Upgrade Storagepdf attachment modification and saving
overview of what I'm trying to do:
(1) attached a pdf to a zotero entry (2) open the pdf via zotero and edit the pdf with highlighting etc (3) save it (4) reopen it from zotero at a later time and continue editing
this is how I tried to do that and it didn't work:
I had a pdf on my hard drive which I attached to a zotero entry.
then I opened the attachment via zotero ("_view file_" button)
the pdf opened in firefox and I edited it a bit (added highlighting)
then I clicked the save button and when the save dialog popped up, I pasted the full path to the zotero copy of the pdf (I got this path by clicking the "_show file_" button in the attachment area of zotero, right next to the "_view file_" button I pressed earlier to open the attachment, then I added the pdf filename after that path). when doing this a dialog popped up saying "this file already exists, you want to overwrite?", I clicked yes.
then I closed the pdf by navigating to another web page.
then I went back to the attachment in zotero and again clicked "_view file_"
the file opened again but it opened without any of the highlighting I had just saved,.... kind of weird.
I tried this a couple times, same result, any ideas? In case anyone's wondering, when I go to zotero's version of the pdf and open it outside of firefox it doesn't have the highlights either.
if this worked, especially with the synching version of zotero (1.5), would be great
(1) attached a pdf to a zotero entry (2) open the pdf via zotero and edit the pdf with highlighting etc (3) save it (4) reopen it from zotero at a later time and continue editing
this is how I tried to do that and it didn't work:
I had a pdf on my hard drive which I attached to a zotero entry.
then I opened the attachment via zotero ("_view file_" button)
the pdf opened in firefox and I edited it a bit (added highlighting)
then I clicked the save button and when the save dialog popped up, I pasted the full path to the zotero copy of the pdf (I got this path by clicking the "_show file_" button in the attachment area of zotero, right next to the "_view file_" button I pressed earlier to open the attachment, then I added the pdf filename after that path). when doing this a dialog popped up saying "this file already exists, you want to overwrite?", I clicked yes.
then I closed the pdf by navigating to another web page.
then I went back to the attachment in zotero and again clicked "_view file_"
the file opened again but it opened without any of the highlighting I had just saved,.... kind of weird.
I tried this a couple times, same result, any ideas? In case anyone's wondering, when I go to zotero's version of the pdf and open it outside of firefox it doesn't have the highlights either.
if this worked, especially with the synching version of zotero (1.5), would be great
in zotero click the "_show file_" button for the attachment, then open the file outside of firefox, edit it, save it, then if you open it via zotero ("_view file_" button) it will show the edited version.
so for some reason (perhaps because zotero 1.5 tries to lock the library files for stability reasons I think) this works while trying to do what I said in the first post doesn't.