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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

2396.0. "Bookreader problem ?" by FDCV07::MAURER (Tyrrany n. e.g. Taxation w/o Representation) Tue Mar 06 1990 15:26

    Is this the right place for a bookreader problem question ? I hope so.
    
    I have the following: VAXstation II/GPX, VMS V5.3-1, DECwindows V2.0,
    RRD50, March OLD CD.
    
    I seem to be hitting a problem opening some of the books on the disc.
    Some of the books are fine but others just seem to make the bookreader
    loop after the first couple of accesses to the disc and I have to
    terminate it by stopping the process. I have just installed 5.3-1 and
    just borrowed the March OLD disc.
    
    Any ideas ?
    
    Jon
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2396.1VIA::EPPESI'm not making this up, you knowWed Mar 07 1990 11:3515
>    Is this the right place for a bookreader problem question ? I hope so.

    Actually, there's a Bookreader conference at BULOVA::BOOKREADER (press
    KP7 or Select to add it to your notebook).
    
>    Some of the books are fine but others just seem to make the bookreader
>    loop after the first couple of accesses to the disc and I have to
>    terminate it by stopping the process.

    Is the BOOKBROWSER PAK installed on your system?  If not, install it and
    then try reading the books that were giving you trouble.  The BOOKBROWSER
    PAK allows you to read books for which a product license is not installed.
    (This is also discussed in the above-mentioned Bookreader conference.)

							-- Nina
2396.2thanks. I must be losing it.FDCV07::MAURERTyrrany - Taxation w/o RepresentationWed Mar 07 1990 12:3712
    re .1
    
    Nina, thanks for the reply. I had looked for a BOOKREADER conferenec
    but it's not listed in the Easynotes.lis (at least not in the
    Workstation section). Anyway, while sitting in a meeting this morning,
    I realised my problem was exactly what you said - I had forgotten to
    install the browser PAK. I can't believe I didn't realise this was the
    problem, especially since I've been in software licensing for years and
    have told any number of people about the browser PAK etc. etc.  Thanks
    for your reply !
    
    Jon