems its dated 7/20/2007 i have attached it to this post

to install
(1) turn your account user control on
(2) drag new update over your original file (it can now be in your c:\program files folder now with this update)
(3) restart your machine
(4)start book designer

thats it

i have been trying for ages to sort this out the other updates either wouldnt let me make a book or it would give me an error messege plus i couldn't put covers on my sony reader files since i installed vista but now it works great no probs at all

hope this helps

hi everyone
there is a new book designer update that seems to solve sony reader book maker problems its dated 7/20/2007 i have attached it to this post

to install
(1) turn your account user control on
(2) drag new update over your original file (it can now be in your c:\program files folder now with this update)
(3) restart your machine
(4)start book designer

thats it

i have been trying for ages to sort this out the other updates either wouldnt let me make a book or it would give me an error messege plus i couldn't put covers on my sony reader files since i installed vista but now it works great no probs at all

hope this helps
Thank you for your helpful info, but the update was not attached to your message. Please don't fix it as I already have a thread for Book Designer updates. Please see the following thread for the update.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11786

my sony reader is 100% up to date wicked back to normal like when i had xp

js wolf private message for you as thanks for helping me

js wolf private message for you as thanks for helping me
You are very welcome and according to andy, the latest BD update works on Vista.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11786

And don't forget the 1.3 version Book Cleaner files as well...

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11649

still not working here. i click on the reader icon and nothing happens. anyone have a solution to this problem?

still not working here. i click on the reader icon and nothing happens. anyone have a solution to this problem?
How did you go about installing Book Designer under Vista (one hell of a crappy OS)?

How did you go about installing Book Designer under Vista (one hell of a crappy OS)?

<sigh>

Vista is not a "crappy" O/S. What it is is a very different O/S to XP.

There have always been "rules" for writing Windows applications which it's been a good idea to follow. Prior to Vista, you could get away with "breaking" a lot of these rules. Vista forces you to follow them, or your application doesn't work.

Follow the rules, and apps work fine. 10 year old versions of my own software, for example, run flawlessly under Vista.

Eg, BD - by default at least - writes data to its own folder (or sub-folders of its own folder). That's always been something which is strictly a "no no" (it would always have broken a network installation, for example). There is a function call which a program should make to return the name of the folder in which it should store data.

Write your software professionally and correctly, and Vista is absolutely not a problem.

<sigh>

Vista is not a "crappy" O/S. What it is is a very different O/S to XP.

There have always been "rules" for writing Windows applications which it's been a good idea to follow. Prior to Vista, you could get away with "breaking" a lot of these rules. Vista forces you to follow them, or your application doesn't work.

Follow the rules, and apps work fine. 10 year old versions of my own software, for example, run flawlessly under Vista.

Eg, BD - by default at least - writes data to its own folder (or sub-folders of its own folder). That's always been something which is strictly a "no no" (it would always have broken a network installation, for example). There is a function call which a program should make to return the name of the folder in which it should store data.

Write your software professionally and correctly, and Vista is absolutely not a problem.
BD works with Vista for some and not others. The question is why. Why is that? What is it that has to be done to get BD to work with Vista? Other then not install under Program files that is.

still not working here. i click on the reader icon and nothing happens. anyone have a solution to this problem?
Try uninstalling BD and reinstalling but NOT under Program Files. It may be an issue with the access to Program Files. BD writes temp data to subdirectories under the main directory and if you don't have access to write there, it won't work properly.

One potential issue is that BD uses a dynamic HTML editor control which is not supplied as a standard part of Vista. BD won't run without it, but it would run if another application had installed this control, for example.

Try uninstalling BD and reinstalling but NOT under Program Files. It may be an issue with the access to Program Files. BD writes temp data to subdirectories under the main directory and if you don't have access to write there, it won't work properly.
Also under Vista (as HarryT said) you may need the dynamic HTML stuff that's part of XP but not part of Vista. You can get it here to install to try to get BD to work...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B769A4B8-48ED-41A1-8095-5A086D1937CB&displaylang=en

HAD the same problem with Vista Ultimate 32. Tried everything that was suggested by this forum and the russian forum (bylingual). Finally, looks like I found something. Everyone, correct me if I'm wrong, who has non-functioning parser, has the User Control - OFF! I turned mine ON, rebooted and everything works like a charm now. This is not the only app that is affected by the presence of this annoing service. It looks like Vista with User Control OFF sets all account to guests or something like it (not a programmer), which affect every app (aim, nero etc) which need special priveleges. Those savvy in programming, please check it, if possible.

Has anyone found a solution to the original issue with the Sony Reader button? i have everything working fine but that. I had everything working including that but had to reformat and now it won't work :(

Newbie here... Been playing with BD on vista and it is willing to create lrf files, but only up to page 18, as near as I can tell... I've tried 2 different Dickens stories, both longer than 18 pages, and both stop on page 18. Both are HTML from PG.

This is using the "2 step" installation procedure (BD 4.msi and the 7/30/07 update) and the DHTML control has been installed.

Any thoughts?

Newbie here... Been playing with BD on vista and it is willing to create lrf files, but only up to page 18, as near as I can tell... I've tried 2 different Dickens stories, both longer than 18 pages, and both stop on page 18. Both are HTML from PG.

This is using the "2 step" installation procedure (BD 4.msi and the 7/30/07 update) and the DHTML control has been installed.

Any thoughts?

Sounds as though you're clicking the "Test" button. This only converts the first few pages. You need to click the left-hand "Make" button.

I was doing some testing and maybe my fingers remembered something without telling my brain :-)

hi there again, sorry to bump the thread a second time. I've gone through all the steps in here multiple times and am still having the same issue were everything works except fot the Make Book => Sony Reader option. is there any hope or should i just wait for an update? would it help if someone sent me there book designer folder that is working on vista 32bit and i just paste it over mine?

Have you installed Book Designer 4.0 and then copied over the contents of the 07/30/2007 update to the Book Designer 4.0 directory? If not, then making Sony Reader eBooks will not work.

Have you installed Book Designer 4.0 and then copied over the contents of the 07/30/2007 update to the Book Designer 4.0 directory? If not, then making Sony Reader eBooks will not work.

jepp i have done everything mentioned in this thread about three times and still no go. the butto is there but when i press it BD asks if i want to save the changes i have made to the file and then nothing, all the other ones work. does everyone else have it working with vista?

edit: could someone who has it working in vista 32-bit send me there Book Designer 4.0 folder? so i can try pasting it oner the one i have and see if it works?

edit #2: what file is launched when selectin Make Sony Reader? is there anything i can do with it?

try turning on user access control in vista. that did it for me, and i was having same problem. then turn it off again when you're done with book designer. you'll need to restart, unfortunately.

try turning on user access control in vista. that did it for me, and i was having same problem. then turn it off again when you're done with book designer. you'll need to restart, unfortunately.

Thanks for the suggestion but i have already tried that as it was stated earlier in the thread. what I've ended up doing is installing windows 98se on Virtual PC 2007. works like a charm :)

Sounds as though you're clicking the "Test" button. This only converts the first few pages. You need to click the left-hand "Make" button.

That is exactly what I did with bookdesigner and xp. I kept clicking the text button instead of the Make button. Oooops.

Reading all this good stuff for when I get my Vista puter. ha ha, maybe I will be Lucky.

One could hope also that whoever wrote bookdesigner might do an upgrade so it works with vista. Would be a nice thing to do anyways, doncha think?

Since April will be having a fresh Vista system. We can use her as a test bed and see what she can do to get BD working. That way we can write up one set of directions to go into the wiki.

Since April will be having a fresh Vista system. We can use her as a test bed and see what she can do to get BD working. That way we can write up one set of directions to go into the wiki.

Well gee Jon that is so kind of you. :eek: Actually let me get used to the darn system first and then see what happens. I was just going to follow the other persons instructions I found as in, *putting the folder anywhere than under c:/programs.* I don't even think the one I had on the fried computer was there. But then that one always acted weird on me and when I cleaned up tmp files and the such, it always wanted to rebuild or do something @@. Don't ask me. It didn't install the way I wanted it to, ir I remember. Would be nice if this worked for me. I see a few have had success.

New puter should be here sometime Tuesday..... so you will have to play the waiting game. I will scream one way or the other when I attempt this.

Don't forget you'll also need to install MS Word.

I just did a clean install of Vista last night. I'll be using the instructions in this post since they worked for me last time I had to install on a Vista machine...
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=95237&postcount=15

...hopefully everything will work as well as it did the last time.

Don't forget you'll also need to install MS Word.

That was one program I was paying for that comes with the puter. I figured the version I had may not be compatible with vista. I hope they installed it..... probably is. Wouldn't that be something if *word* was the culprit in some manner.......

I just did a clean install of Vista last night. I'll be using the instructions in this post since they worked for me last time I had to install on a Vista machine...
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=95237&postcount=15

...hopefully everything will work as well as it did the last time.

Yikes, now that looks more confusing. I am going to try bypassing that file download to see what happens.

Let us know how it works for you.

You're not alone, April. I find it all confusing, too, and I've got a 2-month old Vista PC. I've been waiting for someone to come out with definite, clear instructions for installing BD, and I'll watch this thread with great interest.

In the meantime, I transfer files back and forth to and from my old XP PC.

Jim

Yikes, now that looks more confusing. I am going to try bypassing that file download to see what happens.

Let us know how it works for you.

Shrugs, I thought it was a pretty straight forward 5 steps. I'll be trying it later today hopefully. Will post results.

You're not alone, April. I find it all confusing, too, and I've got a 2-month old Vista PC. I've been waiting for someone to come out with definite, clear instructions for installing BD, and I'll watch this thread with great interest.

In the meantime, I transfer files back and forth to and from my old XP PC.

Jim

I may be doing the same, installing it on this old thing........ of course I used to just put a book in the connect reader and upload into the sony and leave it at that too.......... so, there is always something I can do. I was dong that prior to this program! :D

Shrugs, I thought it was a pretty straight forward 5 steps. I'll be trying it later today hopefully. Will post results.

I guess what bugs me is downloading that file from microsoft and installing it. Like I said, maybe after I get used to vista. But installing a file like that, I sure wouldn't want something to go bonkers after the fact. I have been having enough computer problems the past year......

Good luck with the install.

Shrugs, I thought it was a pretty straight forward 5 steps. I'll be trying it later today hopefully. Will post results.
.


It probably is if you know your way around computers, and feel confident that you can get yourself out of trouble if you find yourself in it. I've already had my control panel inexplicably disappear and don't want to go through anything like that again if I can help it.

Jim

Ok, I just installed Vista using ChrisI's steps mentioned above & tested it. Everything works perfectly!


Here's exactly what I did (with Word 2007 already installed)...

1. Download and install the Microsoft DHTML Editing Control.

2. Download and install BookDesigner Installer & BookDesigner Update from http://www.bookdesigner.org

3. Browse to C:\Program Files\ and right-click on the Book Designer 4.0 folder. Select Properties. Go to the Security tab. Select Edit, select your user-id. Grant yourself full access to the directory (check the boxes under allow).

4. Create the folder "Sony Reader", and "LastFile" in the Book Designer 4.0 folder.

5. Open a Command Prompt, as Administrator. (Right-click on the menu item and select run as administrator.) Go to the Book Designer 4.0 directory, and run the following command: regsvr32 GflAx.dll. This dll was copied to the BD by the update, and needs to be registered to get graphics (such as browse for a cover page) to work properly.

I guess what bugs me is downloading that file from microsoft and installing it. Like I said, maybe after I get used to vista. But installing a file like that, I sure wouldn't want something to go bonkers after the fact. I have been having enough computer problems the past year......


I understand, but the DHTML Editing Control is needed according to my personal experience as well as according to http://www.bookdesigner.org

Brian, when you make the Sony Reader and Last File (and presumably Palm, too, if you're making something for a Kindle to read), will BD automatically save the appropriate document to these folders or do you need to direct it to do that in some way?

Jim

Once the folders are there BD saves the file there automatically. The folders are created automatically in XP, but for some reason not is Vista.

Ok, I just installed Vista using ChrisI's steps mentioned above & tested it. Everything works perfectly!


Here's exactly what I did (with Word 2007 already installed)...

1. Download and install the Microsoft DHTML Editing Control.

2. Download and install BookDesigner Installer & BookDesigner Update from http://www.bookdesigner.org

3. Browse to C:\Program Files\ and right-click on the Book Designer 4.0 folder. Select Properties. Go to the Security tab. Select Edit, select your user-id. Grant yourself full access to the directory (check the boxes under allow).

4. Create the folder "Sony Reader", and "LastFile" in the Book Designer 4.0 folder.

5. Open a Command Prompt, as Administrator. (Right-click on the menu item and select run as administrator.) Go to the Book Designer 4.0 directory, and run the following command: regsvr32 GflAx.dll. This dll was copied to the BD by the update, and needs to be registered to get graphics (such as browse for a cover page) to work properly.

Step 2 is only partly correct. The problem is that the update is incomplete and unless you've gone through the 4.0 install and then ALL the other updates as they came out, you'll have problems. What you can do however to easily solve this problem is go to http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=78249 and download the update in the first message which is complete. I made sure it was. Now once you use it to update, it'll be a complete update.

The reason you need step 4 is because you've installed Book Designer in Program Files which is a no-no (according to others) because Book Designer writes to it's own directory in a way that is not correct for Vista. Best to install under the root of C: instead.

Step 2 is only partly correct. The problem is that the update is incomplete and unless you've gone through the 4.0 install and then ALL the other updates as they came out, you'll have problems. What you can do however to easily solve this problem is go to http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=78249 and download the update in the first message which is complete. I made sure it was. Now once you use it to update, it'll be a complete update.


I've used the update from the Book Designer site for my last two installs without any problems. What kinds of problems are folks having?

Okay I installed Bookdesigner and it's working for me..........
Created a folder other than the default, so I made it c:/Bookdesigner
I unzipped the .msi file into that folder
Right clicked to install .msi file
After it was installed and the icons were sitting on my desktop I unzipped and extracted all files from that most recent update into that folder.

Then I double clicked to start the program, I had always gotten a weird message about an update and it will do so and so, it never made sense to me but I clicked okay, didn't have any choice, it did it's thing....... loaded up with a test book. It had the sony setup there. Loaded up a book from my books and told it to Make a book, made all 600 and whatever pages worth........

I have AUC or whatever the heck that thing is ON!

I didn't download any special files from microsoft......... I did get this new puter yesterday and I did get all the microsoft updates....

I just ran another through before I clicked post.........
It is working for me guys and gals. Did nothing special, just didn't put it in the directory it wanted to go......:D

April. Which copy of BD did you use - the one available from Mobileread or from the Book Designer website?

Oh, and does your version of Vista include the new SP1?

April. Which copy of BD did you use - the one available from Mobileread or from the Book Designer website?

Oh, and does your version of Vista include the new SP1?

My copies came from here. They were ones I had saved from long ago when I had xp

Bookdesigner40.zip and I used the one upgrade Bookdesigner2007-07-30.zip
I have no idea if I have sp1 on here, how do I find out? like I said, I just went up and got all the updates from microsoft yesterday whatever they were. took about 13 minutes or so I believe. If there is a place to see about this, I can go look, but right now I don't know where to look.

I am looking at a dell support center window that is on here which is showing system information........ lists service pack 0

so that is all I know.

If you go to the Control Panel, and look for Systems and Maintenance, on the Welcome Screen link mine has a link that tells you what the operating system is.

I just says Windows Vista home Premium........ nothing about any sp1 anywhere.

Congrats April for getting Book Designer to work with Vista. The 07/30/2007 update from here is a complete update. The version from the original website is incomplete. It assumes you've done all the other updates.

Have you loaded anything with graphics and have them display yet?

Congrats April for getting Book Designer to work with Vista. The 07/30/2007 update from here is a complete update. The version from the original website is incomplete. It assumes you've done all the other updates.

Have you loaded anything with graphics and have them display yet?

No, but I guess I can give that a shot, let me see if I can find something with pictures.

No, I won't let me put any pictures in it......... Okay so it's not working 100% but at least it will make my books and to heck with the pictures, at least I am getting something...

Did you also install the Book Cleaner files?

There is a way to get graphics to work....

regsvr32 /u comct232.ocx
regsvr32 comct232.ocx

Do that from a command prompt. C:\windows\system32 is where that ocx file lives in case you need to go to it.

What to do in simple easy steps...
1. Start
2. Run
3. CMD
4. cd \
5. cd windows
6. cd system32
7. regsvr32 /u comct232.ocx
8. regsvr32 comct232.ocx
9. exit

now try Book Designer and see if graphics work. If not, try a reboot and then try again. Should work after that.

When you do this, remember to run CMD as administrator:

Programs-> Accessories

Right Click on Command Prompt and Run as Administrator...


(Being new to Vista... I didn't do it the first time and it would work.)

Congrats April for getting Book Designer to work with Vista. The 07/30/2007 update from here is a complete update. The version from the original website is incomplete. It assumes you've done all the other updates.


You said this earlier and again I ask what supposedly doesn't work if you use the files from the new BD site? I've used their install on two computers & it appears to work perfectly. At this point with it working I don't want to mess with it by doing any different updates unless there's really a reason. Are you sure the update there hasn't been fixed?

No I didn't install bookcleaner files, I don't use it................. I am going to just remain happy with what is working for the time being, thanks. For most parts I don't put the books picture on the front page, it isn't that important to me.

Again I may tackle this later, but with the new system and such, don't want to mess around too much...... got another update after doing those tests, LOL, and one this morning, I guess I should see if it's still working.
Yep, that part of it is still working.
Once you set up Book Cleaner to do it's thing, it just sits there and does it. You don't have to run it all the time. It sits int he background fixing things as the file loads.

Also, if you collow the directions I posted above with pitolee's addendum, then you can have graphics working.

You said this earlier and again I ask what supposedly doesn't work if you use the files from the new BD site? I've used their install on two computers & it appears to work perfectly. At this point with it working I don't want to mess with it by doing any different updates unless there's really a reason. Are you sure the update there hasn't been fixed?
When the latest update first came out, it was incomplete. It worked for me and some others because we've gone through the update paths. But we didn't know it was incomplete until others mentioned problems. Someone then pointed out what was wrong and I made an install that was complete for the update.

I cannot be 100% sure that the updated on the BD website is incomplete or not. But why risk it when the same update is here and known to be complete? Plus, here you can also get the Book Cleaner files so you can fix some gotchas on content loading.

I cannot be 100% sure that the updated on the BD website is incomplete or not. But why risk it when the same update is here and known to be complete? Plus, here you can also get the Book Cleaner files so you can fix some gotchas on content loading.

Since I've installed their update & it works perfectly I just don't want to mess with what already works if that make sense. Not that anything's likely to get screwed up, but why mess with what's working.

I did install your Book Cleaner files, which I really appreciate. I hated having to fix em dashes manually.

Since I've installed their update & it works perfectly I just don't want to mess with what already works if that make sense. Not that anything's likely to get screwed up, but why mess with what's working.

I did install your Book Cleaner files, which I really appreciate. I hated having to fix em dashes manually.
You are very welcome. Do graphics work? Did you have to do anything other then install and update?

I don't see how you're ever going to get wiki instructions out on this with everyone installing BD on Vista PC's a different way. If anything the installation is more confusing than before April installed hers.

I'm going to wait until SP1 gets installed next month before I try anything and then give it a go, though what "it" will be, who knows.

Too bad vvv wouldn't chime in and give us his advice, but I suppose he feels like he's already done that on the Book Designer site and he's not obligated to translate his thoughts into English.

Jim

You are very welcome. Do graphics work? Did you have to do anything other then install and update?

Graphics work great. I just did what I said in my earlier post, installed DHTML, etc. & it's all working just like it does on my XP machine at work.

Maybe April should install DHTML and see if graphics work. I'd like to know if that fixes it.

Maybe April should install DHTML and see if graphics work. I'd like to know if that fixes it.


I just now installed that DHTML and no it still will not let me add a graphic for a front page, etc........... so that didn't help. :(

For whatever it's worth, I bit the bullet and installed Book Designer, mostly using Brian's procedure.

Except. I used the version of BD (and the update) that Jon created for MobileRead, not the version on the Book Designer site. And I created it in a folder on the C drive, not in Program Files. I figured Brian had had success and that's what I wanted, so I did it mostly his way.

I created two small "books", one forSony Reader, and one for the Kindle, using a photo of the author, and was successful creating them both.

I also installed the last version of Book Cleaner.

Many thanks to both Brian and Jon for their help.

Jim

Did you also install the Book Cleaner files?

There is a way to get graphics to work....

regsvr32 /u comct232.ocx
regsvr32 comct232.ocx

Do that from a command prompt. C:\windows\system32 is where that ocx file lives in case you need to go to it.

What to do in simple easy steps...
1. Start
2. Run
3. CMD
4. cd \
5. cd windows
6. cd system32
7. regsvr32 /u comct232.ocx
8. regsvr32 comct232.ocx
9. exit

now try Book Designer and see if graphics work. If not, try a reboot and then try again. Should work after that.

Okay I just did this and it failed..... step seven succeeded..... step 8 did not..... so now what do I do? I made a copy of the registry, should I double click on that and undo what I did? Hope someone is around today
HELP'

http://members.aol.com/aprilbeginnings/ooop.jpg

Did you run the command prompt as administrator (right click on it in the programs menu & select 'run as administrator')? If not I wonder if thats what's causing problems. Just a thought, I'm not sure.

Did you run the command prompt as administrator (right click on it in the programs menu & select 'run as administrator')? If not I wonder if thats what's causing problems. Just a thought, I'm not sure.

No, I did exactly as said in steps 1 -7, nothing asked me about administrator rights or anything.......
and I don't know if having windows open to do this mattered, but I had to see what I had to type in there. I knew I shouldn't have tried this. :(

Yes, I agree to try what AnemicOak suggested.

And once running the command prompt as administrator, try the steps again.

Yes, I agree to try what AnemicOak suggested.

And once running the command prompt as administrator, try the steps again.


whew, succeeded this time, now to try it out.......... this scared the shit out of me, LMAO........... I don't like doing crap like this, just thought I would let you know.

Okay, lets see if that helped.
No, it did not......... Okay I will reboot. If this still don't work........ you know what, I am not going to worry about it........

Okay I rebooted and it didn't help. I cannot add the book cover page to the bookmaking.

thanks for helping me register my dll file back though, I would have been a very unhappy camper if that didn't go back the way it should have been.

It's odd that graphics do not work. I'll have a look around the forum and see what else others have said to get things to work.

I think on the wiki there was some other file to mess with as well If I remember reading the steps, ha ha, I don't know if I want to go there or not.......

It wouldn't let me browse and add the file, it would not let me drag and drop.

right now I am going to take the dog to the park, come home with some chinese and then see what happened around here, or if I need to try something else (if I am brave enough to continue).......

Thanks Jon

There is this thread from Andy/Afro, which is echoing what Brian said he used to get his to work, and which I also used successfully.

http://http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19476&highlight=vista

I've probably got the least amount of computer expertise of anyone reading this thread, but I can identify with April's feelings about all this.

April, at the Command Prompt, after signing on as Administrator, at the cursor I put: CD \BD Program\Book Designer 4.0, hit enter, and then added the regsvr32 GflAx.dll and hit enter again and the program said it had registered successfully. "BD Program" is the name I've given the folder on the C Drive that contains Book Designer.

Feel free to ignore all this if Jon or someone else comes up with something else they feel you should do.

Jim

If, after hitting that first enter you don't get a complaint from the program, you're good to go. I played around with it for quite a while before I saw, sort of, how it worked. Note that you do need the space after the CD.

There is this thread from Andy/Afro, which is echoing what Brian said he used to get his to work, and which I also used successfully.

http://http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19476&highlight=vista

I've probably got the least amount of computer expertise of anyone reading this thread, but I can identify with April's feelings about all this.

April, at the Command Prompt, after signing on as Administrator, at the cursor I put: CD \BD Program\Book Designer 4.0, hit enter, and then added the regsvr32 GflAx.dll and hit enter again and the program said it had registered successfully. "BD Program" is the name I've given the folder on the C Drive that contains Book Designer.

Feel free to ignore all this if Jon or someone else comes up with something else they feel you should do.

Jim

If, after hitting that first enter you don't get a complaint from the program, you're good to go. I played around with it for quite a while before I saw, sort of, how it worked. Note that you do need the space after the CD.


I will look at this but I did not install my version of bookdesigner into c/program files/bookdesigner....... I made mine in c:/bookdesigner...... so not sure if the above would pertain to me. I will check it out, but like I said, not sure I am going to be that courageous, LOL.

One could hope that perhaps whoever wrote this program will rewrite it and make it workable for VISTA........ Other than that, although curious as to why, I am just happy that I can put a book in the program/run it and it work. A picture is not that important to me...... but I have my curious side, which at times, can also be a downfall, if you catch my drift <G>

oh oh Jim, this isn't going there, removed the extra http stuff and still says error.

http://http://www.mobileread.com/for...ighlight=vista

http://www.mobileread.com/for...ighlight=vista

Damn. Sorry, that's just me not know how to use these controls.:) Put "Vista" in the search block, go to page three and you'll see a thread with just 1 entry in it by Andy/Afro, and that's it. I put the other information about the command prompt because I didn't think his was clear.

Jim

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This is How you do it.

Forget Permissions and Messing with things its simple.

Locate your BD Main Folder and Remember its path

My BD Folder is in my D: Drive its Path is D:\BOOKS\BOOK DESIGNER

(1) Goto your Start Menu / Accessories , Right Click on Command Prompt and run as Administrator.

(2) Select the Drive Your BD Main Folder is on, For me i Would Type D:

(3) Once you at the Drive Just Change Directory, This is Simple you Simply Type cd (Leave a Space) and the folder you want to jump to

so its simple take mine these are my commands once i open up command prompt

D:

cd BOOKS

cd BOOK DESIGNER

Once you are in your MAIN FOLDER (if you get lost just type DIR, it will tell you where you are) all you have to do is run this Command

regsvr32 GflAx.dll

And thats it Simple

You will Have able to add book covers and pictures into the text if you please

Hopefully this will come out OK.

Jim

Okay, let me get this straigt before I even attempt this. Again my program is in c:\Bookdesginer So with that said is this what I need to do?
What to do in simple easy steps...
1. Start
2. Run
3. CMD <------(with Administration rights <G> won't forget this time.)
4. cd \bookdesigner
5: regsvr32 gflax.dll
6 Exit

anybody feel free to correct me. I am not doing anything as of yet :)

No, you need to get it to the Book Designer 4.0 program before you enter the regsvr32 bit.

My memory is that you called the folder that you entered BD in "Book Designer". But you have a file in there called "Book Designer 4.0" and you need to get to that point before you enter the instructions.

So make it CD \Book Designer\Book Designer 4.0 and hit enter. If the command prompt accepts that and gives that path back to you on the next line, then enter the regsvr32 bit.

Jim

Oh, and be sure that when you've added the instructions, to hit enter again. Then you can exit. If the registration was successful, it'll tell you that.

Jim

No, you need to get it to the Book Designer 4.0 program before you enter the regsvr32 bit.

My memory is that you called the folder that you entered BD in "Book Designer". But you have a file in there called "Book Designer 4.0" and you need to get to that point before you enter the instructions.

So make it CD \Book Designer\Book Designer 4.0 and hit enter. If the command prompt accepts that and gives that path back to you on the next line, then enter the regsvr32 bit.

Jim
If you are referring to a sub folder, I do not have one. Example
c:\bookdesigner\bookdesigner 4.0 <----- does not exist, I just looked in the files....

and the only thing in there that says bookdesigner 4.0 is the bookdesigner40.msi file.

Well, you've gone beyond my very limited expertise, I'm afraid. Like you, I made a folder on the C Drive to substitute for Program Files and called it BD Program (Didn't want to confuse myself as to where I was, so didn't use "Book Designer"). When I installed Book Designer, I installed it inside the folder BD Program and when I open BD Program, what I see is another folder called "Book Designer 4.0". You need to get to Book Designer 4.0 before you can perform the registration, I'm pretty sure.

You said in one of your posts that when you installed BD, and tried to make a book, it made the proper folders for Sony Reader and LastFile. What did you look in to ascertain that?

Jim

Something that just occurred to me. When you installed Book Designer 4.0 (before you did anything with the update) did you unzip the folder in your "Book Designer" folder? If so, that might explain what you've got now.

I did that myself the first time and ended up uninstalling the program and reinstalling it. That first file you should just unzip it in your download file. When you double click on the installation icon, it'll ask you where you want it installed and that's when you should direct it to your Book Designer folder. It'll create another folder inside Book Designer called "Book Designer 4.0".

Well, you've gone beyond my very limited expertise, I'm afraid. Like you, I made a folder on the C Drive to substitute for Program Files and called it BD Program (Didn't want to confuse myself as to where I was, so didn't use "Book Designer"). When I installed Book Designer, I installed it inside the folder BD Program and when I open BD Program, what I see is another folder called "Book Designer 4.0". You need to get to Book Designer 4.0 before you can perform the registration, I'm pretty sure.

You said in one of your posts that when you installed BD, and tried to make a book, it made the proper folders for Sony Reader and LastFile. What did you look in to ascertain that?

Jim

Jim I think in your case when you used winzip or whatever it installed another folder within your folder. Now I have folders within my c\bookdesigner directory There are many folders in there........... c:\Bookdesigner is the folder where everything is...... and I am pretty sure this is it, everyone is installing into directories of their choice and I think that is what is screwing others up. I already went to the command prompt and c:\bookdesigner is there and it went to that directory.... I then added the other \bookdesigner40 and there was no such thing.... I exited out.

My question is, would it hurt anything to just try and register that dll file in c:\Bookdesigner ?
Where are the dos dudes........ I am surely not one of them. blech........ ha ha.
here you can see...... all my files and subfolders there... but nothing there called bookdesigner40 other than the .msi file which is just 2 files below the picture by the way ..

http://members.aol.com/aprilbeginnings/book.jpg

Something that just occurred to me. When you installed Book Designer 4.0 (before you did anything with the update) did you unzip the folder in your "Book Designer" folder? If so, that might explain what you've got now.

I did that myself the first time and ended up uninstalling the program and reinstalling it. That first file you should just unzip it in your download file. When you double click on the installation icon, it'll ask you where you want it installed and that's when you should direct it to your Book Designer folder. It'll create another folder inside Book Designer called "Book Designer 4.0".

I wrote down exactly what I did here on the these boards,I have to backtrack now because I don't remember. I know I placed the .msi file in my created bookdesigner folder and ran it there and installed the files there I do believe. I still say we are mincing folders, this is where all my programs are, just called something different but should that affect anything....

I sure as heck don't want to install this again.

reading Brians instructions, I think I am in the right place, some have the folder names bookdesigner40 mine is just bookdesigner. I have these subfolders he mentions in there.


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4. Create the folder "Sony Reader", and "LastFile" in the Book Designer 4.0 folder.

5. Open a Command Prompt, as Administrator. (Right-click on the menu item and select run as administrator.) Go to the Book Designer 4.0 directory, and run the following command: regsvr32 GflAx.dll. This dll was copied to the BD by the update, and needs to be registered to get graphics (such as browse for a cover page) to work properly.
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Here is what I did Jim, so I am pretty positive now my bookdesigner folder is your bookdesigner40 folder........ The books I did made are within those folders listed, sony reader and there was something in lastfile as well........ so I am pretty sure I am in the right place, FOR MY INSTALLATION...... I will probably go ahead and do that registry thing, I guess it can't hurt, or just won't do it.......

How I installed, taken from another page.

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Okay I installed Bookdesigner and it's working for me..........
Created a folder other than the default, so I made it c:/Bookdesigner
I unzipped the .msi file into that folder
Right clicked to install .msi file
After it was installed and the icons were sitting on my desktop I unzipped and extracted all files from that most recent update into that folder.

Then I double clicked to start the program, I had always gotten a weird message about an update and it will do so and so, it never made sense to me but I clicked okay, didn't have any choice, it did it's thing....... loaded up with a test book. It had the sony setup there. Loaded up a book from my books and told it to Make a book, made all 600 and whatever pages worth........

I have AUC or whatever the heck that thing is ON!

I didn't download any special files from microsoft......... I did get this new puter yesterday and I did get all the microsoft updates....

I just ran another through before I clicked post.........
It is working for me guys and gals. Did nothing special, just didn't put it in the directory it wanted to go......

SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!
I can now put pictures in. I guess I need to write this out if I ever need to reinstall. whew.
Glad this mystery is overwith.............. ;)

I don't know where everyone else is.:) Talk about the blind leading the blind.:)

The main problem with the way you installed the file, and the reason I did it over, was that you get installation files and program operation files intermingled.

If you go to the command prompt and just put CD \Book Designer and then hit enter, does it accept that as a good path? (It'll echo the path on the next line if so and tell you if not) If so, maybe the first thing to do is to try to enter the regsvr32 bit there and hit enter again and see if the computer tells you the registration was accepted. If so, you may be OK. If not, and it were me, I'd uninstall the program and do it again. And if you do that, look in the Book Designer file and delete any folders it leaves behind (in my case there were 4 or 5 still in there.) You want a clean folder to start out with.

The unstall didn't seem to hurt anything and only took a minute.

Jim

I don't know where everyone else is.:) Talk about the blind leading the blind.:)

The main problem with the way you installed the file, and the reason I did it over, was that you get installation files and program operation files intermingled.

If you go to the command prompt and just put CD \Book Designer and then hit enter, does it accept that as a good path? (It'll echo the path on the next line if so and tell you if not) If so, maybe the first thing to do is to try to enter the regsvr32 bit there and hit enter again and see if the computer tells you the registration was accepted. If so, you may be OK. If not, and it were me, I'd uninstall the program and do it again. And if you do that, look in the Book Designer file and delete any folders it leaves behind (in my case there were 4 or 5 still in there.) You want a clean folder to start out with.

The unstall didn't seem to hurt anything and only took a minute.

Jim

It all worked fine right where my folder was. It's just a matter of you calling it one thing and me another....... it copied my picture right over into the program. :2thumbsup So I am going to leave it alone..........

and I just went and double checked too........ :thumbsup:

Yay!!!!:D

Jim

okay so we know this. One file need to be unregistered and registered. Second file needs to be registered under the bookdesigner folder (whatever it may be).......because some have installed it under c:\program\bookdesigner whatever............... and some have made their own special directory whatever they decided to name it...... guess it could have been named pain in the arse as well LMAO.........so with those and that download from microsoft, I think this thing will be nipped in the bud........ might need to be written a couple of ways but it's workable..............

now my brain is tired <BEG>

I think that the unregistering and re-registering of that file that Jon had you do is unnecessary. Brian didn't do it and I didn't do it and Book Designer works fine on both of our machines. Really, the wiki should be written up following Brian's instructions, though if Jon wanted, he could (and probably would) substitute putting the Book Designer some place else besides Program Files, and also using the MobileRead Book Designer downloads. Everything else could be left as Brian has written.

Not sure how much you'd have to write about negotiating the command prompt. It was a mystery to me before I started, but maybe to most everyone else that's old stuff.

Jim

I think that the unregistering and re-registering of that file that Jon had you do is unnecessary. Brian didn't do it and I didn't do it and Book Designer works fine on both of our machines. Really, the wiki should be written up following Brian's instructions, though if Jon wanted, he could (and probably would) substitute putting the Book Designer some place else besides Program Files, and also using the MobileRead Book Designer downloads. Everything else could be left as Brian has written.

Not sure how much you'd have to write about negotiating the command prompt. It was a mystery to me before I started, but maybe to most everyone else that's old stuff.

Jim

Perhaps the unregistering and registering of that one file should be listed as the last thing to try if in fact someone can't get it to work then...... if you don't have to, why do it.........

I am just glad I got it, although like I said, I hardly add the pictures but it's my *wanting to know* that made me persevere. I am sure the guys who write/wrote that up will figure out how to do this. Or people will have to nudge like I did.......still a learning experience for sure.

Now I want some Chocolate!

Happy you have Book Designer working with Vista. Now I think we know what to do.. it doesn't seem all that hard.

Happy you have Book Designer working with Vista. Now I think we know what to do.. it doesn't seem all that hard.

True Jon, at least once you get the hang of it............:thanks: for the patience.......you too Jim

It's worth it. Now we know what to do.

Yes we do.............. :)

Glad you got it working.

Thanks Brain...... me too.

Sorry, I always have a problem with the name Brian and type it brain, don't ask me why........... bad me.....

And I keep forgetting we can *edit* out posts as well....... which is nice, I just have to remember it's here....... don't find that on a lot of boards.

Just wanted to make mention and if anyone is still reading this thread, I just downloaded and installed SP1 today and book designer still seems to work with all those little changes we made and this Vista SP1 update......:2thumbsup

Thanks, Karen. I was wondering about that. You've a lot of courage -- I'm not sure I'm ready to face the upgrade.:)

Jim

Trust me, I was very nervous about it, but I did some research and reading first and figured, it's going to be forced on us in april or may and we have no choice ???? either way, all seems well....... I cleaned up the system with crap cleaner, I defragged, didn't have anything running while it downloaded and I turned off my antivirus as well. Whole process for me took about an hour with three reboots...

Here is more info that can be found here..........
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b0c7136d-5ebb-413b-89c9-cb3d06d12674&DisplayLang=en