Problem with Calibre Companion and Moon + Reader Pro

[drmadhupk]

[drmadhupk]

[drmadhupk]

[drmadhupk]

@chaley thanks for your reply. I have attached screen shots which you asked for. I am on galaxy note 2 n7100 running rooted kitkat 4.4.2. I don't know what wrong thing I am doing. I was using moon+ already when I installed cc. I transferred only a few books in different formats from calibre on pc to cc with wireless connect option. All formats work except chm. I don't use cool reader. As you mentioned it is dead slow to open chms.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by drmadhupk

@chaley thanks for your reply. I have attached screen shots which you asked for. I am on galaxy note 2 n7100 running rooted kitkat 4.4.2. I don't know what wrong thing I am doing. I was using moon+ already when I installed cc. I transferred only a few books in different formats from calibre on pc to cc with wireless connect option. All formats work except chm. I don't use cool reader. As you mentioned it is dead slow to open chms.

Well, we do have a mystery here.

Some comments:

1) Unfortunately, in your first screen capture the "No reader app" popup covers the file path. I can see enough to know that it is indeed a chm, but it does not appear to be the same file as the one you show in your file manager (?) screen shot. In particular, the one in the CC screen shot has the authors in the file name while the one in your other shot does not. Could you post a screen shot of the book details without the covering dialog box?

2) Another thing I note is that if your file manager screen shot is showing CC's library (is it?), then the library is on an external SD card but not in the KitKat-approved location. I have no idea what the consequences of that choice might be, if any. In particular, I wonder if that is interfering with Android returning a list of apps that can open a file.

3) You mentioned that Moon+ will not open a CHM from the file manager. That isn't what I see. The first screen shot shows the list in my file manager. The second shows the dialog I see when I tap the chm file. The third shows what I see if I choose "text". Tapping moon+ opens the file.


My thought here is that perhaps you have set the default app for chm to be one of the programs that CC doesn't know about. This has no effect I can see on my N7 running 4.4.3, but that doesn't mean it would have no effect on a Samsung device. Have you set a default app for chm?

4) I have built a version of CC that produces more debugging information and also uses a different mimetype for CHM. I sent you the link via PM. If you are willing, could you install that version, run it, attempt to open a CHM file, then send a debug log from CC?


It is possible that you would rather give up now and get a refund. If so, please send me a PM containing the google account email address you used to buy CC, and I will get my son Steven to issue a refund in the next day or so.

[drmadhupk]

@chaley thanks a lot dude. The version you sent works like charm. it doesnt show moon+ in options to open chm. But it does allow me to open with the other two chm readers I have. Thanks a lot

[chaley]

Originally Posted by drmadhupk

@chaley thanks a lot dude. The version you sent works like charm. it doesnt show moon+ in options to open chm. But it does allow me to open with the other two chm readers I have. Thanks a lot

You are welcome. The only way we can make progress on mysterious issues is by working with the person who sees them.

If you are willing, sending a debug log would help me a lot to understand what is happening with moon+. It *really should* show up, and I would like to know why it doesn't. Something else is still not working as expected. Thanks in advance.

[drmadhupk]

Now that it works great (infact I dont like moon+ even though I have purchased). I prefer the other two apps for chm. I have a doubt now. What about future updates? Will I be able to update from play store or if I am able to update, will it break cc (the version which you have sent me)

[chaley]

Originally Posted by drmadhupk

Now that it works great (infact I dont like moon+ even though I have purchased). I prefer the other two apps for chm. I have a doubt now. What about future updates? Will I be able to update from play store or if I am able to update, will it break cc (the version which you have sent me)

The changes in that test version will be carried forward into the production versions. In fact, what I sent you is a production version, but I don't want to release it globally until I better understand what is happening.

[drmadhupk]

This is what happens with epub. Here moon+ shows up in the options. But not with chm (its ok with me)

[drmadhupk]

This is with pdb. I have "isilo reader" installed on my device but it doesnt give a option to open with it. Can that be modded too.... hope I am not asking for too much

[drmadhupk]

I have mailed the debug log.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by drmadhupk

This is what happens with epub. Here moon+ shows up in the options. But not with chm (its ok with me)

Originally Posted by drmadhupk

I have mailed the debug log.

Thanks. That log shows that moon+ is simply not answering when asked if it can handle chm. I don't know why. Perhaps the dev changed it to not answer if the file is on an external sd card but not in the "right" folder to avoid write problems. Who knows.

Originally Posted by drmadhupk

This is with pdb. I have "isilo reader" installed on my device but it doesnt give a option to open with it. Can that be modded too.... hope I am not asking for too much

I don't have that reader and am not willing to pay €8 for something I don't need. However, I found a copy of its "manifest" and I think I worked out how it wants to be called, so I added that to CC. Let me know if it works. If it doesn't and if the debug log doesn't show me why, then we are out of luck.

I PMed the new CC link to you.

[drmadhupk]

Originally Posted by chaley

Thanks. That log shows that moon+ is simply not answering when asked if it can handle chm. I don't know why. Perhaps the dev changed it to not answer if the file is on an external sd card but not in the "right" folder to avoid write problems. Who knows.
I don't have that reader and am not willing to pay €8 for something I don't need. However, I found a copy of its "manifest" and I think I worked out how it wants to be called, so I added that to CC. Let me know if it works. If it doesn't and if the debug log doesn't show me why, then we are out of luck.

I PMed the new CC link to you.

Thanks. but that version of cc doesn't open .pdb files with isilo reader. rest all works fine. I have sent a pm to you. checkout.

[jackie_w]

@chaley,

Just FYI, I also see the same problem as drmadhupk with chm books. I have Moon+ Pro installed.

I just bought a Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 4, stock Android 4.4.2 (no rooting/hacking of any kind).

In CC I defined all books of type chm (and pdf, djvu, cbz) to be stored in the 'CC KitKat special' external SD card directory. The chms show the 'no app' popup when trying to read. After changing the chm folder to one in standard main memory, I'm now offered Moon+ or CoolReader and all works as expected.

On my non-KitKat Galaxy Note3 (android 4.3), sending chms to any old directory on the external SD card works fine.