Wordcruncher

File Format
Name	Wordcruncher
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Electronic Publishing formats Wordcruncher
Extension(s)	.etb, .erl, .etbu, .erlu, others
Released	1986

Wordcruncher is a text indexing, retrieval, and analysis software developed at Brigham Young University under the name ETC in the early 1980's. Originally called the BYU Concordance Program, it also has been licensed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for viewing scriptures under the LDSView title.

File Information

Wordcruncher can process a text file and produce an index along with a "book" format for use in their viewing software.

DOS versions used extensions beginning with the letter "B", Windows used letter "E", starting in version 7, unicode was added and extensions end with the letter "U".

File Identification

Extension	Description	Header	Notes
BYA	Source Text with markup		DOS
BYB	Compressed Book format		DOS
BYC	Book Case Data		DOS
BYU			DOS
BYX	Index Data		DOS
ETA	Source Text with markup		Windows
ETB	Compressed Book format	FE430000	Windows
ETC	Book Case Data		Windows
ETE	Environment Data		Windows
ETF	Frequency Data		Windows
ETG	Book graphics in TIFF format	49492A00	Windows
ETT	Translate Data		Windows
ETX	Index Data		Windows
ERL	Reference List File	4F4352AB	Windows
ETAX	Source Text with markup in XML		Documentation
ETBU	Compressed Book format	FE480800
ENBU	Notes File
ETGU	Book Graphics	45544755
ERLU	Reference List File	4F4352AB
ELIM	Library Data Modules	454C494D

Samples

• Portals LDS Library
• PC-SIG Library 9th Ed.: uses WordCruncher WCView 4.30
• PC-SIG Library 10th Ed.: uses WordCruncher WCView 4.30
• PC-SIG Library 12th Ed.: primary interface is HyperReader, but WordCruncher WCView 4.30 is also used
  • WordCruncher Shareware 4.50 is available as PC-SIG disks #3005 (viewer and indexer programs) and #3015 (manual and tutorial files) on this CD-ROM. The tutorial files include uncompressed .BYB files.
• PC-SIG Library 13th Ed.: primary interface is HyperReader, but WordCruncher WCView 4.30 is also used