[oclug] Linux access to Folio Infobase?

Brian Johnson bjohnson at jecinc.on.ca
Wed Oct 2 11:55:30 EDT 2002


I'm not sure what program made them, but the viewer that came on the CD was
Folio Views 4.2

I would love it if my Linux terminals could read the data files



> -----Original Message-----
> From: oclug-admin at lists.oclug.on.ca
> [mailto:oclug-admin at lists.oclug.on.ca]On Behalf Of Rod Giffin
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 9:45 PM
> To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> Subject: Re: [oclug] Linux access to Folio Infobase?
>
>
> On Tuesday 01 October 2002 09:24 am, Brian Johnson wrote:
> > We've got some Canadian standards on CD (National Fire Preventaion
> > Association and some CSA standards) that are in Folio
> Infobase format (from
> > what I can figure out).
> >
> > They come with Windows viewers but I haven't had any luck
> finding a Linux
> > viewer
> >
> > Can anyone help me?
>
> Is this Folio Builder 4.2 from McGeary Electronic Publishing?
>  They do not
> support anything other than Windows 95 and NT.  I have some
> information from
> users in New Zealand who say it does not work on Windows 95,
> 98, ME, 2000,
> UNIX platforms and MacOS.  They stopped using the product and
> went to other
> formats.
>
> Rod.
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