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[Hiroshi.Rio]

Oh! Now I think what is the problem. 

 

For an unknown reason PES is not saving your preference (maybe an issue to recognize your CF card). A comparative between 'pocket e-sword.config' files:

 

Yours:

  <Settings>

    <setting key="Resource Path" value="\CF Card\Pocket e-Sword" />

    <setting key="Reading Filename" value="" />

    <setting key="Notes Path" value="\My Documents" />

    <setting key="Note Filename" value="" />

    <setting key="Bookmark Collection" value="Default" />

    <setting key="Bible" value="KJVR" />

    <setting key="Parallel Bible 1" value="MKJV" />

    <setting key="Parallel Bible 2" value="(None)" />

    <setting key="Parallel Bible 3" value="(None)" />

    <setting key="Parallel Bible 4" value="(None)" />

    <setting key="Commentary" value="Henry" />

    <setting key="Dictionary" value="KJC" />               *despite the fact that you have installed a dictionary it is not shown here

    <setting key="Devotional" value="" />                     *same thing here with devotional

    <setting key="Strong Popup" value="" />

    <setting key="Popup Bible" value="" />

    <setting key="Reading Bible" value="" />

    <setting key="Reference" value="Rev 2:1" />        *here you can see PES remember the last versicle that you read, but no bible is selected

    <setting key="Text Size" value="2" />

  </Settings>

 

Mine:

  <Settings>

    <setting key="Resource Path" value="\My Storage\Pocket e-sword" />

    <setting key="Reading Filename" value="" />

    <setting key="Notes Path" value="\My Storage" />

    <setting key="Note Filename" value="\My Storage\test.rtf" />

    <setting key="Bookmark Collection" value="" />

    <setting key="Bible" value="ACF2007" />

    <setting key="Parallel Bible 1" value="NVI" />

    <setting key="Parallel Bible 2" value="ACF2007" />

    <setting key="Parallel Bible 3" value="(None)" />

    <setting key="Parallel Bible 4" value="(None)" />

    <setting key="Commentary" value="Barnes" />

    <setting key="Dictionary" value="Thayer" />

    <setting key="Devotional" value="Spurgeon" />

    <setting key="Strong Popup" value="Thayer" />

    <setting key="Popup Bible" value="ACF2007" />

    <setting key="Reading Bible" value="ACF2007" />

    <setting key="Reference" value="Php 1:9" />

    <setting key="Text Size" value="1" />

  </Settings>

 

 

So, lets try to edit your 'pocket e-sword.config' file. Just sync your Axim to PC via ActiveSync -> Go to PES folder -> Copy 'pocket e-sword.config' to your PC (backup it for safety) -> Right click on it and select 'Open with…" and choose WordPad. Now edit this 2 strings:

 

    <setting key="Popup Bible" value="" />

    <setting key="Reading Bible" value="" />

 

Lets say you are using KJVR. Then:

 

    <setting key="Popup Bible" value="KJVR" />

    <setting key="Reading Bible" value="KJVR" />

 

 

Save 'pocket e-sword.config'. Copy it to PES folder (in fact, overwrite it). Run PES. Lets see what will happen. 

 

[Oblias]

Outstanding!!    That did the trick, it now opens to the 1st verse of the chapter I left off at.    Excellent dective work, and I thank you VERY MUCH!!

 

One last question.   I filled in the Devotional value while I was at it, but what is the "Strong Popup" value for?   What resource would I need to install to have that filled in, and what does that actually do, the Strong Popup ??

 

You have been a great help to me, once again, I thank you!!

 

Oblias

[Oblias]

Perhaps I spoke too soon.   If I leave off reading in the middle of a chapter, say Rev 3:5, what I do is tap twice on the verse number, in this case 5, and it shows in the top box Rev 3:5, and then I close the program.   However, when I open it again, it opens to Rev 3:1.    If seems if I read an entire chapter, then advance to the next chapter and close the program, it opens correctly to the 1st verse of the un-read chapter. 

 

But it is not saving the exact location, like yours does when it saves "Php 1:9"  

 

I have not done the regedit thing yet, so I will do that now and get back with the results.

 

Oblias

[Oblias]

OK, I checked the 'Role' Reg_Dword value in my reg file, and it showed a value of decimal 24.    So, I changed it to 40, per your instructions, saved the updated reg, and closed the regedit program.    Opened PES and went down to Rev 2:10, clicked on the 10 number so that it showed up top, then closed the program.

 

Opened PES again, but it opened to Rev 2:1    and not verse 10.    

 

So I changed my 'Role' value back to decimal 24 and saved the reg again.      

 

That is the current state of affairs.   However, at least it now opens to the 1st verse of whatever book and chapter I left off at.   It is getting better!    :-)

 

Oblias

[Hiroshi.Rio]

Well, let's go by parts… 

 

1. unfortunately my premise was not correct. Today I tested PES on Windows Mobile Emulator and I could see that it can remember chapter/versicle even with the bible strings blanks (it means, <setting key="Popup Bible" value="" /> AND <setting key="Reading Bible" value="" />).

 

2. fortunately the 'trick' solved the problem a little, I mean, at least PES can remember book and chapter. Not perfect, but better.

 

3. 'Strong popup' is used for dictionaries. In fact you already have one: 

 <Dictionaries>

    <dictionary key="KJC" value="King James Concordance" path="\CF Card\Pocket e-Sword\kjc.dct" flags="1" />

  </Dictionaries>

 

Then, if you use a bible with Strong, you can click on Strong number to see the word definition in original greek/hebrew. Brown-Driver-Briggs and Thayer are very good freeware dictionaries, as ISBE (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia). 

 

4. I think the register has nothing to do with this bug. 

 

 

 

So, what could be done to try to solve this annoying problem? 

 

(a) I figured out that PES can run without 'Pocket e-Sword.config' file (in fact PES will create it again). So connect via AS, move 'Pocket e-Sword.config' to your desktop and run PES to see what happens.

 

(b.) Try to install PES on Axim main memory (ok to modules at CF). I was thinking it could be a problem with SQLCE that PES install at /windows folder. 

 

Lets see…

 

My ideas are running out… 

[Oblias]

I removed the config file and let PES rebuild a new one, and the scond time I opened it, it opened to that verse I was on when I stopped.   However, I continued on reading, made sure it said a different verse number up top, shut it down, and restarted the program.   However, it took me back to where I stopped the 1st time I shut it down. 

 

I did find another workaround, and that was to go up to the book display box, click in it, choose the current place where stopped reading, and then PES reloads the bible to that chapter and verse.  When I shut down, then restart the PES prog, it goes exactly to the spot I choose before shutting down. 

 

I suppose thats easier than making a bookmark each time, then having to go there and click on a bookmark to get me back to where I was.....

 

Perhaps this is one of the reasons there is no support for PES anymore?    But it's just fine, I can live with the method I have found to work for now.  

 

Also, thank you for explaining the popup feature, but I don't read a version of the Bible with those in it, so I do not take advantage of that feature....

 

I believe we've done all we could to try to understand what's going on, and I will thank you in person on day when we meet in Heaven.  Just remind me that you are the one who tried your best to help me thru all this!!   LOL

 

Take care, and many blessings for you and yours always from our Good Shepard !!

 

Oblias

[Hiroshi.Rio]

Well, paraphrasing our brother Paul, not as though we had already obtained, either already perfect, but it is better than before… In fact it is the first time that I heard about this bug. I think there is no support for PES anymore because Windows Mobile was abandoned, despite the fact it is a great mobile system. 

 

Ah, on celestial city, it will be easy to find me: just search a guy with a beautiful white robe. 

 

 

God bless you too.

 

 

In Christ,

Hiroshi.

 

 

[Oblias]

 

 

Ah, on celestial city, it will be easy to find me: just search a guy with a beautiful white robe. 

 

 

God bless you too.

 

 

In Christ,

Hiroshi.

 

 

 

 

Well, that may take me a while to find you then.  I believe we all get the same 'uniform' once we reach our Mansion in the Sky!    :-)

 

Take care, and study well !

 

Oblias      ( you might look up the meaning of that name, you may get a surprise )      hehe

[Hiroshi.Rio]

Well, I looked up about your name and really got a surprise.  

 

In portuguese idiom, as in greek, we also have the termination 'ias', as in the names Zacarias, Sofonias, Malaquias etc. So the first time that I read your name I thought: "It seems like a hebrew name in greek transcription". 

 

BUT, when I took a look in the OT I did not find any person with this name. So I decided to google it. And here was my surprise. 

 

I found a very interesting article about your name, namely, "JAMES THE JUST, AND HIS NAME "OBLIAS" by CHARLES C. TORREY". Then, my surprise was that I never heard about James (iakobos) had this nickname. In Torrey words:

 

"IN the earliest biographical notices of James the brother of Jesus, he is given a curious title, or nickname, which has defied all attempts at explanation. It is given out as a Semitic name in Greek transcription; and the fact that it is expressly interpreted has only increased the difficulty, for there has been found no satisfactory way of connecting the interpretation with any Semitic word or words which could fit the Greek homophone. The only clue to the precise meaning of the title is the obvious fact that it is applied to James as the head of the Christian community in Jerusalem ​(…) James, the bishop of jerusalem, was given the title in question as the guardian, the protector, of his flock (…) The designation of the bishop of the church of jerusalem as the protector of his people is most fitting, for the Christians were persecuted and in constant danger. The term applied to him is handed down, in its Greek transcription, in one unvarying form, and no reason has appeared for questioning the correctness of the tradition. It remains to ascertain the Semitic original which the Greek represents. As soon as the attempt is made to find an Aramaic or Hebrew equivalent of Ωβλιας very serious difficulty is encountered. There is no Semitic root containing bl that comes anywhere near meeting the requirement".

 

 

Is that true, I mean, is this the real meaning?

[Oblias]

You did very well  to find that information!!   Not too many people dig that deep to find out what Oblias really means.  In modern translation, it would be closer to "the steady one'"  or " the one with a solid base who watches over others",  near as I can find out.   I am retired from the Armed Forces, and for years I did my best to do what I could to 'watch over the citizens of our Nation' and to build my integrity and honor as much as God would give me the strength to.  Our Lord has saved my life so many times that I could not tell you the exact number, but I know in my heart that he has shielded me many times when I was 'in a jam' !!

 

So, I adopted the call sign 'Oblias' many years ago, but people rarely ask me what it means, even though it's quite a rare name.  

 

Just a tid-bit of information there...   LOL

 

You take care of yourself, and as we used to say, keep your boots on the ground, and watch your 6 .    

 

 

Oblias