Looping jpegs in epub ID5.5

Hi. I am working on a children's picture-book consisting of 17 jpegs - no text. I used the current trial version of ID to create the epub which validates perfectly at threepress and displays correctly on Adobe Digital Editions. The problem is that when I view it on my NookColor the pages don't work properly when trying to back-up in the story. Often a single page will repeat - kind of like a stuck record - and when you get to the last page you can't back-up unless you go through the Content navigation on the Nook to get to a specific page. It almost seems like it's stuck in a loop...
If the problem is not my Nook - which has 95% free space and has not exhibited this behavior with any other epub so far - is there any part of the code I should be looking at to find this sort of problem?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
julie

That is the kind of issue which will crop up which will require tweaking the CSS file. So some knowledge of CSS if required to make eBooks.
Your best bet is to post this on the MobileRead forums: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/
There you will find some more experienced ePub creators who work with creating ePubs for the Nook, and who might advise you. Most of us here are just learning to create ePub files. I don't have a Nook, and have not encountered that issue.

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vblob blob;
buffer raw(32000);
buffer_size integer := 32000;
offset integer := 1;
length number;
mimetype varchar2(40);
begin
select emp_pic, emp_pic_mime into vblob, mimetype
from web_emp_tbl
where emp_no = empno_in;
owa_util.mime_header(mimetype);
length := dbms_lob.getlength(vblob);
while offset < length loop
dbms_lob.read(vblob,buffer_size,offset,buffer);
htp.prn(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(buffer));
offset := offset + buffer_size;
end loop;
end;

InDesign CS6 8.0.1 Fixes PDF, EPUB, Other Issues

Adobe updated InDesign CS6 to version 8.0.1, fixing many problems with EPUB and PDF export, as well as other problems.
Recent postings in the user forums the past few months have complained about failure of some buttons to work when PDF was exported, and that is now reported to be working. There were several EPUB problems reported with fixes included in the update. Here’s a list of changes from the release notes:
INDESIGN
• Links in the exported IDML still reference to old link path after connect to DAM with different display name [3195038]
• InDesign Shuts down when processing a book document with a cross reference to another book document [3189648]
• Invalid PDF/X-4 Generated Due to References to .notdef Glyphs [3193833]
• Umlaute are not displayed in form fields 3193827]
• Buttons from Master Pages for PDFs Won’t Work in some cases. [3193832]
• InDesign shuts down during during document recovery [3210940]
• Debug Log.txt file not getting created with InDesign CS6 [3210945]
• Previous versions of InDesign shut down when opening an IDML created from ID CS6 containing a psd file which has new Pantone Plus colors spot channels. [3210939]
• Deleting characters before hyphenated words causes the application to shut down. [3125513]
• Support Margin-top property in EPUB and HTML output [3197167]
• Do not translate carriage return to nbsp in EPUB export [3197157]
• Extra tag -epub-ruby-* in EPUb export CSS output [3197179]
• Warning when validating an epub exported from an ID doc that has Spaces in its name [3198096]
• Unable to select poster image using IMediaAttribute::enPosterTime [3210941]
• CrashReporter is unable to collect info in Mac OS X 10.8 [3291250]
• Memory leaks in AdobeCrashDaemon [3303518]
• It is not possible to seek new playback positions in a EPUB because audio and video files are compressed. [3131562]
• “adobe-page-layout-version” meta tag is missing from the metadata in EPUB3 format. [3220987 ]
• Adobe Edge Preview package (.OAM) is not available in importable-files list [3288926]
• Re-center policy not being honored on some exported layouts [3289996]
• If you use Alternate Layouts, content is duplicated when you export to EPUB or HTML [3293896]
• Automatic image conversion when exporting to HTML 5 selects JPEG instead of PNG, resulting in loss of transparency [3293906]
• When you export to JPEG export, the output is at mixed, or low resolution, if you have low memory [3168711]
• Updating image links in InDesign snippets results in corrupt or missing links [3178169]
• InDesign quits unexpectedly if you fetching properties of grouped items using a script [3212753]
• During EPUB Export the margin properties are not always set if they are overriden using a style [3217520]
• InDesign quits unexpectedly if the product license is invalid [3286021]
INCOPY
• Unable to select text in InCopy opened document at first attempt [3156586]
INDESIGN SERVER
• InDesign CS6 Server shuts down when replacing Glyphs via JavaScript [3210946]
• InDesign Server CS6 shuts down when trying to open enclosed bug file [3174087]
Here's a link to the release notes:
http://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/release-note/indesign-cs6-1-release-notes.html

Gone now. Appeared on updates. I was able to update two systems. Third system, it was if the update didn't exist at all. Update not available on Adobe's general software update website.
- Dov

How to insert a pdf or jpeg image into a blob column of a table

How to insert a pdf or jpeg image into a blob column of a table

Hi,
Try This
Loading an image into a BLOB column and displaying it via OAS
The steps are as follows:
Step 1.
Create a table to store the blobs:
create table blobs
( id varchar2(255),
blob_col blob
Step 2.
Create a logical directory in the database to the physical file system:
create or replace directory MY_FILES as 'c:\images';
Step 3.
Create a procedure to load the blobs from the file system using the logical
directory. The gif "aria.gif" must exist in c:\images.
create or replace procedure insert_img as
f_lob bfile;
b_lob blob;
begin
insert into blobs values ( 'MyGif', empty_blob() )
return blob_col into b_lob;
f_lob := bfilename( 'MY_FILES', 'aria.gif' );
dbms_lob.fileopen(f_lob, dbms_lob.file_readonly);
dbms_lob.loadfromfile( b_lob, f_lob, dbms_lob.getlength(f_lob) );
dbms_lob.fileclose(f_lob);
commit;
end;
Step 4.
Create a procedure that is called via Oracle Application Server to display the
image.
create or replace procedure get_img as
vblob blob;
buffer raw(32000);
buffer_size integer := 32000;
offset integer := 1;
length number;
begin
owa_util.mime_header('image/gif');
select blob_col into vblob from blobs where id = 'MyGif';
length := dbms_lob.getlength(vblob);
while offset < length loop
dbms_lob.read(vblob, buffer_size, offset, buffer);
htp.prn(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(buffer));
offset := offset + buffer_size;
end loop;
exception
when others then
htp.p(sqlerrm);
end;
Step 5.
Use the PL/SQL cartridge to call the get_img procedure
OR
Create that procedure as a function and invoke it within your PL/SQL code to
place the images appropriately on your HTML page via the PL/SQL toolkit.
from a html form
1. Create an HTML form where the image field will be <input type="file">. You also
need the file MIME type .
2. Create a procedure receiving the form parameters. The file field will be a Varchar2
parameter, because you receive the image path not the image itself.
3. Insert the image file into table using "Create directory NAME as IMAGE_PATH" and
then use "Insert into TABLE (consecutive, BLOB_OBJECT, MIME_OBJECT) values (sequence.nextval,
EMPTY_BLOB(), 'GIF' or 'JPEG') returning BLOB_OBJECT, consecutive into variable_blob,
variable_consecutive.
4. Load the file into table using:
dbms_lob.loadfromfile(variable_blob, variable_file_name, dbms_lob.getlength(variable_file_name));
dbms_lob.fileclose(variable_file_name);
commit.
Regards,
Simma........

Problems previewing InDesign CS5.5 exported EPUBs in Apple iBooks, on an iOS device.

I have EPUB Creation problems when I use my InDesign CS 5.5 document from my first EPUB book, as a template to create my other two EPUB books.
My customer gave me a job that forced me to learn how to do EPUBs – and I'm still learning. I created three books in Design CS 5.5, for fixed page PDF, with interactive table of contents and for exporting to a regular EPUB, with auto-reflow formatting and automated table of contents. These books were not created for print.
After I created the first one and successfully exported to an EPUB, that previewed fine in free Adobe Additions, I used the first InDesign CS 5.5 document as a template to create the other two publications. These books were around a hundred pages, or less, with little or no placed jpeg images except on the three books' covers, so I did not create a Book.indb for each publication. Each book is completed in single InDesign files with their own unique front cover art on their first page.
When my customer previewed the three books on his iPad, in iBooks, all three books show the cover of the first book, when you see them on the iBooks library shelf. Then when you open them, you see the correct cover for that specific book and the correct interior pages.
When I open each InDesign file and open the File Information tabbed dialog, I have a different document title entered for each of the three different books. When I export to EPUB, the EPUB Export Option dialog pops up and I have selected "Include Document Metadata." I entered the Publisher name and a separate Unique Identifier for each book, when I export.
After I emailed the three EPUBs to my iPod Touch, all three showed up in my iBooks library but when you see them on the library shelf they have the first book's cover on all three. So I have a redundant cover preview on the library bookshelf icons, in the iBooks app, running in Apple iOS.
I have two books by Elizabeth Castro about Creating EPUBs with InDesign. I'm going to read them some more, especially the part about preparing your EPUB for Apple iBooks, on iOS. But, I thought I would share my problem here to see if anyone has a solution for me. Thanks.

I often end up answering my own questions but I will do so again, this time, so that others can learn. When you are exporting to EPUB in InDesign CS 5.5, an EPUB Export Options diolog appears. Under "EPUB Cover," select "Use Existing Image file" and choose the actual file that was used on on the first page of the InDesign document, for the new book's cover.
This feature can cause inbedded human error if you use a completed Indesign book as a template to create other books because even though you placed a new cover at the beginning of the book, the Export options still has the cover file selected for the previous book you worked on.
I actually got the answer to my problem with the InDesign Help Menu, when InDesign CS 5.5 is launched.

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