Cannot Start Run-Time ToolBook Without a Book

Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
Article ID: Q70281

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a

SYMPTOMS

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

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

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.

KBCategory: kbtool
KBSubcategory: win30
Additional reference words: 3.00 3.0 3.00a windows daybook

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Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
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