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Q70281: Cannot Start Run-Time ToolBook Without a Book

Article: Q70281
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 30-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a 
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SYMPTOMS
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The error

  Cannot Start Runtime ToolBook without a BOOK.
  You must specify a ToolBook Application

is generated if the TBOOK.EXE file is executed without a *.TBK file specified as
a parameter and the ToolBook section of the WIN.INI file has been altered so
that there is no default startup book specified.

WORKAROUND
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Select the ToolBook icon and check the Command Line selection (choose Properties
from the File menu) on the menu to ensure that a *.TBK file is loaded like one
of the samples below:

  C:\TOOLBOOK\TBOOK.EXE C:\TOOLBOOK\DAYBOOK.TBK

  -or-

  C:\TOOLBOOK\DAYBOOK.TBK
  (Assuming *.TBK is associated to TBOOK.EXE in the WIN.INI file)

MORE INFORMATION
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ToolBook installs an entry in the WIN.INI file similar to:

     [ToolBook]
     startupUnits=inches
     startupHeight=5760
     startupWidth=8640
     startupSysColors=true
     startupSysBooks=
     startupBook=tourbook.tbk

In the sample above, the "startupBook=tourbook" line causes ToolBook to default
to the TourBook application when TBOOK.EXE is executed.

If the line reads

  startupBook=

no application is provided when TBOOK.EXE is executed and an error message
results.

This line may be altered to substitute any ToolBook application for:

  tourbook.tbk

NOTE: The full version of ToolBook, which has the executable file TOOLBOOK.EXE,
loads without a any *.TBK or startup book specified. The full version of
ToolBook will load a new authoring screen if it is loaded without a specified
book or a default startup book.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.00a windows daybook

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a

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