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Old 11-06-2017, 07:55 AM   #1
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Lightbulb AutoIt CHM to kindle conversion problem

Hi, Autoit is a fascinating & easy programming language that I'm learning. It comes with a very good & detailed help file in the CHM format (AutoIt.chm, 6.47 MB).

I want to read this file on my Kindle to protect my eyes. I've tried converting the CHM to MOBI format using Calibre but it just hangs (perhaps because of the large file size). Same result with many online conversion sites also. I even tried de-compiling the CHM, deleting the CSS & then converting using Calibre, but it hangs.

Can anyone help me with this conversion? You may download AutoIt.chm from here.

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Old 11-06-2017, 10:16 AM   #2
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Old 11-06-2017, 10:18 AM   #3
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Use the 64-bit version of Calibre and be patient. Documents with a complex structure can take many, many hours (more than a day is not unknown) to convert. The conversion will finish eventually, either successfully or with an error.
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Old 11-12-2017, 08:50 AM   #4
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Thanks for the reply Harry. IMHO this message should not have been moved to the Calibre forum because I am open to using *any* tool - as long as it gets the job done. I'm not too enthused by the response.

If any one has the skills then just zip up the htmls as EPUB and then convert to MOBI. The htmls inside the chm are very simple & structured so it shouldn't be too difficult. I'm not in touch or I'd have done it myself! - Thanks
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Thanks for the reply Harry. IMHO this message should not have been moved to the Calibre forum because I am open to using *any* tool - as long as it gets the job done. I'm not too enthused by the response.
Did you try my suggestion?
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No I didn't. Conversion should not take so long. Kindly move back my thread back to Amazon Kindle. Hopefully someone there may have the requisite skills & experience...
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No I didn't. Conversion should not take so long. Kindly move back my thread back to Amazon Kindle. Hopefully someone there may have the requisite skills & experience...
Tell me, How do you know 'How long it should take"?
Why do you think the creator of Calibre typically answers: "Let it run until i completes or crashes"?

One word: "COMPLEXITY"
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Precisely. As I said in post #3 above. Conversion time is almost entirely dependent on complexity, not file size.
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Old 11-12-2017, 02:26 PM   #9
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Why not work from the source for the documentation found at https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3...3.14.2-src.zip

I think working from docs/autoit/english/html or docs/autoit/english/WEB_html would be easiest.
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No I didn't. Conversion should not take so long. Kindly move back my thread back to Amazon Kindle. Hopefully someone there may have the requisite skills & experience...
Reading the thread so far, is the question you are asking:

Can someone suggest a way to convert this file without using calibre?

If so, then moving the question elsewhere makes sense.

But, if you are actually asking for help in converting the file using calibre, then this is the place and the answer is that given: Give it time.
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Old 11-13-2017, 09:08 AM   #11
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No I didn't. Conversion should not take so long. Kindly move back my thread back to Amazon Kindle. Hopefully someone there may have the requisite skills & experience...
I followed HarryT's advice, the day he provided the advice. It took two tries to convert it to epub using the 64 bit version. It had a span it couldn't split so I had to change the split size from 260k to 1000k in the epub conversion settings. Took about 30 minutes to complete. When the answer is the first suggestion there is no reason to think you needed more guidance.

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