[R-390] Knob Drawings PDF's here

[Barry]

This brings back some memories for me.  I'm not sure, but I think the company I work for developed IndexR.

Barry - N4BUQ

> I should have noted that, once you have the Index.DLF file with the titles
> added in, IndexR will allow you to search it for keywords in the title.  See
> the attached screenshot for a search of the word "clamp" along with the
> result.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gary.biasini at shaw.ca <gary.biasini at shaw.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 9:24 PM
> To: 'Jacques Fortin' <jacques.f at videotron.ca>; 'Tom M.'
> <courir26 at yahoo.com>; 'r-390 at mailman.qth.net' <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: RE: [R-390] Knob Drawings PDF's here
> 
> It looks like the Index.DLF files with descriptions were stripped from the
> message.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net <r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of gary.biasini at shaw.ca
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 9:00 PM
> To: 'Jacques Fortin' <jacques.f at videotron.ca>; 'Tom M.'
> <courir26 at yahoo.com>; r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Knob Drawings PDF's here
> 
> Jacques,
> 
> You got them from me.
> 
> If you want all of the drawings, first off, you need to get the CD - I was
> offered the download by Carl Constanten some years ago.  If needed, I should
> be able to provide a link to the CD on my Onedrive - I wonder if we
> shouldn't just put the whole thing on R-390a.net with a searchable database?
> Unfortunately, I don't have the skills to do that but, I did have enough
> skill to put on my Windows desktop.
> 
> 1.	As I think we have all discovered, the IndexR program on the CD with
> the diagrams only installs on Windows 95 but …. I found a more recent
> version of the program from the Army that works on Windows Vista, 7 and 10
> and, I assume, 11. You can download from here -
> https://g6msd.redstone.army.mil/msd_ref/IndexRSetup_V60031.exe  Windows 10
> will tell you that it may harm the computer and you need to jump through a
> few hoops to first download and then to run it to install.
> 
> 2.	Once you install the IndexR program and run it:
> 
> a.	click File – Open, Open a file of the selected type -  Index file
> 
> b.	Navigate to where you have the documents from the CD filed and,
> under folder 17310 or 22971, click on the Index.DLF file.  So, that gets us
> the index to all the drawings that particular directory and I figured out
> how to get the files to open in the viewer program by double clicking.
>	
>	i.	Under File | Configure, first click on the Directories Tab.
> Under there, I put the following:
> 
>		Index File Path: C:\Users\garyb\OneDrive\R-390A\R-390A
> Drawings [where I saved the drawings]
>		Drawing Header File Path:
> C:\Users\garyb\OneDrive\R-390A\R-390A Drawings\17310 [You can also use 22971
> if you want to open the drawings in that folder]
>		I left the next 2 directories as they were populated by the
> program.
> 
> 3.	Rather than using an updated version of ImageR to open the image
> files (that’s the program on the CD), I decided to use XnView Classic or
> XnView MP.  If either of those programs are installed, then when you select
> the correct file in the IndexR program and it will open.  You can then print
> to PDF in that program. You must ensure that .c4 files are associated with
> the viewer program that you decide to use.
> 
> I have added descriptions to the Index.DLF files under 17310 and 22971 and
> they are attached to be used in place of the index.DLF files on the CD.
> 
> To "convert" to PDF, in the XnView program, select Print and under the
> printer select your favourite PDF printer - I use Microsoft Print to PDF and
> then save the output as a PDF.
> 
> I spent some time one night editing some of the PDFs in Adobe Acrobat to
> make them fill more of a page when printing.  As an example, see the 2
> attached no. 86 under directory 13710/00/00, one original and one edited.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net <r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of Jacques Fortin
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 7:27 PM
> To: 'Tom M.' <courir26 at yahoo.com>; r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Knob Drawings PDF's here
> Importance: High
> 
> Thank you for your effort, Tom, but I already have those two since March and
> April 2019.
> I do not remember from where they came, however,,, I also have the four .pdf
> attached which I believe to came from the same dataset.
> 
> Please let us know if more of those "old format" files can be successfully
> converted...
> 
> 73, Jacques, VE2JFE in Montreal
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net <r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net> De la
> part de Tom M. via R-390 Envoyé : 14 août 2024 14:35 À :
> r-390 at mailman.qth.net Objet : [R-390] Knob Drawings PDF's here
> 
> I spent a good bit of time trying to housebreak the R-390A drawing set
> today.They are in C4 format.The original indexer and viewer would not work
> on my PC as the apps are 25 years old.  I found newer apps online but still
> could not get the indexer to work so I was flying blind in the documents
> (over 900) but eventually found the knob drawings.
> I then converted them to PDF.  See below.
> 
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