Conference abbott::bookreader

582.0. "BNU Questions ?" by PEACHS::PEACHS::BECHTOLD () Sun Mar 02 1997 23:03

    I'm not sure if this is the correct conference for this topic or not.
    If not, please directly me as appropriate.
    
    I have some questions on the new Bookreader Navigation Utility for
    OpenVMS.
    
    1) What are all the mechanisms to access the CD's ?
    
    Bookreader had the logicals DECW$BOOK and DECW$BOOKSHELF.
    
    BNU has a resource file with a resource named
    'BnuLibrary.AXPDOCMAR971:' and another named 'BnuLibrary.AXPDOCMAR972:.
    
    Can there be 1 location that is a search path using a  Logical similiar
    to Bookreader ? ie. DECW$BOOK Logical.
    
    2) Is it possible to point to a CD on another system ?
    
    We currently have a custoemr trying to use BNU to access there CD's on
    anotehr node in the network using DECnet. Under Bookreader they used
    the DECW$BOOK logical and pointed it at the node and diskdrive etc...
    Example: DECW$BOOK = ALFAXP::DISK$AXPDOCMAR961:[DECW$BOOK]
    
    3) Are there any HTML files that it can invoke off the March 1997
       Online Documentation CD's ? In doing so, I would expect Netscape
       Navigator to be invoked with the file displayed. Everything I have
       reviewed so far has used the BNU. I'm sure we're going to be asked
       why it requires Netscape Navigator if everything is useing BNU.
    
    Any information on Managing BNU via Resource files, logicals, and or
    data files would be appreciated. The "User's Guide" on the CD's under
    the [README] directory doesn't help to answer these and any of the
    Management type questions.
    
    Regards,
    Dave Bechtold
    DTN 343-1216
    

>    I'm not sure if this is the correct conference for this topic or not.
>    If not, please directly me as appropriate.
    
HYLNDR::CDROM is a better place to ask.  I'll reply to the cross-posting there.

joe