[bookshare-discuss] Re: Trouble loading large books
- From: Ronald D Smith <ronsmith@xxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:57:14 -0700 (PDT)
I am using JAWS 6.10 and FS-Reader from JAWS will load the forbidden
archeology xml file with no problem.
ronsmith@xxxxxxxx
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Gerald Hovas wrote:
> Actually, I've had that problem with longer books, and I do think JAWS has
> locked up the system because I stop hearing the processor access the hard
> disk. I've also walked away like you suggested, Kelley, but it didn't seem
> to matter how much time I left it. I had originally thought JAWS was having
> problems due to a programming error introduced because Freedom Scientific
> originally assumed an upper limit to HTML file sizes which were surpassed
> when books started becoming available in the HTML format. Now, I have no
> idea what the problem might be since I've occasionally been able to get Word
> to load the file when Internet Explorer couldn't. Lately, I've been trying
> to launch the book from Windows Explorer and have been having a little
> better luck at opening books that will not open if I attempt to load it from
> Internet Explorer or Word. I'm hoping that JAWS 6 fixed the problem, but I
> still haven't been able to load JAWS 6 due to a problem with my hard drive
> and haven't had the chance to rebuild it or swap my drive out with one in an
> older computer. The only consistent work around I've found so far is to
> split the book into two or three files if Word is able to load the book.
> Also, I've found that just because Word doesn't load the file on the first
> try, it might do it on another attempt.
>
> Gerald
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kellie Hartmann [mailto:hart0421@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 12:02 PM
> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: longest book in the collection?
>
>
> Hi Ron,
> It may be that JFW isn't crashing, just taking absolutely forever to process
> the huge files. I would open it, then go away for fifteen minutes and come
> back and see if it loaded. Jaws searches files for links and other such info
> when you open them in Explorer, and if the file is big it can take a *long*
> time, especially if you have an older computer.
> Kellie
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