[Final] Book Reader 2.7 (3.0 and 3.1 compatible)

[LancerRevolution]

but what about the first word of each paragraph bein missing?any way to fix that?

[rob_94]

thanks guys nice app i was looking for a way to put ebooks on zune and you made them for me thanks!

[Netrix]

Originally Posted by LancerRevolution

but what about the first word of each paragraph bein missing?any way to fix that?

It is fixed already in the next version.

[charmed61]

FINAL EDIT: works great! finally got everything right... just 2 requests. can u put it so we can select album, playlist and artist for songs? and is it possible when u deploy the book dont turn into a blob of text with no spacing and enters? overall IT'S GREAT!!!

[Netrix]

Originally Posted by charmed61

FINAL EDIT: works great! finally got everything right... just 2 requests. can u put it so we can select album, playlist and artist for songs? and is it possible when u deploy the book dont turn into a blob of text with no spacing and enters? overall IT'S GREAT!!!

The idea is for it to not be a 'blob' of text with no spacing. A lot of my work on this has been to make it have proper spacing. If your book isn't showing up with spacing, give me a link to the text file that you are using, and I will make it so the Book Reader can recognize its spacing.

Since I already have the song thing done like that for my Solitaire, it shouldn't be that hard to put in.

Also, I have it so you can have folders within the Books folder and it will detect the files within those folders. I might post that tonight...

[charmed61]

yea this website is where i got my stories... all i did is copy and paste into word pad and save as txt file there's 15 episodes... but here's the website for first episode:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3206049/1/Charmed_Season_9

[Netrix]

Originally Posted by charmed61

yea this website is where i got my stories... all i did is copy and paste into word pad and save as txt file there's 15 episodes... but here's the website for first episode:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3206049/1/Charmed_Season_9

Those books only have "\r\n" for line breaks. That just won't do. I described in a previous post why I can not have the Book Reader recognize those. I might have it so you put something like "<single>" at the very beginning of the text file so that the Book Reader knows to not ignore single "\r\n"s.

[Epoc]

Originally Posted by Netrix

Since I already have the song thing done like that for my Solitaire, it shouldn't be that hard to put in.

Also, I have it so you can have folders within the Books folder and it will detect the files within those folders. I might post that tonight...

1)Thank you for putting the book into sub-categories
2)For the solitaire game, when I would choose a song from a playlist, it would only play that song. was that a glitch or an earlier version, or if that;s how it is meant to be, could you fix that for the book reader?

[Rockman87]

To get ready for the next version I I spent 45 minutes splitting up a 139 chapter book.

[Impeached]

My zune still seems to restart at random times while I'm reading the book, sometimes when I've been reading for one or two minutes or sometimes after an hour of reading. I have v1.9.

[yomer333]

I don't know if I'm doing something completely wrong or what. I downloaded and unzipped the most recent version as of this post (1.9), but when I open it in VS, there's nothing under Bookreader/Content. The only project references are mscorlib. I haven't used VS as an IDE for a long time, so it's entirely possible I'm looking in the wrong place. However, it seems more likely that the structure of the directories is goofy from when I unzipped it. I can deploy it, but without any text files added, it starts to load and then just restarts the zune. Thoughts?

[Netrix]

Originally Posted by yomer333

I don't know if I'm doing something completely wrong or what. I downloaded and unzipped the most recent version as of this post (1.9), but when I open it in VS, there's nothing under Bookreader/Content. The only project references are mscorlib. I haven't used VS as an IDE for a long time, so it's entirely possible I'm looking in the wrong place. However, it seems more likely that the structure of the directories is goofy from when I unzipped it. I can deploy it, but without any text files added, it starts to load and then just restarts the zune. Thoughts?

You need to add at least one text file to the Books folder in Content. Read the first post for instructions on how to do it properly. If the Books folder does not show up, try unzipping it again.

[Space Toast]

It is a great idea Very nice and well done both Netrix and LedZepp

[yomer333]

Originally Posted by Netrix

You need to add at least one text file to the Books folder in Content. Read the first post for instructions on how to do it properly. If the Books folder does not show up, try unzipping it again.

Alright, thank you, I was just an idiot and was looking at class view rather than solutions explorer.


Also, even though I haven't personally seen it in action, I've seen other people post their successes, so I'd like to thank you in advance. This is something that I have been wanting on my zune for a long, long time, and it seems like you've delivered. Kudos.

[xCyberFang]

nice program! this is very useful. as i like to write many funny rants and i would like something i can be able to store them in. but i would like some help on something

can someone help me out. im trying to find out how to change the font color from black to white. can someone show me what i should change in order for the font to be white instead of black??

i didnt like the background (the old brown paper thing) so i switched it to just a black background pic. but now the fonts black. so i need help switching my font to white.

help would be greately appreciated

nvm people. Netrix showed me how to do it!

[Netrix]

Originally Posted by yomer333

Alright, thank you, I was just an idiot and was looking at class view rather than solutions explorer. However, new issue.

Are the files everyone else is using successfully formatted as a particular e-book type, or would a normal flat txt file work? I've got "blah.txt" in the Books folder and it contains this:

This is a test
I am separating text manually
I hope this works.

However, when I try to build/debug, I get this error:

Error 1 Cannot autodetect which importer to use for "Booksblah.txt". There are no importers which handle this file type. Specify the importer that handles this file type in your project.


Also, even though I haven't personally seen it in action, I've seen other people post their successes, so I'd like to thank you in advance. This is something that I have been wanting on my zune for a long, long time, and it seems like you've delivered. Kudos.

Like the first post says... Click on the text file, and in the properties windows, change the 'Build Action' property to 'None' and the 'Copy to Output Directory' to 'Copy if newer'.


EDIT: To change the text color, press CTRL+H, and for Find:, put Color.Black, and Replace with: Color.White if you want white. Put another color if you want something else.

[shadowmonkey08]

this is awesome now i can read my school books

[shadowmonkey08]

i get this error when i debug

An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in Microsoft.Xna.Framework.dll

Additional information: The character ' ' (0x0009) is not available in this SpriteFont. If applicable, adjust the font's start and end CharacterRegions to include this character.
An error message is available for this exception but cannot be displayed because these messages are optional and are not currently installed on this device. Please install ‘NETCFv35.Messages.EN.wm.cab’ for Windows Mobile 5.0 and above or ‘NETCFv35.Messages.EN.cab’ for other platforms. Restart the application to see the message.

help pls

[Rockman87]

It means there is an illegal character in that book. You need to delete the illegal character.
First....debug again....then when you get that error highlight the thing/space inside of the quotes...then copy it. Open your text file in wordpad and ctrl-h...then paste the thing/space into the replace box... in the replace with box either leave it blank or just push spacebar then click replace all. Then save your file....add it back into visual C#... then debug again.

If this doesn't work, Post a link to your book so Netrix can download it and see what the problem is

[shadowmonkey08]

thank you so far so good

it works thanks a lot