Manual Reader (PDF)

[SpyhunterUK]

I have some PDF manuals and set the appropriate field in the emulator database but they do not show. GameEx has the manual option but shows blank screen for 1 second then goes back to the game menu. Any suggestion? (And yes I have Adobe installed LOL)

[SpyhunterUK]

Ignore me - I have managed to fix this by installing the Ghostscript Manual reader (seperately from the GameEx installer).

[nullPointer]

Perfect! And thanks for reporting back Spyhunter. I was thinking that this possibly had something to do with GhostScript but couldn't for the life of me guess where to begin. Glad to hear you got it resolved!

[DazzleHP]

Perfect! And thanks for reporting back Spyhunter. I was thinking that this possibly had something to do with GhostScript but couldn't for the life of me guess where to begin. Glad to hear you got it resolved!

I had the same inkling because of a similar issue we had last year

Thanks twice for sharing your solution Spyhunter - it helps those that follow

[hansolo77]

This brought up an interesting issue I'm having. My manuals aren't working either, but they always did in the past. What is Ghostscript? I think I remember hearing about it when manuals were first introduced. Maybe some overwrote some settings and now they don't work.

[SpyhunterUK]

Ghostscript is part of the manuls section of the GameEx installer. Although I had the seperate Manuals download file (gs folder), so looked at the reg file and placed it in Program Files. The manually run the reg files that were in the folder and all is well. GameEx does not use the Adobe Reader which I first thought was the issue.

I now have 36 emulators running via GameEx and will shortly create a new thread that helps others getting their emulators set up.