Bibtex - multiple attachments

arne_schulz
Hi all,
I'd like to import a bibtex-file into Zotero. The pdf-field contains four entries divided by a linebreak (\n):
pdf = {D:\PDF\1.pdf
D:\PDF\2.pdf
D:\PDF\3.pdf
D:\PDF\4.pdf}

Zotero only imports the last entry. I changed the lines 1630-1636 in the translator (https://www.zotero.org/trac/browser/extension/trunk/translators/BibTeX.js#L1630). In particular I added some for each loops:

Original:
} else if (field == "pdf") {
if (/:\/\//.test(value)) { // a full uri is given
item.attachments = [{url:value, mimeType:"application/pdf", downloadable:true}];
} else { // if no uri is given, assume that it is an absolute path to the PDF
item.attachments = [{url:"file://"+value, mimeType:"application/pdf"}];
}
}

Modification:
Hi all,
I'd like to import a bibtex-file into Zotero. The pdf-field contains four entries divided by a linebreak (\n):
pdf = {D:\PDF\1.pdf
D:\PDF\2.pdf
D:\PDF\3.pdf
D:\PDF\4.pdf}

Zotero only imports the last entry. I changed the lines 1630-1636 in the translator (https://www.zotero.org/trac/browser/extension/trunk/translators/BibTeX.js#L1630). In particular I added some for each loops:

Original:
} else if (field == "pdf") {
if (/:\/\//.test(value)) { // a full uri is given
item.attachments = [{url:value, mimeType:"application/pdf", downloadable:true}];
} else { // if no uri is given, assume that it is an absolute path to the PDF
item.attachments = [{url:"file://"+value, mimeType:"application/pdf"}];
}
}

Modification:
} else if (field == "pdf") {
if (/:\/\//.test(value)) { // a full uri is given
for each (var temp in value.split("\n")) {
item.attachments = [{url:temp, mimeType:"application/pdf", downloadable:true}];
}
} else { // if no uri is given, assume that it is an absolute path to the PDF
for each (var temp in value.split("\n")) {
item.attachments = [{url:"file://"+temp, mimeType:"application/pdf"}];
}
}
}

But this does not work either. Zotero still only imports the last item?
Can anyone solve this problem?

Regards,
Arne
  • ajlyon
    edited November 22, 2010
    You'll need something like: item.attachments.push( {url:temp,
    mimeType:"application/pdf", downloadable:true} );     Your current code is simply replacing the contents of item.attachments each time, rather than adding more elements to the array.
  • arne_schulz
    Hi ajlyon,
    item.attachments.push is what I needed!
    Unfortunately, this rises another problem: value.split("\n") does not work whereas comma-seperated pdfs do work ( value.split(",") ). As I am using the Bibtex export with EndNote, it does only support seperated attachments by linebreak.

    Regards,
    Arne

    P.S.: How do you do text-highlighting?

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