Ed,
Would it be possible to use those DLLs to generate files from other programs if you knew the API, too?
I suppose.
Quote:
Also,
Quote:
It is VBA - Visual Basic for Applications, and it semi-compiles.
Does that mean that it is cross platform like Java, or MSs cross-platform language?
No, it is VBA, so like VB, it isn't cross platform. Even taking raw VBA code to the Mac Office platform and recompiling it there it may not run. The more complex your code is, the more likely you have to fool with it and Win32 API calls are obviously out, as is anything having to do with JET, ADO, RDO, etc.
I suspect if you knew the APIs and had the other dll's that came with the installer, you could generate .LIT files from just about Office app if you wanted.
Microsoft provide a single DLL that does all of the work of creating the LIT file from source files that meet an open specification for ebooks. This DLL will be used by all of the creation tools that are available.
If there is enough interest in a more in-depth follow-up article on how to make LIT files, it is my intention to explore a bit more of the creation process.
So far, though, no-one has posted a reply to the second part of this article to say that they'd like a follow-up :cry: ... let's just hope it is early days :-)
can you also cover the subject of reader being relaible interms of power consumption and elaborate on the topic of memory leak more ... ?
I hear reader consumes lots of battery, causes a memory leak in documents with images...
other readers I use:
Isilo =ability to convert txt, html, webpages for offline browsing, no cleartype
Handstory = ability to convert clipboard text (as in copied text), webpages(direct conversion and scrippted conversion), has cleartype option
Is the memory leak related to all the crud I get in my \Temp directory everytime I open up reader? And then there's the one file that ends up in \ whenever I open Reader after deleting the file. It grows as well. I just delete all that crud and have no problems.
Creating "Table of Contents" with Microsoft Reader add-in
Can anyone help?
I'm succeeding at creating an ebook through Word 2002, but my table of contents is not linked as it is supposed to. When reading the ebook on my pocket pc (MR version 2.3) the hyperlinks/bookmarks created in Word will function correctly. Yet, when I press "Go to": my table of contents button is not activated.
I use Word 2003 and I downloaded the add-in, as described by the article. But when I open Word, I can't find the Microsoft Reader icon anywhere. It isn't in the File menu.
I assume you ran the installer? It's usually installed automatically, but in case its not, you'll need to add it manually.
1. Open MS Word. On the menubar, click Tools->Customize...
2. Under the Commands tab, select Tools in the left window pane.
3. In the right window pane, click and drag the "Com Add-Ins..." button to the menubar (anywhere is fine).
4. Click the button you've created - this brings up a popup window. If the Reader addin is there, make sure the selection box is ticked.
5. If the addin is not there, you'll need to find it and add it manually (use the Add... button and navigate to where it's installed - typically c:\Documents and Settings\*user name*\Application Data\Microsoft\AddIns\)
Edit: BTW, welcome to PPCT
__________________
"A planner is a gentle man, with neither sword nor pistol.
He walks along most daintily, because his balls are crystal."
Creating "Table of Contents" with Microsoft Reader add-in
Linear Mode
LinkBacks (?)
