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Old 08-23-2011, 06:17 PM   #1
nirious
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Device: pocketbook pro 903
Angry chm files useless with pocketbook pro 903

When I try to open a chm file, the behavious is weird.
It tells me in the status bar my book only has 6 pages.(it has many more)

Using the hardware button, I can advance to the next page, but after six pages, the next button does nothing. Pressing it just refreshes the last page.

When I look at the chm using windows, I notice that page 1-6 on the reader corresponds to the

-table of contents (contains links to the chapters)
-back cover
-book info (year, publisher, isbn no etc)
which total at 6 pages on the reader.

When I think of it, it only shows all content untill you arrive at the first book icon if you open the chm file using the windows chm reader.

using the hardware table of contents button actually shows me the table of contents , but when I select any chapter or subchapter I am always redirected to the first page (page 1 of 6)

Luckily, the first page (page 1/6) also has links to the main chapters.
clicking on the links on this first page works ok.

So now I can see the first page of the first actual chapter.
status bar still says page 6/6.
Now I can actually use the hardware next button to go to the next page as long as I haver not reached the end of this chapter (I am using chapter for all text contained in one book or sheet icon in the windows chm reader)

When I reach the end of the chapter (recognized by the software "previous" and "next" buttons at the end of the text, pressing the hardware next button does again nothing but refreshing this page.

I actually have to get the stylus and click on the "next" button to advance to the next chapter or part of a chapter.
Then I can once again use the hardware next button until the end of the chapter, where I will once again have to click on "next" to get to the next chapter.

Meanwhile the page is still 6/6 accoring to the reader.

Now all this I can actually still live with.
What I find really annoying is the fact that when I accidentally pres the "hardware back" button, it returns me to page 5/6.
Meaning I return to the page with the info about the book!
And I have no page number to return to, and I can not use the hardware index.

So what I have to do is, press the back button until I am at page 1/6.
Guess the chapter I was in. (cfr the book icon in the windows reader)
Guess the sub chapter I was in. (cfr the page icon in the windows reader)
Than use the hardware button to advance to the page in the (sub)chapter, and find where I left off.


This way this software is not usable for reading chms!
It is as if there is no support for chm chapters in this reader and the contents is only reachable using the links in the document.
The chm reader used by pocketbook only looks at the files directly under the root and just ignores all the rest of the book.
If there were no links on the first page of this chm book, I would not even be able to go to any chapter!

So please add support for chapters.

Does anyone have encountered this problem, or is it related to this particular chm?
Any hints what I might do about it. maybe it is a setting?
What is the current reader pocketbook pro 903 uses to read chm's?
Can I install a different (better) chm reader?

I tried already converting it to pfd, but that was not readable (text and images missing, and when there was text, it was really small + the orrientation was wrong)

my pocketbook 903 has software version D903.2.0.5 20110314_121317
Is there a fix for this in an update to a newer version?

Last edited by nirious; 08-23-2011 at 06:29 PM.
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