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Conference vaxuum::online_bookbuilding

Title:Online Bookbuilding
Notice:This conference is write-locked: see note 1.3.
Moderator:VAXUUM::UTT
Created:Fri Aug 12 1988
Last Modified:Mon Jul 15 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:440
Total number of notes:2134

230.0. "problem with index entries with multiple references" by FORTY2::JUFFS (Claire Juffs - MAILbus Documentation) Fri Nov 24 1989 09:40

I've found a problem with some index entries with multiple choices on the
bookreader. It seems like it could be related to the problem described in 
224.*. I'm hoping it will go away when we upgrade to VMS 5.3, but in the 
meantime, I wonder if anyone can explain what's going wrong?

When you first click on one entry, a pop up menu showing three choices
is displayed. You can click on these and go to the appropriate place
in the text. However, if you click on that index entry again, it does
not display the same pop up menu. Instead, it displays a totally
different menu choice, and you can also click on 2 blank menu choices.
The blanks take you to some seemingly randomly chosen point in the text.
No matter how many times you click on the index entry, you can never
get back to the original pop up with the 3 choices. I have seen variations
on this theme (another popup started with 4 choices, then went to 2 choices
with 2 blanks).

I'm running VMS V5.2, and the bookreader on DECwindows V1. 

Can anyone help?

Cheers,
Claire
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230.1a little local psENET51::KNOWLESRunning old protocolMon Nov 27 1989 05:124
    Correct me if I'm wrong Claire, but I think it might be relevant
    that you are running the FT version of Bookreader V2.
    
    b
230.2No, it is V1 of bookreaderFORTY2::JUFFSClaire Juffs - MAILbus DocumentationMon Nov 27 1989 08:413
No, I'm viewing this book on V1 of the bookreader (you need VMS 5.3 to use
the latest online bookbuilding tools, and we haven't got that yet).
Claire
230.3VAXUUM::UTTMon Nov 27 1989 09:1112
    Claire,
    
    What version of the online bookbuilding tools are you using? (The
    blank line problem sounds like something that was fixed in a recent
    version of the bookbuilding tools.)
    
    The changing entries may be a bug in the Bookreader: send a pointer
    to the .decw$book file to Jim Ferguson (STAR::FERGUSON).
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mary
230.4FORTY2::JUFFSClaire Juffs - MAILbus DocumentationTue Nov 28 1989 04:298
Hi,
I asked our system manager what version of the online bookbuilding tools
we're using, and he just said "the ones that came with VMS V5.2". He didn't
think they had a version number, or at least couldn't remember seeing one.
I'll see if I can find out anything else.

Cheers,
Claire
230.5VAXUUM::UTTTue Nov 28 1989 08:4228
    Claire,
    
    The online tools are installed separately on top of VAX DOCUMENT,
    which is installed separately on top of VMS. The version number
    for VAX DOCUMENT is output right after you execute the command line,
    and the date for the online tools is output after that:
    
    $ DOCUMENT/CONTENTS/INDEX file-name ONLINE.xxx BOOKREADER
    %DOC-I-IDENT, VAX Document V1.2A  2-JUN-1989 16:15:56.35
    [ T a g  T r a n s l a t i o n ]
    %TAG-I-DEFSLOADD, End of Loading of Tag Definitions
    %TAG-I-LCL_MSF01, Using online bookbuilding tools, 27-October-1989 baselevel
    ...and so forth...
    
    27-October-1987 is the *current* baselevel of the online tools. If you
    are building for the V1 Bookreader, you are definitely using an earlier
    version of the tools. As I've said elsewhere in this notes conference
    and in the documentation, it's important to note this information when
    reporting problems.
    
    Jim Ferguson looked at the files you sent him: we are reasonably
    certain that the problem you reported in .0 has been fixed. When
    convenient, please rebuild your document under the current baselevel
    and let us know if any problems remain.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mary
230.619-JUN-1989 baselevelFORTY2::JUFFSClaire Juffs - MAILbus DocumentationThu Nov 30 1989 06:2611
Hi,
This is the version we're using. I'll let you know what happens when
we upgrade.
Thanks for your help.
Claire

VAX Document V1.2-A   2-JUN-1989 16:15:56.35
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230.7Problem with multiple referencesGNUVAX::ETSCOVITZFri Dec 01 1989 11:3714
Hi,
    
I've encountered a problem with index entries with multiple references.
When I click on those entries, only the first reference appears. I do
not get a menu listing the other references.
    
I am using V5.3 of BOOKREADER and Version 1.2 of VAX DOCUMENT. I should
add that I am the editor, and not the writer for this manual.
    
Any help on the matter would be much appreciated.
    
Thanks,
    
Nance
230.8We need a sample .SDML fileVAXUUM::GRANTI've saved $2230.00 since I quit smoking.Fri Dec 01 1989 14:159
    Nance,
    	Would you please send me a short .SDML file that duplicates the
    problem?  I've tried a short little test here and it seemed to work
    fine.  I've probably coded it different then the way yours was coded. 
    We're pretty busy right now, and it may take a few days to find the
    problem.
    
    Thanks,
    	Wayne
230.9CLOSET::UTTSat Dec 02 1989 13:086
    What version of the online tools are you using? (Check the date that is
    displayed when you run DOCUMENT.) I believe that this was a problem in
    previous versions of the online tools and is fixed in the current
    version (as Wayne's test, .8) seemsto indicate.
    
    Mary