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Known problems in the March 2003 collections
Problems using IBM Softcopy Reader 2.4.0 and the autorun preferences tool
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If you have installed IBM Softcopy Reader 2.4.0 and have deleted Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from your system, you could encounter problems when using the autorun preferences tool (setup.exe) included on the softcopy collections.
- If you insert a disc from a March 2003 collection (other than VSE) and want to set an autorun preference for discs containing both BookManager and PDF files, you cannot select the option for IBM Softcopy Reader – Bookshelf Organizer. This problem will be resolved starting with the collections being updated in June 2003.
- If you had previously set a preference for IBM Softcopy Reader – Bookshelf Organizer, and you insert a disc for a collection from before March 2003 (or a disc from the March 2003 VSE Collection), the autorun preferences tool does not allow you to select the option for IBM Softcopy Reader – Bookshelf Organizer for any type of disc. You also cannot select IBM Softcopy Reader – Bookshelf Organizer as an immediate option. Customers with the OS/390 Collection (SK2T-6700) or the OS/390 V2R10 PDF Collection (SK2T-6718) can avoid this problem without installing JRE by using the March 2003 editions of these collections.
- If you had previously chosen IBM Softcopy Reader – Bookshelf Organizer as the preference for BookManager-only discs or mixed discs, and you insert a BookManager-only disc or mixed disc for a collection from before March 2003 (or from the March 2003 VSE Collection), IBM Softcopy Reader – Bookshelf Organizer is not automatically launched. Instead, the input panel for the autorun preferences tool is displayed. As described in the preceding bullet, the autorun preferences tool does not allow you to select the option for IBM Softcopy Reader – Bookshelf Organizer for any type of disc. You also cannot select IBM Softcopy Reader – Bookshelf Organizer as an immediate option.
If you have installed IBM Softcopy Reader 2.4.0 but have not deleted JRE from your system, you will not encounter these problems.
You can fix all the problems listed above by installing JRE 1.3.0 or later from a softcopy collection, or from the Sun Microsystems Web site: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/download.html (from the Download page, select the Windows Download in the JRE column). Another solution is to open IBM Softcopy Reader – Bookshelf Organizer directly, instead of as an autorun preference.
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Problems opening PDF files
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You might experience difficulties viewing PDF files depending on the level of your Adobe Acrobat Reader and your Windows platform. In some cases the file does not display, while in others you get a message that the file is being repaired and then it displays. If you have problems, try using a different level of the Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can install an Adobe Acrobat Reader from the collection, or you can download one from the Adobe Web site.
If you are having trouble viewing a PDF file on a CD or the Internet, try downloading the file and viewing it from your hard drive.
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Cross-book linking for older books
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Cross-book links might not work from old, unchanged books to more recent books. Many bookshelves contain a mix of recent softcopy books and some older softcopy books. Most old softcopy books containing cross-book links are not updated to point to more recent editions of the books they link to. As a result, the links work only for the specific back-level editions that the links point to. When you open one of these old softcopy books from a bookshelf that does not contain the back-level editions the links point to, the links to these back-level books fail.
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