Stephen, [also known as APsit190], Please open your eyes when downloading, from Bible Support, and notice the dates when the files were supplied and were last updated.
In the Download section, the Official e-Sword modules are classified in Bible Support as [1] Download e-Sword. These come from https://www.e-sword.net/
These include Official modules downloaded from inside e-Sword, using the built-in e-Sword Module Downloader.
Then there is a second set of Official e-Sword modules that are classified as [2] Premium Modules. These come from https://www.estudysource.com/ These will all be password protected, and are for the exclusive use of the person who purchased the use of these copyright modules.
The fact that newly downloaded Premium files from eStudySource, and the files directly downloaded from e-Sword using the in-built e-Sword Download Manager, do in fact provide files ending with file type xxxx, when downloaded to a PC, and file type xxxi, when downloading to Apple mac, iOS, or to e-Sword for Android, is not the important factor, when considering the option of downloading files from [3] Bible Support website.
When downloading from [3] the modules in the download section,from BIBLE SUPPORT, [1] look at the date the file was submitted, and [2] look at the version of e-Sword version for which the file was made. [3] If the date is prior to 2016, for example, 2012, and the webpage says this is for e-Sword Version: 9.x - 10.x then those files are in the OLD RTF coding. [4] If you notice that there was no update since 2016, when e-Sword version 11 was released, then do NOT expect the module to be in HTML Unicode. In these cases, there may be some problems to view these modules in the Bible Compare option.
[5] If there was an update made to the page in Bible Support, since about 2020-2021, when Billhuff2002 began assisting with the conversion of files to the new formats, then you will find an entry on the download page, located in the lower left corner, as follows: [6] What's New in Version (See full changelog) Uploaded Mac/e-Sword 11 version.
In these updated entries, you will find the older downloadable file modules with file type filename.xxxx and will also find newer converted files with file type filename.xxxi which are in the new HTML Unicode coding, and which work on e-Sword for the PC version 11, 12, and 13. These new files with filename.xxxi will also work on the e-Sword X for the Mac, e-Sword HD for the iPad, e-Sword HT for the iPhone and on e-Sword for Android.
Therefore, please look at the date of the supplied modules, and the date of the latest update or modification of the filename.xxxx files, and compare that with the date of the filename.xxxi files which were created for Mac/e-Sword 11 version. You will see the dates clearly displayed in the top right corner of the web page. Any files loaded from the exe or zip type files will also indicate the last modified date, which in MOST cases will be prior to the year 2016. Thus these files which were loaded with a self-installing module are likely to be for e-Sword version 9 or version 10.
Because Josh Bond has setup Bible Support to have pre-version 11 classification of e-Sword version numbering, with version 9.X - 10.X specified as compatible with the modules supplied, the file types XXXX are likely to be the old pre-conversion modules, which are designed to run on e-Sword version 9 or 10, and will also run on the PC running later versions of e-Sword later. The XXXI downloadable modules are the Unicode HTML files that have been converted. The supplier will usually mention, on the frontpage of the download option, if the module is only applicable for Unicode e-Sword version 11 and later.
When Josh Bond upgrades the Community Forum Software, and revises the format of BIBLE SUPPORT website, then we could have [1] e-Sword version 8 and earlier, which are three-letter file types; [2] e-Sword version 9-10, which are four-letter XXXX file types. These will cater for pre-version 11 users. Then a third section, [3] which is for a post-version 11 classification of e-Sword modules, which are in XXXI file type format.
Stephen, there are still MANY entries in Bible Support website, that have NOT YET been converted, and still ONLY provide downloadable modules that are for use on the PC, and have no downloadable module in the form with file type having the last letter "i" which can be selected and downloaded for use by Mac, iOS, or e-Sword for Android.
The e-Sword PC Module Converter Conversion Utility v4.2.0 has been available since 2022-08-04 from https://www.e-sword.net/extras.html
When the user discovers that there is no downloadable module ending in file type with the fourth letter "i" then, in these situations, the user will need to use the search option using the name of the subject, and try to discover whether there is another entry, somewhere on Bible Support, where the modules for use by Apple or Mac has been provided.
Edited by Olaf Bacon, 27 July 2023 - 12:42 AM.