good reader 4: worth the investment?

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Marten Vosmer: +31 (6) 22473076 | [email protected] | http://www.file-jockey.com

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!

You can use the File Jockey software on-premises (or in the Cloud);

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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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