Tool: L4-Bibliography2
i have built a program which i use to help me generate PBs with L4 book images/hyperlinks. Thought that i would share this program with any of you Windows user out there.
The program requires:
- Windows Vista/Win7 (not test on XP)
- Logos4 version 4.3 or higher (not tested with 4.5)
- Microsoft Office (or Word) installed (tested with Office 2010)
I will give a brief description of what the program does here:
It allows you to select a group of L4 book cover images, then after selecting the group you will be able to open the Build window
From the Build window you select how you want the images sent to a Word docx file. Once that you have setup your configuration, you would hit the Build Docx button and it generates a Word docx file with your images/info/hyperlink in it
I usually copy the table of images/links to a different docx that i am working on to make a PB with. Below is an image of my PB. In the PB i have a Table of Contents tied to each group. So i can quickly open this PB and navigate to any book that i normally use. (in the Help pdf there is a section at the end detailing how i use the program)
The program will also allow you to read and build a list of all (or some) of your L4 document (e.g. Notes, Clippings, Passage List, etc). Each document title is also hyperlinked to that document. So in your PB you can locate a Note or other document and click on it to have L4 open your Note. When the program creates your document list in a docx it sorts your titles alphabetically.
You can find info about the program along with installation file at the webpage below:
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Another significant contribution, Steve.
Many thanks for all your efforts.
Dave
===Windows 11 & Android 13
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This looks great, I could create the docx file on my PC, then copy and compile on Mac too, until Personal Books sync. Thanks for sharing this!
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steve clark said:
Bumping for those who might not have seen this, since it was posted late yesterday afternoon.
Cool, thanks! I had missed it.
Don't we have an index somewhere of cool tools that people have written? This should be added to it. Yeah, here it is and I see you created it!
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Made a few changes
BTW: if you didn't know, after making your PB you can click on a footnote (when using Tight Table method) and L4 puts up a static pop-up. The static pop-up will show you a vertical slider if the text in the window is larger than the pop-up.
Made headings in Footnotes bold
Added more formatting to the description.
Put the program's version number in it's Title bar.
i also made the Individual Table method have the ability to determine how the borders on the table are shown
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Hi!
You have filled a felt need in Logos4. Many others can be filled by following the philosophy of this tool. Thanks! But...
An error occurred trying to install, any help?Thanks!
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No sir, the folder isn't there.
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ROGER JIMENEZ said:
No sir, the folder isn't there.
Hi Roger,
i found the problem, the program was trying to access the program's folder before it was created (always works on my system because the folder already exists).
You should be able to re-install the program per instructions below:
We need to uninstall the current L4-Bibliography2 program First
- Go to windows Control Panel and in the Control Panel start:
a. if you are running windows XP open Add/Remove Programs.
b. if you are running windows Vista or Window7 open Programs and Features - Once the program opens locate the program L4-Bibliography2 and uninstall it
Now we need to Re-install the program
- Now go to my website: L4-Bibliography2
- Scroll down to Installing L4-Bibliograph2 and download and follow the instructions again as you did before.
The program should install with no problems. Thanks for bringing this to my attention!
Sorry for the inconvenience,
steve
P.S. Please let me know if it installs and runs properly on your computer
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Done! Thanks a lot Steve!
I feel closer to my library. I can almost smell the books!0 -
This is so awesome, Steve! I've been using tagging to put my virtual books in "shelves" like I might put them away if I had the physical books, but have not had a way to visualize these different shelves. You've now given me one. I love it!
This will also enable me to clean up some of my tagging problems (e.g., I just noticed I've got one book tagged "Shelf: Commentary" by mistake instead of "Shelf: Commentaries").
Speaking of which, I really hope Logos hurries up and provides us a better way of managing our tags. If anyone hasn't voted for this feature yet, please do: http://logos.uservoice.com/forums/42823-logos-bible-software-4/suggestions/564609-provide-management-of-mytags
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Rosie, i'm glad that you like it. It is always good for a programmer's heart when they hear someone finds their program useful! P.S. You've spent a lot of time tagging your books. Nice method for tagging!
Roger, glad that you liked it!
Thank you both for letting me know!!!
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Great job Steve! may the Lord bless you.
Blessings in Christ.
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Steve,
Thanks for the Tool.
Can you consider to the following:
- Some way of sorting of the Build List: automatically (Genesis to Revelation for commentaries and Alphabetical order for others) or manually, to allow items in build list to be re-ordered via drag and drop.
- Include "Collections" in you Categories.
- Increase the 300 limit for build list to something higher like 1000
Thanks once again.
JK
MacBookPro Retina 15" Late 2013 2.6GHz RAM:16GB SSD:500GB macOS Sierra 10.12.3 | iPhone 7 Plus iOS 10.2.1
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LimJK said:
Can you consider to the following:
- Some way of sorting of the Build List: automatically (Genesis to Revelation for commentaries and Alphabetical order for others) or manually, to allow items in build list to be re-ordered via drag and drop.
- Include "Collections" in you Categories.
- Increase the 300 limit for build list to something higher like 1000
Hee, hee, hee the perpetual cycle of programming.
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Steve,
Truly a beautiful piece of work!!
It would be wonderful though if it could work in WinXP (SP3) with Word 2003 + Word 2007 [Docx] capability. I saved the Word doc it opened as a docx file, as I have done with the other PB's I created and which work, but the book covers aren't copied into the PB. Where the book cover should appear, the book hyperlink itself is inserted e.g. logosres:6.40.2. The Titles and Tags etc. are there and clicking on the hyperlink opens the book, but there just is'nt a cover in sight..
Is there any way around this or is my software just too outdated to cope with the graphics?
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Steve, I just found it. Great tool. Thank you man for your excellent work. [Y]
Bohuslav
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Hi Rob,
Rob Hattingh said:It would be wonderful though if it could work in WinXP (SP3) with Word 2003 + Word 2007 [Docx] capability.
This is not the problem of L4-Bibl2, i believe this is Logos4's problem. i ran into it early on in ver 4.3. But according to the release notes for ver 4.5, images to PB's is supposed to work with Word 2003 docx files with pictures:
From 4.5 release notes:
Fixed bug that prevented images from displaying in the compiled resource when the .docx file was created in Word 2003. (See this thread.)So are you using Logos4 ver 4.5?
I have not upgraded to 4.5 so i cannot verify this.
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Hi LimJK,
Thanks for the suggestions.
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1. This may be doable, i will have to give it some thought.
2. This is not doable. There are no markers in the database relating to collections and the books. (thus why Logos hasn't added collections to the Library window).
3. This is doable. But i don't have 1000 books to test it with. i am concerned about: memory issues, how Word will handle this volume, some user's machines that are slow may seem to take forever, etc. This is why i capped the list at 300. It seemed silly to just copy all the books without the user selecting a method for easily locating relevant books; otherwise why not just use the Library?
Thanks, i will think about these suggestions
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Steve，
Thanks for your cool tools.
I have installed my logos 4 on local disk D(not Disk C), when I used the tool, but this error...
help! thanks!
Ben
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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Ben,
Ben said:I have installed my logos 4 on local disk D(not Disk C), when I used the tool, but this error...
Here is a temp version to help me see what path the program thinks L4 is using. You should get a similar error, but it will show more info in the pop-up box. Below is the temp version (you may need to use Control Panel to remove the current version first before installing the temp version).
<remove temp version>
After you install it, please post another picture of the error box.
Thanks!
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Steve,
I have installed the version,but this program does't point to correct folder .
mz4voikv.x4v not my folder, mine xglsbnje.z4x is.
Ben
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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Hi Ben,
Thanks for doing this. Could you please open Windows explorer as shown below. i need to see the folder(s) which are immediately inside of the Data folder. Obviously my algorithm for discovering the special folder isn't working, so i really need to see how many folders and their names are inside of
\Logos Bible Software 4.0\Data
Thanks in advance
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Hey Steve,
Look this
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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Thanks Steve,
Thanks
Ben
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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