Can't Run eBook

Right click on the index file (either index.htm or index.html). Select 'Open With.' Then select Internet Explorer. Does the page open?

Be sure all files needed for the ebook are copied into the source folder. There must be either an index.html or index.htm file.

If you use Windows Explorer to navigate to the Source folder, right click on the index file and select 'Open With,' 'Internet Explorer,' and nothing appears--then there is something wrong with your index file.

Why don't you try using the Activ Quick Project program? It might make things go a bit easier for you.

It will automatically create a source folder (which is where you copy and paste all your ebook files into)

It will also create an "Output" folder which is where your finished ebook will appear after you build it.

The first page of your ebook should be an html file named "index.html." You don't need a folder with the same name.

It sounds to me like you should probably read up on webpage design an html coding before trying to assemble an ebook. You can find a ton of free html tutorials online that should help.

Let's roll-back to basics and create an ebook with only an index page. Create an index for this test or use one you have already created.

1) Create a folder to hold your ebook project. Let's call it "Sample Ebook."

2) Use Quick Project to create you project file and the three required folders: include, output, and source.

3) Open Window's Explorer and verify that the Sample Book folder contains a file with the name of your ebook and the three folders: include, output, and source. Also, verify that the name of your project file does not contain any spaces. If it does rename it and use hyphens to replace any spaces. (To rename a file right click on it while in Window's Explorer and select Rename.)

4) For this test, copy only the index.html (or index.htm) file to the source folder.

5) Open the Source folder and right click on the index file that you just copied to it. Select 'Open With' and then select Internet Explorer. The file should open in an Internet Explorer window. If it doesn't there is something wrong with you index file. Otherwise close Window's Explorer.

6) Open the Activ ebook compiler.

7) Open the project file you created for this test. When the browse window opens you may to change the "Files of type:" from "Activ E-Book Projects (*.aep)" to "All Files (*.*)." Otherwise the folder "Sample Ebook" may not appear if it is a sub-folder.

8) Select the tab folder to verify that the index file is listed. If it isn't post back here.

9) Verify that the index file has a YES in the Contents column and nothing in the Exclude column. All other columns should be empty except for, of course, the File Name column.

1) Verify that folder "Sample Book -> Source" contains the index file (index.html or index.html).

2) Open the Activ ebook compiler.

3) Open the Activ project file (name-of-test-file.aep) that is contained in "Sample Book" folder.  (File->Open...navigate to the Sample Folder and click the file that ends in aep.)

4) Click on the "Files" tab. If everything is working correctly you'll see: File Name = index.html, Title=Meta Tag Title (ie Untitled), Searchable=YES, Contents=Yes.

Congrats on getting it done...and getting everything to work.