DSALauncher

DSALauncher is a simple tool that allows yout to uickly open your Das Schwarze Auge/The Dark Eye pdfs at the right page. With the companion userscript you can even directly jump from wiki-aventurica.de to the right positions in your pdf files.
The whole thing was written in under a day - so do not expect too much...

HowTo use

Open a document

[documentKeyword] + enter

Open document on specific page

[documentKeyword] [page] + enter
[documentKeyword][page] + enter

Open document and start a search

[documentKeyword] [searchKeyword] + enter

Open document from wiki-aventurica.de

Just install the userscript and click on the new links on page numbers

Position

click + drag

Exit DSALauncher

exit + enter

HowTo install

0. Install .NET Framework 4.7.1 (if not already installed)
1. Dowload the latest release
2. Unzip the files to a folder of your choice
3. Open the settings.json file in a editor

Key	Description	Example
PdfViewer	Path to executable of the pdf viewer.	C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Adobe\\Acrobat Reader DC\\Reader\\AcroRd32.exe
PdfCommandPage	Arguments to open a page ({0}=pdf path {1}=page number)	/A page={1} \"{0}\"
PdfCommandSearch	Arguments to trigger a search ({0}=pdf path {1}=keyword)	/A search=\"{1}\" \"{0}\"
PdfBasePath	Base path to make relative paths absolute	'C:\DSA'
AlwaysTop	If true the input field will always stay on top	'true'
InactiveOpacity	A value between 0and1` which determinates the opacity of the inactive input field	0.8
WebserverActive	If true a small webserver will be started which allows the companion userscript to open pdfs	true
WebserverPort	The port the webserver should use	7964
Files	List of the documents you own - see next table how to define documents	[ ... ]

Files definition:

Key	Description	Example
Keywords	List of keywords for this document (adding wiki-aventurica name is sugested)	[ "Wege der Helden", "WdH", "Helden" ]
PdfPath	Path to your pdf file (can be absolute or relative to PdfBasePath)	Regelwerke\\Wege der Helden.pdf
Offset	Offset for the page numer for this document	1

4. Allow the user to use the port: netsh http add urlacl url=http://*:[Port]/ user=DOMAIN\user
   Optional - you can also run DSALauncher.exe with administrative rights.

5. Start DSALauncher.exe

6. [Optional] Install DSALauncher.user.js in your browser

Known issues

• If a document is already open it will not change to the new position (adobe reader limitation)