ToolBook 10 System Book Conversion

[Stephanie Hicks]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has experienced troubles upgrading their system
books from 9.5 to 10.

I dropped a system book in the program files Toolbook 9.5 folder and it
worked great, but do not get the same results with a system book in TB 10.

I read through the instructions, but must admit I did not find them helpful.

Am I missing a step here?

[Clifton Sleger]

Hi Stephanie,

Regarding system books and TB 10, just make sure you either run the book
through the system updater or actually load the sbk file in the
authoring interface and save it as a TB 10 file. I would not attempt to
attach a system book that was saved in a previous version without
updating it.

Just my two cents on this one.
Clifton
PG Software Development

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[Tom Hall]

There's one more thing to remember to do if you have created a custom system
book and have set it up to be available for all of your books, and you plan
on opening more than one book (instance) at a time. That system book needs
to be set to read only.

[Stephanie Hicks]

Tom,

I saved the book as a TB 10 file. I tried it two ways, one through the
version updater. It didn't work correctly for my newly opened TB 10 books.

So, then I copied and pasted my scripts in a new TB 10 book and saved it as
a system book. Then dropped it in the TB 10 folder.

Now, I have set it up as a read only, but still no luck. I had created a
costum menu with the scripts I wanted to run, and I should see this option
when the book loads, but I do not.

Do you have any other ideas that I could try.

Thanks,

[Clifton Sleger]

Hi Stephanie,

It could be that your system book is loading in a position in the system
stack that blocks access to the features it provides. OR, your system
book is providing features that access handlers that are not being
forwarded to the rest of the system.

to handle ...
[code]
forward --THIS IS PRETTY IMPORTANT FOR MANY HANDLERS IN SYSTEM BOOKS
end

If the stack position if the problem, then take a look at the position
of your system book in v9.5 versus 10.0. My guess is that you book is at
the bottom of the stack and messages it needs to see are not getting there.

You can use openScript to reposition your sbk at the top of the system
stack.

Clifton
PG Software Development

Try out the JavaScript PowerPac for ToolBook. It works with all versions
from 8.9 through 10.0!
To download the 12 day trial version:
http://www.pgsoftwaretools.com/tutorials/index.html?nav=features

[Stephanie Hicks]

My system book is working in TB 10 now. Thank you for the assistance. I
had to go the File > Bound System Books and search and find my system book.

This seems to be working, and it's working for my co-workers which is
exactly what I need.

Thanks again.