Charles, I have taken a look at several XKS files and have determined that they are nothing more than XML, encoded in UTF-16 Big-Endian format.
If you have an appropriate editor, you should be able to create your own. Here is the structure -- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-1.6" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE XKS PUBLIC "-//IBM//BookManager XKS 0.1//EN" "http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/df/dtd";> <XKS> <SHELFHEADER NAME="filename"> <TITLE>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</TITLE> <AUTHOR>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</AUTHOR> <UPDATE DATETIME="ccyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss"></UPDATE> </SHELFHEADER> <DOCUMENT DOCID="publication number"> <INSTANCE DOCOBJTYPE="application/pdf" NAME="filename" VALIDATE="NO"> <TITLE>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</TITLE> <UPDATE DATETIME="ccyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss"></UPDATE> </INSTANCE> </DOCUMENT> </XKS> The specification for NAME in the SHELFHEADER section should be replaced by the 8-character filename of the XKS file, omitting the filename extension and retaining the double quotes, while the settings of the TITLE, AUTHOR, and UPDATE sections are self-explanatory. I do NOT have any information in respect to length limitations for the TITLE and AUTHOR settings. The DOCUMENT section should be repeated for each document to be included in the bookshelf. The specification for DOCID in the DOCUMENT section should be replaced by the IBM publication number, in the format "xxxx-xxxx-nn", retaining the double quotes, NAME should be replaced by the 8-character filename of the PDF file, omitting the filename extension and retaining the double quotes, while the settings of the TITLE and UPDATE sections are self-explanatory. Again, I do NOT have any information in respect to length limitations for the TITLE settings. John P. Baker -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 3:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Looking for COBOL V5R1 Softcopy Librarian docs Okay! Dave, can you find any Enterprise COBOL 5.1 shelf for Softcopy Librarian? Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 2:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Looking for COBOL V5R1 Softcopy Librarian docs I still use and really like Softcopy Librarian. I have stated my opinion of the phase-out of Bookmanager format here before. My opinion of Infocenter is not fit for a public forum:) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
