dbi2018

Hello Admins,

It gave me a scary recently when I couldn't start E-Sword. Finally it was fixed and I could use it again.

But then I was lookiing at messages here on the forum to see if there was a possibly new version in work.

It seems there are none and the developer is also not so young.. sorry, don't want to insult him indirectly.

I wish him a long life and may God bless him for this wonderful work!

But there is my concern. What happens tomorrow when he cannot develop anymore because of the age?

What happens if there will come another strange Windows update and it doesn't work anymore?

The code of ESword is not public, as far as I know.. Please correct me if I am wrong and if there is a forseen solution to this.

If not, and I also cannot promise too much or anything at all for the moment, becuase my free time is quite limited, I had the idea to develop in (open) Java a Bible "viewer", that could work with  converted sqlite databases from ESword.

On my side, I wouldn't restrict my programming source code to anything but to further possible comercial restrictions.. otherwise anyone should be able to see, modify/improve and distribute what I would do. I have been also greatly blessed by the work of many selfless persons.

So, any comments, ideas, license issues, etc? Would it be welcome at all?

I wouldn't like to infringe some rules of this blessed project.

My program wouldn't be so extensive, at least in the beginning, if no one extends it. I would like to make it able to read and search the normal and interlinear versions of the Bible, with translation, transliteration, grammer hints and Strong numbers (like Biblehub, maybe using their databse in ESword? or asking them for permission?), along with dictionary(ies), which I find fundamental. No advanced features like comentaries, maps, user notes, audio and so on.

What do you think about it?

Thank you,

DI

So what the issue was. Some leftover part of the e-Sword installation; as proved by user making a different User Profile and installing e-Sword and it working. The suggestion to make sure Windows Media Player was installed and active is a good check as suggested by the developer on his FAQ

The  problem was with the Registry I think. I installed and removed modules in ESword and it may have got messy. I find it quite difficult to delete all the registry entries manually. After using the Revo unstinaller it worked. In my new test profile as you suggested worked also.

Hello,

I have th elast version from Windows, but since 2 days ago I cannot use ESword anymore,

I installed some new modules (Thays unabridged for exmaple) and got problems.

At the same time a restart of Windows was requested.

After the restart it hangs there without starting. It's been already 10 minutes and it does not start.

I deinstalled it, deleted the Esword folder in Programfiles x86 and reinstalled but it still doesen't work

Anyone having the same problem these days in Windows? Maybe some update problem from Windows?.

Any idea please?

I just decided to make some Bible studies in several languages for people that have little knowledge about the Bible and it just crashed and doesen't work anymore

Thank you!