Tj Higgins

Yeah, that would have helped.  Oops  

Building and or converting modules is quite easy once you understand how the module creation tool called e-Sword Tooltip NT works. Luckily the program comes with a fully detailed users manual that is easy to follow. 

There is also a conversion program available through the official e-Sword website 

Hello Everyone,

 

I hope someone can help me resolve this issue. I launched e-Sword this morning and a pop-up came on the screen stating the above.

 

I rebooted the computer, reinstalled the software, rebooted again, uninstalled the software, rebooted, reinstalled and tried to launch the software after every necessary moment all to no avail.

 

I'm running windows 11 home on a fairly new amd platform.

 

I've tried looking for the dll online but no one had it in their repositories.

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated. I will return here on Saturday 4/15/2023 to see if there is a response posted.

 

Until then Thanks and God Bless.

 

Ed.

That dll TX27_WIND.DLL is file associated with the e-Sword module creation tool e-Sword Tooltip NT not e-Sword it is a text control file, one of four that install when you install e-Sword ToolTip NT. I cannot think of a reason that e-Sword would be looking for that dll file. 

If you have e-Sword Tooltip installed you should uninstall it and then reinstall it this should install the TX27_WIND.DLL file. If you need to download a new copy of the Tooltip installer the three most recent can be download from right here on Bible Support.

http://www.biblesupp...ws-environment/

iPad tip by E-Sword Fanatic worked.  Very simple process after the conversion is completed on a PC.  Use iCloud files to transfer from PC to iPad.  Typical file is too large to email.  Thanks... 

iTunes can also be used to transfer modules from PC to Apple/Mac devices:

https://support.appl.../en-us/HT201301

Hello everyone,

There are several wrong statements here that I want to amend (apart from the numerous typos, which I’ll not go into). It may be due to the fact there’s a new version of both SQLite and e-Sword nowadays:

 

1. “Note: before working on any modules that are installed into e-Sword, copy the module you want to edit to another folder. Modules in your e-Sword folder in the Program Files cannot be written or saved to!”

That’s wrong: The changes are applied instantly in e-Sword when I edit the module with SLQLite and this, DIRECTLY INTO THE E-SWORD FOLDER (C:\Program Files\e-Sword). I am able to edit the module “on the fly”, with e-Sword open moreover. No need, even, to change tab and come back to see the changes, which is nothing short of amazing.

 

2. “Once the SQL Statement is pasted into the box, click the Apply Button near the bottom of the box. Clicking Apply will execute the SQL statement and create a new table in the module/database.”

Wrong again: one must click on the BLUE BUTTON (arrow) in order to do this, not “click the Apply Button” that is situated at the bottom-right corner. This blue arrow is situated ABOVE the box “Execute SQL”, below the tab. One can also hit the F5 key or do Ctrl+R or Ctrl+Return (in case you don’t have a mouse).

 

3. “and then add the following piece html code: <N1> . Click Apply to enter this code into the bible verse. The bible verse in the Bible table will look like this: And God said,<not>N1</not> Let there be light:<not>N2</not> and there was light.<not>N3</not>.”

Wrong too: from v.9 (as I recall, not sure) and beyond, e-Sword doesn’t read HTML code anymore. Instead, it looks like this now (this is one example of the module I did yesterday): {\fs18\super\cf2\b R16}.

 

\fs18 is for the Font Size of the reference (here, R16).

\super is to indicate it is a superscript.

\cf2 is to Color Font (here light blue in my case).

\b is for Bold.

R16 is “Reference 16).

 

I have 1819 references in the NT module I just recently created, from R16 to R1834 (the first 15 are in the Preface which I put in a .dctx module, along with all the references). It works flawlessly. The light blue color lower size superscript is discreet, doesn’t clutter the text too much, it’s perfect.

 

Also take note that one can IMPORT A TABLE in csv format (note.csv) into the bible module in SQLite. That is exactly what I did. I worked with MS-Word 2016, then copied-pasted the text into notepad++, saved it in the .csv format and voilà. In SQLite, in the dropdown menu, click on File, then Import, then “Table from CSV file...”. Then look for it on your computer, load it and SQLite will notice there’s already a table named “note”, will propose you to import the data into the existing table. Click ‘yes’ and that’s it. It is WAY easier to prepare your references with a word processor than to copy them one by one in SQLite, obviously. Unless you have time to lose. That option saved my life as I already had them ready in a .docx (MS-Word) file.

 

Hope that helps. God bless.

Which SQL program are you using my instructions are for a program called DB Browser which I used to add pop up notes to three bible modules. As JPG said e-Sword starting with version 11 can read html modules this was an upgrade to the program which made it equal to the Apple/MAC and now Android versions of e-Sword. The Apple/Mac versions of e-Sword have always been html based which is why there are two different sets of module file extensions. Modules whose file extensions end with the letter "x" only work on the Windows versions of e-Sword while modules whose file extensions end with the letter "i" will work with all versions of e-Sword.

Your comment numbered 1 is incorrect as the program DB Browser will not write to files in the e-Sword program files folder. Again the is the SQL Program I used and wrote the instructions for not SQL Lite.
 

The instruction about creating the note table is accurate and correct for the program DB Browser which again is the program I used.

The code you used is RTF code which means your module is created as a bblx module this means it cannot be used with the Apple/Mac or Android versions ot e-Sword. When I added the Pop-Up notes to the three bible modules I was working with, I only created the notes table once. The three modules I added notes two were three editions of the World English Bible or WEB bible module. Each version uses the same set of footnotes so I copied the first notes table into the other two modules. The three modules I created can be download from here on bible support and are html based modules. As such I used html code to create the notes and the required note markers in the bible text

Here is a link to one of the modules:

http://www.biblesupp...n-edition-2022/

This module works in all version e-Sword not just the Windows version

You are correct about importing the notes in a CSV file however I did not have such a file to work with, I was simply learning the method as I went along. As for executing the SQL to create the notes table again my instructions are for the program DB Browser not SQLite. I have both programs installed on my PC and DB Browser was recommended to me by another member of Bible Support. DB Browser is a much more robust program with much nicer interface and easy to work with.

You can download the program for free from this website:

DB Browser for SQLite (sqlitebrowser.org)

Hello everyone, brothers and sisters.

 

I have a question for you: is ToolTip Tool NT the only program available for making e-Sword modules?

 

Because I'm currently trying to make a bible module in which there are hyperlinks (for ex. R123, for reference #123) wherein you hover the mouse over it and a popup window appears with either a remark, a reference or an explanation. So far, the only module I found achieving this is ESV+ (which module is not linked to any other module like a .cmtx or a .dctx, amazingly enough). How in the world did they manage to make it? Someone please tell me because this is not possible with ToopTip Tool NT.

Thanks and God bless you.

The first thing you need to understand is the all e-Sword modules are SQL databases and can be edited using an SQL database editor. Tooltip NT does not have the functionality to create Popup notes however they can be easily created using an SQL database editor. 

I have posted the instructions for creating Popup notes the post that the previous poster provided a link to

Hello Tj, is the unwanted text block a different font than the text you want to keep?

NO the font is the same just blue while the article text is black

The project of creating a module from The Jewish Encyclopedia continues but not very well. 

There is simply no quick and or easy way to accomplish this task let me elaborate on what I mean by this.

First the only useable source for this project is the Jewish Encyclopedia website which contains over 15000 individual html pages at one page for each individual article with the the encyclopedia 

At first I was doing a simple copy and paste of each entry into Tooltip NT but this is a very slow process and I needed to find a quicker way. So I downloaded a program to make a copy of the website on my computer to work from and that worked well giving me a perfect duplicate of the Jewish Encyclopedia website. I then downloaded a program to convert all of the individual article html pages to rtf format again this worked well but it left me with an unexpected and very troubling issue. 

Each of the individual article contains not only the text and images found with in the articles themselves but each page also has a directory which appears across the top of the page in the html but a single column list in the rtf page. This single column list appears above the text article in every rtf file. Below each article is a shorter directory also in a single column list.

What I need to be able to do is somehow in very quick and easy way is to move the article text and images into Tooltip to create the module. Given the layout created by the html to rtf conversion, I am left having to delete a total of 30000 directories from each rtf page both the directory above each entry and the directory below each entry. This is very time consuming and times frustrating method to use given how much editing I must do. 

I have restarted this project twice but I am not making much progress which is frustrating because I have not had such issues with other modules I have created.

In anyone can help please reach out as I will take any help I can get

The Jewish Encyclopedia will be a fantastic resource for e-sword users when it is completed

MySword 14 was released on March 10 with both new features and some fixes:
 

I have created a fully working Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words my module contains both the OT and NT words. 

To create or rather repair this module I first chose a complete module that I converted from a Word module to an e-Sword dctx module. After opening the converted module in Tooltip however I discovered the conversion created a module containing multiple html errors. The html errors were link errors related to the verse Tooltipping and they were throught the module. I quicky realized this would a time consuming effort and decided to find another way.

I remembered that I have individual modules of Vine's OT and NT Dictionaries already installed in e-Sword, So I opened the OT module in ToolTip here is an example of an entry as found in the individual OT module:
 

The entries in the NT module does have the cross references tooltipped, the Greek Strongs #'s are not formatted for e-Sword use.

Here is an example taken from Tooltip NT:
 

÷Abase

<1,,5013,tapeinoo>

signifies "to make low, bring low," (a) of bringing to the ground, making level, reducing to a plain, as in Luk_3:5; ( metaphorically in the Active Voice, to bring to a humble condition, "to abase," 2Co_11:7, and in the Passive, "to be abased," Phi_4:12; in Mat_23:12; Luk_14:11; Luk_18:14, the AV has "shall be abased," the RV "shall be humbled." It is translated "humble yourselves" in the Middle Voice sense in Jam_4:10; 1Pe_5:6; "humble," in Mat_18:4; 2Co_12:21 and Phi_2:8. See HUMBLE, LOW. Cp., tapeinos, "lowly," tapeinois, "humiliation," and tapeinophrosune, "humility."

Again the text of the above example matches the text of entry in the print version of Vine's dictionary

The Greek Strongs number 5013 does not have a capital G before the number 5, Tooltip does not recognize it has a Strongs number. The lack of correct formatting of the Strongs # does not open a popup when the number is moused over. Using Tooltip I was able to correct this issue but it took some clever find and replace actions to get it done. 

Once I had the NT module corrected and working I was ready to combine the two but before that I discovered the both module were missing an important header variable. The variable in question was #define sorttype=1 which is the variable setting that results in e-Sword dictionary entries being sorted alphabetically. 

With last issue corrected and did a cut and paste of the OT entries into  the NT module which includes Vine's notes about certain prepositions and particles in the dictionary text. Then had Tooltip generate and brand new dictionary module which contains a complete and fully funtional Vine's dictionary

Hello,

Tried to download the Stedman Commentary and it said the file was not available.  Any one know why?

Thanks Steve

It is hosted on another website which is currently down;

You can find it here:

http://www.doctordav...nCommentary.zip

I am trying to find tools or instructions on how  a bbl can be created to be compatible with older versions of esword. 

I have a friend who is unable to upgrade to newer versions. I appreciate all that will say how easy it is to upgrade, risk free, etc etc. But I really need to know how to get to a bbl if anyone can help. 

 

 

 

Kind regards,

 

MJ

Not sure how going back words from the bblx or bbli format could be or with what tool or tools could be used. The bbl module format was discontinued with the launch of e-Sword version 9. 

There are a number of older bbl modules available for download here on Bible Support.

What is the reason your friend cannot upgraded to say version 9 or 10 of e-Sword instead of the more recent versions?

Hi. I believe this has been asked in the past. But when clicking on a Strong's number, it of course shows the Total KJV occurrences in the Strong tab. But you can't click on it. So we have to actually right clikc on the number and do a search in a separate unlinked window. I notice my Android e-sword actually allows me to click on the occurrences message and see the verse links. Is there any plans to add this to the Windows program? Thanks.

What you need to have installed is the King James Concordance module. This module displays all of the occurances found in the KJV with each reference tooltipped to display in pop up windows

Hi Higgsy,

Yeah, I'm well aware of what file types SBR supports, but what the thing I've tried to find on their site is what converts to what. And its this conversion documentation that isn't actually there. You see, all of those file types that are supported, they can opened in SBR and read. But as to what can actually be converted to what, that information isn't there. As I said in my initial response:

 

That's the issue that's been bugging me when I read your reply. See, its the other way around thingy.

 

I guess that my peeve are the claims made about SBR with no evidence to support those claims. There is no documentation of how to convert and what can be converted to what

 

Me thinks I just might have to download SBR (Simple Bible Reader) and have a play around with it, and hack into the code (if its written in C#) and see which way things work.

Everthing can be converted between the formats listed for each module type listed. You can convert all of the listed formats to each other as the program can read and convert all of the different module formats in the lists I posted. 

You simply select which bible, dictionary, commentary or book file you want to open in the program such as for example an e-Sword bible module bblx file. The program will open the module then you select which format from the list of bible module formats that you want to convert to then click export to convert the module.  

I have used this program many times to convert modules for e-Sword use and visa versa

Simple Bible Reader is as the title implies a simple peice of bible software designed to read modules from multiple bible programs including e-Sword, MySword  The Word and others. The programs is more then just a module reader ir is also a module conversion utility. The program can convert modules between various  bible software programs.

What is the difference between Simple Bible Reader and the e-Sword Module Converter?

While the e-Sword module can convert e-Sword modules from the Windows format to the Apple/Mac/Android format that is all it can do. Simple Bible Reader on  the other hand can convert e-Sword modules to Mysword, The Word, MyBible, and the other way around. Another major difference between the two converters is that unlike the e-Sword converter, Simple Bible Reader can do batch conversions of multiple modules at one  time

Simple Bible Reader can read and convert four basic types of modules: Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries and Books or Topic modules below is complete list of the modules that Simple Bible Reader can read and convert: The program can also be used as it's own bible study tool

More module formats will added in the future as development of the program has resumed after a brief hiatus

You can download the program from the following link

https://trumpet-call...plebiblereader/

 

Hi Higgsy,

I went to the Simple Bible Reader website and checked out their documentation of  what could be converted to e-Sword's format. Now, unless I'm as blind as a Bat, or need new glasses, of which it could be either one of those (blind as a bat, need new glasses ), I couldn't see or find anything about converting resources from MySword to e-Sword.

 

Now, I realize I could be wrong, and could have missed that bit about converting MySword resources to e-Sword format. Converting from e-Sword to other formats, including MySword, there's an abundance of that data. But the other way around, nah! Just ain't there going by what I could see. You know, blind as a bat or need new glasses thingy.

 

Blessings,

 

 

Hey! By the way, anyone seen a Bat wearing glasses???

 

 

 

Here is the list of module types that Simple BIble Reader can convert:
 

Supported formats:

• Bibles – Zefania XML Bibles, The Unbound Bible (Unmapped-BCV, Mapped-BCVS, Unmapped-BCVS), Open Scripture Information Standard (OSIS), General Bible Format (GBF), XML Scripture Encoding Model (XSEM), The Word Bible Modules (ONT, ONTX, OT, OTX, NT and NTX)2, e-Sword Bible Modules (BBL, BBLX, BBLI), Unified Scripture Format XML (USFX), The SWORD Project1 , Verse Per Line (VPL), Go Bible, Theological Markup Language (ThML), Open Song Bibles (XMM, OpenLP.org Bibles, Bible Companion (BIB), MySword for Android, Bible Analyzer (BIB), EasySlides (MDB), MP3 Bibles, LOGOS Import (DOCX), Online Bibles, PalmBible+, HeavenWorld Bibles for Windows 8, VerseVIEW, MyBible, SwordSearcher.
• Commentaries – XML Format, SWORD Commentary Modules (ZIP), The Word (cmt.twm), e-Sword 8.x (CMT), e-Sword 9.x and above (CMTX), MySword for Android, Bible Analyzer (CMT), OnlineBible Commentaries, MyBible, SwordSearcher.
• Dictionaries – Zefania Dictionary Format (XML), SWORD Dictionary Modules (ZIP), The Word (dct.twm), e-Sword 8.x (DCT), e-Sword 9.x and above (DCTX), MySword for Android, Bible Analyzer (DCT), OnlineBible Dictionaries, MyBible, SwordSearcher.
• Books/topics – XML Format (XML), The Word (gbk.twm), e-Sword 8.x (TOP), e-Sword 9.x and above (TOPX/REFX)3, SWORD Book Modules (ZIP), MySword for Android, Bible Analyzer (BK), STEP Modules, Online Books, SwordSearcher

As you can see, Simple Bible Reader can convert MySword Bibles. Commentaries, Dictionaries, and Books or Topics.
The program can convert modules to and from all of the above formats with support for more module types in the works