Huge encyclopaedia: The Dictionary of Christianity and the Bible

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  • Robert M. Warren
    Robert M. Warren Member Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭

    It tries to match up articles in the existing resource with articles in the new one, so that if necessary highlighting, notes, etc. can be moved to the correct position in the updated resource.

    I never thought about that obvious wrinkle to re-compiling. It's quite considerate of the developers to do that.

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  • Kevin A. Purcell
    Kevin A. Purcell Member Posts: 3,408 ✭✭✭

    I downloaded and built this on my MacBook and it worked great. Excellent resource.

    However, I just tried to open it on my Mac mini and it says "You don't have a license to open this resource".

    Dr. Kevin Purcell, Director of Missions
    Brushy Mountain Baptist Association

    www.kevinpurcell.org

  • Mark Smith
    Mark Smith MVP Posts: 11,798

    However, I just tried to open it on my Mac mini and it says "You don't have a license to open this resource".

    I can still open it on my PC.

    Pastor, North Park Baptist Church

    Bridgeport, CT USA

  • Lionel B Dyck
    Lionel B Dyck Member Posts: 117 ✭✭

    Were you able to successfully upload it on your MacBook after you built it?  If not then that might be the reason.

  • Kevin A. Purcell
    Kevin A. Purcell Member Posts: 3,408 ✭✭✭

    Were you able to successfully upload it on your MacBook after you built it?  If not then that might be the reason.

    I assume so. I didn't get any kind of error saying it didn't.

    Dr. Kevin Purcell, Director of Missions
    Brushy Mountain Baptist Association

    www.kevinpurcell.org

  • Mark Barnes
    Mark Barnes Member Posts: 15,432 ✭✭✭

    However, I just tried to open it on my Mac mini and it says "You don't have a license to open this resource".

    This resource won't sync, as it's too large for Logos' servers to accept it. You'll have to copy the .docx files onto your Mac mini and recompile it there.

    This is my personal Faithlife account. On 1 March 2022, I started working for Faithlife, and have a new 'official' user account. Posts on this account shouldn't be taken as official Faithlife views!

  • Bispo Reis
    Bispo Reis Member Posts: 4

    Oh Mark Barnes, thank you for your tremendous work, everything worked out.
    When you have more work out there, some resources for research pass me a copy, this is my Email jdetranreis@gmail.com, thank you for everything.

  • Joh
    Joh Member Posts: 54

    Thank you, Mark.

  • Genghis
    Genghis Member Posts: 232 ✭✭

    Todah rabbah!

  • delete12066188
    delete12066188 Member Posts: 3,378

    Hi Mark

    took 90 min with 6.7.

    Dit it look right? with all these Errors?
    Sascha

  • Ken McGuire
    Ken McGuire Member Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭

    I will update it from time to time. It really doesn't seem like 9 months since it was first built. I'll try and do an update before it's anniversary! It's not a huge hassle to rebuild it, but it does take several days to download and format all the articles. 

    In going through my PB's, I found this classic. Has there been an update from the March 2014 files I compiled way back when?

    The Gospel is not ... a "new law," on the contrary, ... a "new life." - William Julius Mann

    L8 Anglican, Lutheran and Orthodox Silver, Reformed Starter, Academic Essentials

    L7 Lutheran Gold, Anglican Bronze

  • Claude Brown Jr
    Claude Brown Jr Member Posts: 310 ✭✭

    Still a great resource. Thanks Mark.

  • Pater Noster
    Pater Noster Member Posts: 344

    This is a real find, thanks! One question - I built it with the files going in dcb-01 showing at the top and progressing down, yet it looks like the table of contents is backwards. Is there a way to fix this, or is this just how the resource was built?

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  • NB.Mick
    NB.Mick MVP Posts: 15,967

    This is a real find, thanks! One question - I built it with the files going in dcb-01 showing at the top and progressing down, yet it looks like the table of contents is backwards. Is there a way to fix this, or is this just how the resource was built?

    For me it was dcb-00 at the top - down through dcb-36 (you seem to be missing something towards the end, too) and the ToC is sorted right. Note I built it last 2014 with the files someplace else, so I can't check if the current PB tool has a bug.

    Have joy in the Lord! Smile

  • Pater Noster
    Pater Noster Member Posts: 344

    Yeah I have the order messed up. I can fix that, thanks...

  • David Ames
    David Ames Member Posts: 2,977 ✭✭✭

    Time to Compile: 5 hours 35 minutes  [And I thought that my machine was fast but no ssd drive] Left it running over night.

    File size: 383,071 KB

    Log file size: 1,045 KB

    Warnings: Head Words may not contain colons    [things like John 3:16]

    What is the file type ending '.mstidx'  ??

    So who is going to capture all the items added since that set of files were made?  

  • Bob
    Bob Member Posts: 267 ✭✭

    I've tried 4 times now to build the book and each time I've waited overnight, but nothing happens.  The PB just says "Converting", and the horizontal bar never moves.  It always starts out at about 1/5 complete, but then the bar never changes.  

    Any ideas?

    Bob

  • David Ames
    David Ames Member Posts: 2,977 ✭✭✭

    Bob said:

    I've tried 4 times now to build the book and each time I've waited overnight, but nothing happens.  The PB just says "Converting", and the horizontal bar never moves.  It always starts out at about 1/5 complete, but then the bar never changes.  

    Any ideas?

       And to John W

    If on a PC check Power Settings.  When pugged in PC goes to sleep?  select NEVER.  Not sure that is the fix but worth a try to check.

    Mine took 5 and a half hours.   

  • Jack Caviness
    Jack Caviness MVP Posts: 13,513

    If on a PC check Power Settings.  When pugged in PC goes to sleep?  select NEVER.

    Mac OS equivalent is found in System Preferences under Energy Saver (the light bulb). I have used the settings in this screenshot for more than a dozen years and have not worn out a Mac yet. Since Hard Drives do wear out, I allow them to take a nap, The "Wake for network access" is likely unnecessary since the computer has insomnia.

  • Since Hard Drives do wear out, I allow them to take a nap

    Spinning Hard Drives have mechanical parts (and some very strong magnets inside the drive case). Caveat: start/stop of spinning hard drive also has wear factor.

    Solid State Disks (SSD) are completely electronic (so personally have "Put hard disks to sleep when possible" unchecked).

    Keep Smiling [:)]

  • Bob
    Bob Member Posts: 267 ✭✭

    Bob said:

    I've tried 4 times now to build the book and each time I've waited overnight, but nothing happens.  The PB just says "Converting", and the horizontal bar never moves.  It always starts out at about 1/5 complete, but then the bar never changes.  

    Any ideas?

       And to John W

    If on a PC check Power Settings.  When pugged in PC goes to sleep?  select NEVER.  Not sure that is the fix but worth a try to check.

    Mine took 5 and a half hours.   

    Well I have made the setting switch.  I am now at over 7 hours for compiling.  I do have an SSD, so didn't expect this much time.  The horizontal bar shows over 50% done now.  So we will see what happens.  The original email said something like 30 -90 minutes.  I am way longer than that, even with SSD and a fast Windows laptop.

    Bob

  • Kolen Cheung
    Kolen Cheung Member Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭

    " rel="nofollow">Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :) said:

    Caveat: start/stop of spinning hard drive also has wear factor.

    This is not entirely wrong but is misleading. Only with some HDDs in some condition will something similar to this statement be true. (e.g. WD green head parking. Also, start/stop means a completely different thing, and there's 2 different states too. In that case yes, start/stop is wearing, but it won't be triggered when you are actively compiling things for hours.

    HDDs write/read has "no wear" (physically everything has wear, just that the wear tolerance here is negligible), and all SSDs writes has wears and can only be done a finite amount of times.

    Compiling this for hours or even for days for low power machine is normal. It is a very big PBB, practically the biggest available. And Logos' compiler is very inefficient.

  • Bob
    Bob Member Posts: 267 ✭✭

    Bob said:

    Bob said:

    I've tried 4 times now to build the book and each time I've waited overnight, but nothing happens.  The PB just says "Converting", and the horizontal bar never moves.  It always starts out at about 1/5 complete, but then the bar never changes.  

    Any ideas?

       And to John W

    If on a PC check Power Settings.  When pugged in PC goes to sleep?  select NEVER.  Not sure that is the fix but worth a try to check.

    Mine took 5 and a half hours.   

    Well I have made the setting switch.  I am now at over 7 hours for compiling.  I do have an SSD, so didn't expect this much time.  The horizontal bar shows over 50% done now.  So we will see what happens.  The original email said something like 30 -90 minutes.  I am way longer than that, even with SSD and a fast Windows laptop.

    Bob

    Well it finally completed in around 9-10 hours, with an SSD.  And there are 63 errors and 10,258 warnings.

    Here are a few of the warnings:

    [Warning] Document contains Hebrew characters (“א”) that have not been tagged with a language code; they may not display in the proper order.
    [Warning] Document contains Hebrew characters (“סב”) that have not been tagged with a language code; they may not display in the proper order.
    [Warning] Document contains Hebrew characters (“למה”) that have not been tagged with a language code; they may not display in the proper order.
    [Warning] Document contains Hebrew characters (“שש”) that have not been tagged with a language code; they may not display in the proper order.
    [Warning] Document contains Hebrew characters (“אחוזי”) that have not been tagged with a language code; they may not display in the proper order.
    [Warning] Document contains Hebrew characters (“שירי משכיל”) that have not been tagged with a language code; they may not display in the proper order.

    And some of the errors:

    [Error] Document contains an unsupported VML image which will not appear in the final document. To use this embedded image, open the document in Word, select “Save As...”, and deselect the “Maintain compatibility with previous versions of Word” option. Then rebuild the book.
    [Error] Document contains an unsupported VML image which will not appear in the final document. To use this embedded image, open the document in Word, select “Save As...”, and deselect the “Maintain compatibility with previous versions of Word” option. Then rebuild the book.

    [Error] Font 'Courier New' is not a valid font for use in resources.
    [Error] Font 'Serto Urhoy' is not a valid font for use in resources.
    [Error] Font 'Symbol' is not a valid font for use in resources.
    [Error] Font 'Nyala' is not a valid font for use in resources.
    [Error] Font 'Myanmar Text' is not a valid font for use in resources.
    [Error] Font 'Wingdings' is not a valid font for use in resources.
    [Error] Font 'Consolas' is not a valid font for use in resources.
    [Error] Font 'Tahoma' is not a valid font for use in resources.
    [Error] Font 'Mangal' is specified but not installed or embedded. Is this a valid font name?

    Bob

  • Mark Davis
    Mark Davis Member Posts: 22

    7-9 hours later on a very fast gaming laptop with an ultra fast SSD, it worked.  I had given up after letting it run for 1 hr and then 2 hrs since my laptop is so fast.  What doesn't seem to work is the ability to "Upload" the file now that it's been built.  That is sad since rebuilding it takes so long.  No (easy) way to move it to my other computers running Logos ... a shame.  Looks really good though.

  • Robert M. Warren
    Robert M. Warren Member Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭

    Hi Mark:

    Yes, there is a size limit for uploaded PBs. I'm not sure what it is, but this one bursts it wide open.

    This is what you do for your other computers:  Navigate to the Resource folder in your Logos data folder. In Windows, it's something like:  C:\Users\Robert\AppData\Local\Logos\Data\n2cbq2pd.jvv\ResourceManager\Resources.  Sort by size and find the largest '.lbspbb' file. It's likely the resource in question, but verify by date, also. (You could also find the full lbspbb file name in the Information window for the compiled resource, at the bottom.) Convey this file to each of your other computers via Dropbox, network copy, or something. If I were you, I would place in a folder with a very simple path, like 'C:\pbtemp'. In the Logos Command Box on each computer, type    scan c:\pbtemp   . Since the metadata syncs across desktops, all Logos needs is the compiled file.

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