running the program in WINDOWS

1. Decompress all MBP_reader_v02d_win.zip files in the same FOLDER.
2. Put a copy of your MBP FILES in that very same FOLDER.
3. Double-clik on MBP_reader.exe ...
   
4. If everything runs ok (maybe it won't, look contact below), all your notes will be in text files named after your original mbp files, plus a ".mbp_notes.txt" extension.
       If drawings exist in the mbp file, they'll be exported to GIF images, named after the mbp file, plus a number and ".gif" extension.
       In case of errors, they'll be reported in the file mbp.errors.txt. You can send me an email with the description of your problem in that file (idleloopyahoo.com).
       Anyway, if some problem arises not related to your file, but to the exe file (it shows up window's errors or something like that), you can try the second method "running the script...", described below.

running the script in WINDOWS & LINUX / UNIX

1. In linux, Perl is always installed ;)
   In windows, you will need to install a Perl interpreter, for example ActivePerl:
   follow this link (You don't have to give your data if you don't want to, just click "continue"...)
   When you have finished installing it, continue to next step.
2. Decompress all MBP_reader_v02d.zip files in the same FOLDER.
3. Put a copy of your MBP FILE in that very same FOLDER.
4. Open up a command-line console:
   In windows, a MS-DOS console.
5. Situate the prompt in the FOLDER (cd... 'til reach FOLDER).
6. Type:
   perl MBP_reader.pl MBP_FILE_NAME.mbp
   where "MBP_FILE_NAME.mbp" is the name of your mobipocket file (the one whith extension '.mbp' which are the ones that contains your notes) from which you want to extract the notes.
   Or, alternatively, type:
   perl MBP_reader.pl
   to extract notes from every file which resides in the FOLDER.
7. If everything runs ok (maybe it won't, look contact below), all your notes will be in a text file(s) named after your original mbp files, plus a ".mbp_notes.txt" extension.
       If drawings exist in the mbp file, and the system has both the GD perl module and libgd libraries, they'll be exported to GIF images, named after the mbp file, plus a number and ".gif" extension.

    In case of errors, they'll be reported in the file mbp.errors.txt. If some problem arises, you can send me an email with a description of your problem (idleloopyahoo.com).