good reader 4: worth the investment?
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GoodReader 4, worth the investment?
Marten Vosmer posted this on October, 2015
When you have read File Jockey blogs before, you will have noticed that we love GoodReader for
iOS devices, to combine with File Jockey for downloading and uploading files in your IBM
environment. Good.iWare Ltd. has launched GoodReader 4, the next generation of the famous
GoodReader app.
Advantage: many new convenient features. For a complete overview just visit
the GoodReader website.
Disadvantage: you have to purchase the app, even if you are already a GoodReader
user.
Is it worth the investment? Let's find out!
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In this blog I will use IBM Greenhouse to test with, while it is a complete and free IBM
Connections test environment, just sign up. Go to the Appstore on your mobile device, search for
GoodReader 4 and make the purchase. Another option would be to open GoodReader 3, go to
settings and there you will see a migration message (see below). When you press this option you
will get the possibility to purchase GoodReader 4.
I've chosen to purchase the app from the Appstore (price can change over time and be different
per country):
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The app is now available on your mobile device(s). When you open the app and you are a
GoodReader 3.x user, you will instantly get a message to Launch the GoodReader Migration
Assistant, while the app detects that the previous GoodReader app is also on your mobile device.
It is not necessary to migrate at once, you can do this later by just opening the GoodReader
settings and select the migration option. This is both possible in the GoodReader 3.x app (Migrate
to GoodReader 4) as in the new GoodReader 4 app (Migrate from GoodReader 3). If you do
migrate, not only your documents will be migrated, also your available Server connections will
become available in GoodReader 4.
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Migrate GoodReader 3.x to GoodReader 4
Although this has nothing to do with file sharing, I do want to supply you with a complete manual
(and I prefer to migrate the Server connections), so press the Launch Migration Assistant button
to start the migration. Note: the files are being copied, so you need enough free space to do so.
Independent which of the two apps you use to start the migration, the migration is established
automatically from the GoodReader 3.x app.
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After pushing the button, the GoodReader 3.x app is opened presenting Migration
information. The message indicates that each setting and file in the GoodReader 3.x app will be
transferred from GoodReader 3.x to GoodReader 4. So if you have already changed settings or
downloaded files in GoodReader 4, these will be deleted! Good.iWare Ltd. advise you to keep
both apps available for a while until you are absolutely certain the migration was completed
successfully.
Press the Start Migration button. You will receive a Final Warning, press Proceed.
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When the migration has finished you will receive the following message:
GoodReader 3.x app is closed automatically. Let's continue.
Using GoodReader 4 with File Jockey
Open the GoodReader 4 app on your mobile device (in this manual I use the iPad as you will
have noticed). There are several new functionality. One of them is the possibility to create a new
PDF. Style and fill it the way you are used to with existing PDF's in GoodReader 3, extended with
several new interesting options. Press Manage Files, followed by New PDF.
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Fill in a PDF file name
The new PDF file is now available. You can add text, pictures, etc as you are used to (if not,
press learn how to read PDFs), but you can also choose to add information from other PDF's you
have created before (they have to be available in or accessible with GoodReader).
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Click on the PDF pages icon. The available pages are presented. While it is a new PDF, there is
only one page currently. Press the Append button to get access to the existing files and folders
synced in GoodReader.
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Select the preferred PDF, or a folder first and then one or more PDF's.
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Press the Append button to copy the PDF pages to the PDF file we are working in.
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Press the Save button to complete the adding of the pages. You will be asked if you want to save
the PDF changes to the current PDF or create a copy.
Choose Edit this file to add the pages to the new PDF file. Let's Append another PDF to get the
feeling and to be able to demonstrate some other options.
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For example Move pages in the PDF file, by selecting a page in the PDF file and press the
move option.
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A new Move option appears, you can press Move here to move the selected page to that location
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Press the Move here option to move the selected page to the end or use one of the two other
presented options. Let's add some text to the first blanc page and then we are ready to upload
the page to IBM Greenhouse.
Upload the PDF to IBM Greenhouse
There are several ways to upload the PDF file to IBM Greenhouse.
Upload option 1:
Go back to the main screen and select the IBM Greenhouse connection.
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Select the location you prefer (this can be My Files, Files, Library, etc) and press the Upload
option at the bottom. The documents, folders, synchronized communities, etc, are presented.
Select the document(s) you want to upload ...
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and press Upload x item (in this case Upload 1 item)
Upload option 2:
It is also possible to select the file (a community, multiple files, ...) and press the Manage Files
option. You will now see and 'Upload' option.
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When you press this button, you will see the available server connections. Select IBM
Greenhouse and the rest is similar to option 1.
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Upload option 3:
You can also upload the PDF file from within the file, by using the IBM Connections app:
In the document, press the share icon and choose ... Open In.
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Choose either one, in this case I choose Send PDF 'as is'
Select the IBM Connections app
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The file is now uploaded to My Files in the IBM Connections app. It is not possible to upload a file
to a Community.
Upload option 4:
Select the PDF file in GoodReader, select Manage Files, ... Open In and choose Send PDF 'as is'
Open the PDF in the IBM Connections app by choosing Open in Connections
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Leave the name as is and choose Upload
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The PDF file is uploaded successfully to IBM Connections
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Note: the IBM Connections app automatically opens the IBM environment you were connected
with the last time. This can be your own organization's IBM Connections environment, IBM
Greenhouse or IBM Connections Cloud. The file is automatically uploaded to My Files (when you
use File Jockey instead of the Connections app, you can determine the location you want to
upload the file to. For more information view the File Sharing with IBM Connections 5 with and
without File Jockey blog)
If you want to prevent the file to be uploaded to the wrong IBM environment, make sure you are
logged out in the IBM Connections app. You will then first receive a message when you want to
upload a file from GoodReader 4.
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Click OK and choose one of the locations presented or press the + in the corner
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Synchronize PDF's with IBM Greenhouse
When you have created a new PDF file and uploaded it the IBM Connections environment, the
file is not automatically added for synchronization. Do the following to establish synchronization
for the PDF file we have just created:
Connect with the IBM Greenhouse Connections environment, find the PDF file we have uploaded
previously, select the file and press Sync at the bottom
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You will receive a Synchronization message, press Proceed
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Select the location and press Download here and Synchronize
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The to be synchronized file already exists in GoodReader 4, press OK
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Press Sync when the Sync Parameters are presented. There are two different types of sync -
normal sync and download-only sync. In this case we choose for the normal sync while normal
sync is to keep the contents of a local file or a folder identical to what you have on a server.
Download-only sync is a convenient distribution of frequently updated documents to a group of
people.
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PDF file synchronization is started
Select 'Choose action'
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Determine how to synchronize the PDF file
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Select in this case 'Discard this conflict, files are identical' and press Proceed.
The PDF file is now ready for synchronization with GoodReader, indicated by the green icon.
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All you have to do when you open GoodReader the next time is click the sync button, beside the
file (to sync only this file) or at the bottom of the app (to synchronize multiple
files/folders/communities)
Conclusion; Is it worth the investment? Yes!
Good.iWare Ltd. has make sure that GoodReader 4 has new interesting functionality which will
persuade you easily to purchase the latest version. For me personally the possibility to create a
new PDF and start filling it with content written in the past by myself or my team members (split,
merge, rearrange files) has the most advantage to Goodreader 3.
1. It is always advisable to use the latest version of an app when you use it for business
purpose.
2. GoodReader has launched GoodReader 4 as an update for GoodReader 3.x which can
indicate that GoodReader 3.x will no longer be updated with new functionality only with
bug fixes. When you view GoodReader 3 in the app store the following is mentioned 'This
is NOT the latest version of GoodReader. The latest and most advanced version of
GoodReader is a different app called "GoodReader 4."
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An app which gives you so much functionality to ease your every day work, which give
you the possibility to work independent time and location, has proven itself in the past, ...
Of course it is worth the investment!
Enjoy GoodReader 4 with File Jockey!
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