BMS Manual Search
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@airtex2019 Thanks for the explanation, being on a developer machine it can be difficult to exhaust all possible Windows permutations. In hindsight I should have targeted 4.8 in that case.
I wonder if it is rare to not have .NET 6 installed since this is the first complaint for the app - or if people just shrugged and gave up
Anyway, I will make sure to include both types of published versions with any future releases.
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Very nice tool!
But I have the impression that I cannot find anything from the ābms-training.pdfā.
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@Falcon316 The training manual is definitely included by default, so not sure what the issue you are seeing is about. Could you post a screenshot with the search that you are trying ?
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@Falcon316 No problem on my PC:
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@jayb I tried ILS and no result for the training manual (see screenshot)
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A couple of things come to mind.
Could you check the file called āpdffiles.csvā - it is in a subfolder called āFilesā under the folder for the app. It shows what manuals were indexed. If possible, open it in notepad and share a screenshot of its content ?
The timestamp shows that the index was recently built - do you remember if it took 30-60 seconds for it to run ? That would be an expected timeframe for a good index to be created.
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@jayb It takes about 10 seconds to index and the training missions pdf is not included in the pdffiles.csv
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@Falcon316 hm, in the cfg folder thereās a file manuals.cfg which lists the manuals that should be indexed. What does it contain?
Also for the basics, could you verify that the training manual is present under its original name
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@jayb Dear Jay, the problem is solved.
In my FalconBMS 4.37/Docs folder there was a file named ābms-training.pdfā; and after renaming it to ābms-training-manual.pdfā, the problem is solved.Strange because I am quite sure that ābms-training.pdfā was the original nameā¦
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@Falcon316 Great to hear! Yeah I think the name you renamed to is the original one since some versions ago
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A new version is out with a minor improvement to support manuals with different filenames.
It turns out that some manuals can be distributed under different filenames. At first I thought that had to be wrong, but on the BMS Wiki page for manuals (https://wiki.falcon-bms.com/en/manuals) a few of the manuals available for download have slightly different filenames to those that ship as part of a BMS install.
Generally, this app ships with a list of filenames of manuals that will be indexed and subsequently can be searched. Up till now they were the filenames from a BMS install.
In the new release the alternative names for the training manual, the -1 and -34 are added to that list, ensuring that the indexing will pick up whichever filename is present.
I have also added the brevity guide from the āReal Manualsā group of docs since that is packed with useful keywords that one might want to look up:
So @Falcon316, with the new version you can rename the training manual back to the name you had if you like.
You may find the new version here: https://github.com/JBoysen1/BMSManualFinder/releases/tag/v1.0-beta.7
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The Manual Search app uses browsers (like Chrome or Edge) to open search results.
Would people be interested in having the option to open results in a āproperā reader like Acrobat, Foxit or SumatraPDF ?
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@jayb
Yes, please!
Iām a Foxit guy! -
@jayb Yes, Acrobat.
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Salut
Excellent job.
Thank -
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Very slick application. 100% self explanatory and it does indeed speed up browsing in the manuals! A+
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Hey @jayb, did you happen to include a ācustomā icon in the installation folder? The generic windows icon is somewhat nostalgic!
I most certainly enjoy using the app for searches as Iām quite at odds in finding something I know exists in some .pdf and donāt really enjoy āthumbingā through the 11 manuals in an attempt to find the particular search.
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Now that the app is mostly done things like the icon should also be fixed. Thanks for the reminder!
A few things still outstanding:
- Proper pdf reader inclusion - will be ready very soon, some time next week
- Some speed optimization in search when using Proximity and Flex
- An option to allow full substring search
-JayB
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Excellent work on doing that tool. It is really useful and helpful to search the manuals. Well done and thank you.