[5.0 Beta] Fails on file and clipboard import

edited February 15, 2017
When trying to import one or more BibTex or Zotero RDF entries to Zotero Standalone I keep getting a series of similar messages:

JavaScript Error: "not well-formed" {file: "moz-nullprincipal:{84b9ba43-5370-432f-a490-6fa77268688f}" line: 1 column: 1 source: "@Book{abramowitz+stegun,"}]

No record is added when importing from clipboard and an empty collection is created when importing from a .bib file.

The error occurs even when simple, well-formed records are being imported:

@Book{abramowitz+stegun,
author = "Milton {Abramowitz} and Irene A. {Stegun}",
title = "Handbook of Mathematical Functions with
Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables",
publisher = "Dover",
year = 1964,
address = "New York City",
edition = "ninth Dover printing, tenth GPO printing"
}

The files are correctly imported into my 4.3 installation.

(version => 5.0-beta.136+469d689, platform => Linux x86_64, oscpu => Linux x86_64, locale => en-US, appName => Zotero, appVersion => 5.0-beta.136+469d689, extensions => ZotFile (5.0.0b2, extension), Zotero LibreOffice Integration (3.5.12.SA.5.0-beta.136+469d689, extension), Shockwave Flash (, plugin) )
  • The import fails on Zotero RDF file created with a Zotero 4 instance as well.

    The only error message this time is:

    [JavaScript Error: "Localized string not available for fileInterface.importing"]

    version => 5.0-beta.137+469d689, platform => Linux x86_64, oscpu => Linux x86_64, locale => en-US, appName => Zotero, appVersion => 5.0-beta.137+469d689, extensions => Zutilo Utility for Zotero (2.0.2, extension), Zotero LibreOffice Integration (3.5.12.SA.5.0-beta.137+469d689, extension), DjView-4.10.6 (, plugin), Shockwave Flash (, plugin), Java(TM) Plug-in 11.121.2 (11.121.2, plugin)

    The import debug messages look fine to me.

  • This was broken in non-English locales by a recent change. Try again in 138, available in a few minutes.
  • Thank you for your swift reply.
    The import now works perfectly!
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