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Originally Posted by oncdoc
its soo confusing, with the new firmware is the program in there? do i have to start it somewhere?
or do i simply rename files to end with fb2? can i do this pdf too?
soo weird.. what is this coolreader stuff?
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Changing the extension does not change the file. You cannot read an eBook with software that does not understand it. The way the trick works does not change the reading software, it fools the launching software.
If you use windows you perhaps know that you can double click on a file and it will open automatically. This is because windows looks at the extension and then looks at a list of software and finds the one that is registered to open files with that particular extension. Your Pocket Pro works the same way. The pocket pro program that displays the files for you also works to launch a program to read the files. There are several programs on your Pocket Pro that are available although you never launch them directly.
Changing an extension to get a certain program will not work if the program doesn't understand the file contents. This will error out on windows and it will error out on your pocket pro. Do not change the extension to try and force a particular program to read a file it doesn't understand.
You Pocket Pro contains the the following programs:
(current assignment refers to the March release, the December release is different for Cool Reader)
Mobipocket Reader - currently assigned to read mobi and prc extensions.
Adoble Digital Editions - currently assigned to read ePUB and PDF extensions
Cool Reader - currently assigned to read html, htm, fb2, txt, and RTF extensions.
XPDF - not assigned anything by default but this can be changed to read PDF files.
Hanlin Reader - currently assigned to read all other extensions.
you can read about these various reading programs in our wiki.
Dale