[brailleblaster] Re: Problem with BrailleBlaster on Windows
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:53:45 -0500
BrailleBlaster's native format is .utd files. So it will be able to open
these directly. It may also be able to open .xml files. See the next
message.
John
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 08:09:37PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Can you please send me a list of the file types that BrailleBlaster will be
> able to open.
>
> Regards,
> Alex,
>
>
> On 2011-08-30, at 7:53 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
>
> > Sure, but suppose I navigate to a .utd file in Windows Explorer. when I
> > press enter I want it to open in BrailleBlaster.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:17:06PM -0400, Sina Bahram wrote:
> >> Put that filename in quotes.
> >>
> >> Most folks just specify files without the drive letter.
> >>
> >> Take care,
> >> Sina
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 9:56 PM
> >> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [brailleblaster] Problem with BrailleBlaster on Windows
> >>
> >> I have set up BrailleBlaster so that if a file name is given on the
> >> comand line right after the jar file it will open that file. This was
> >> done so that files with the extension .utd (UTDML file) could be
> >> associated with BrailleBlaster and would open automatically. However,
> >> when I tried this on Windows with the file name
> >> c:\brl-books\emphasis.xml the file would not open because the
> >> backslashes had been removed. Doubling them resulted in single
> >> backslashes in the file name, but this defeats file association. What is
> >> the workaround for this?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> John
> >>
> >> --
> >> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> >> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> >> Developing software for people with disabilities
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > Developing software for people with disabilities
> >
> >
>
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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