Please help with error message

[Sydney's Mom]

My husband bet me I cannot get a script I found on the net to work. I was looking for ereader2html. I copied, deleted some stuff at the top, saved as a py text file, and this is what I get:


C:\Python26>ereader2html.py
eReader2Html v0.03. Copyright (c) 2008 The Dark Reverser
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python26\Tools\Scripts\ereader2html.py", line 473, in <module>
if len(sys.argv)!=5:
NameError: name 'sys' is not defined

Since it is finding the error in line 473, I am assuming that everything above is okay?

I know absolutely nothing about programing, but I was dared (yes, I would jump off a building if someone dared me!). And I have enjoyed reading these forums and learning something new. So if someone could start me down this programing path, who knows where it will lead!

Thanks, Debra

[wallcraft]

I think you deleted one too many lines. The first non-comment line of the script starts with import, and this line includes sys which seems to be missing. The "#" lines are just comments and can stay too, i.e. try again without deleting lines.

[Sydney's Mom]

Wallcraft, I may be there! I will think of you when my husband takes me to dinner!

Here is what I get. Does this look okay? I don't understand the deprecation warning.

C:\Python26>ereader2html.py
C:\Python26\Tools\Scripts\ereader2html.py:10: DeprecationWarning: the sha module
is deprecated; use the hashlib module instead
import struct, binascii, zlib, os, sha, sys, os.path
eReader2Html v0.03. Copyright (c) 2008 The Dark Reverser
Converts eReader books to HTML
Usage:
ereader2html infile.pdb outdir "your name" credit_card_number
Note:
It's enough to enter the last 8 digits of the credit card number

Thanks, Debra

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

My husband bet me I cannot get a script I found on the net to work. I was looking for ereader2html.

Nice vote of confidence.

But, why are you editing the script at all?

BOb

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

Here is what I get. Does this look okay? I don't understand the deprecation warning.

Ignore the warning. This is exactly what you should get from the script with no arguments.

[Sydney's Mom]

When I put it in as is (just changing the name) I got the error messages. But putting it in as is, I get the deprecation warning.

BTW, my husband is a VP at a computer software company. But he is an engineer, not a programer, although he has programers working for him. I asked him to ask one of his guys to do it (he has 2 women, 18 men), but he refused. As he should - they aren't paid to do my stuff. But I sure would like to show him up and having a working script by the time he gets back from China (doing some programing stuff there).

[Sydney's Mom]

I did enter arguments. I ran it as follows from C:\users\debra\documents\my ebooks

ereader2html.py book.pdb "my name" [last 8 digits CC]

[Sydney's Mom]

And

import struct, binascii, zlib, os, sha, sys, os.path

Is exactly what it says in the script I saved. So what am I doing wrong?

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

ereader2html.py book.pdb "my name" [last 8 digits CC]

There is one argument missing

ereader2html infile.pdb outdir "your name" credit_card_number

where outdir is the subdirectory where you want the HTML and images to go. This does not have to exist yet.

[Sydney's Mom]

Thanks for all the help, Wallcraft. Here is the argument that gets the same old error message:


C:\Python26\Tools\Scripts>ereader2html.py CaughtStealing_78249.pdb C:users\debra
\documents\my ebooks\ "name" [last 8 digets of cc]

[wallcraft]

Try:

ereader2html.py CaughtStealing_78249.pdb CaughtStealing "name" [last 8 digets of cc]

This will create a directory CaughtStealing in your current location. You can move it to my ebooks later.

[Sydney's Mom]

Getting Close! It says incorrect name of CC#. I will go back to fictionwise and see what is says.

[Sydney's Mom]

PROCESSING . . . DONE

Priceless.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Wallcraft. Now I can find a program to convert to azw (I will see what the Amazon conversion looks like).

I cannot wait to tell my husband!!!! Debra

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

Now I can find a program to convert to azw

Windows MobiPocket Reader can import the HTML and produce a MOBI ebook for you. It will end up in the MobiPocket directory (by default this is My Documents\My eBooks).

[Sydney's Mom]

Thanks! I got it back from Amazon, tried Auto Ebook Kindle Converter, and I will try Mobile Reader. I will post the one that has the best formatting.