I tried it in Standalon again with and without attachments (although now EndNote's Refman output style includes L1: attachments, so I just moved the .txt to a folder without the attachment file. I don't know if I should have edited the output style first not to include the L1 line, or if Zotero just ignores that line if it can't find an attachment.

Then I tried in Zotero for Firefox, and it worked very fast with and without attachments. Then I realized the Firefox version is still 3.0.14.

I'm going to import and sync and keep the Firefox at the old version for now.

Then I'll try to turn on debugging in W7 and reproduce the problem

I had to follow the instructions here in both Zotero for Firefox 3.0.14 and 4.0.3...

IMPORTING FROM ENDNOTE:

http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/5311/

Zotero's RIS import does have the ability to import PDFs and Endnote does export links to your PDFs in the RIS files it generates. The problem is that Endnote does not give the full path to the file.

You should be able to import all the PDFs by using a single find and replace statement.

You will want to find
internal-pdf://
And then replace it with
file://location/where/endnote/stores/your/pdfs


Later in that thread one of the Zotero developers said this would not be necessary in the new version.

However, doing the Find/Replace DOES NOT fix the problem in Standalone 4.0.3.


AS AN FYI, I think related to the evil that is EndNote,

Not only did I have to do the find/replace, but because the file structure seems to have changed in EN6, resulting in filepaths that look like this:

C:\Users\Reif\Documents\MJCC.Data\PDF\Pederson2011-0463589890\Pederson2011-0463589890.pdf

When you do the Find/Replace up to ....PDF\

ENDNotes REFMAN .RIS export produces text that looks like:

internal-pdf://Pederson2011-0463589890/Pederson2011.pdf

You have to go back and do FIND/REPLACE to change the last " / " to " \ "
to get the attachments to import.

I don't have the old version of EndNote installed anymore, but there used to be an option, I believe, to convert between fixed or relative links, which would have solved this problem, I think, but I can't seem to do it in EN6.


IN SUM:
Zotero 4.0.3 for Firefox seems to do fine importing attachments with Endnote .ris files using the old method, but nothing I do makes it work in Standalone.

I don't have time to figure out the debugging so will continue to use Standalone and FF versions until I get all my libraries into Zotero.

I exported a few with different types of enteries and varying amts of info.



TY - JOUR
AB - The author reflects on the participation of media in the Arab world's alteration to changes and the effect of the development in the ascendance of public opinion. He argues that the increasing distribution of television networks contribute to determine the government and peoples status in the country's socio-political dynamics. An overview of the history including the effect of the modification in the present situation. He suggests that conceptual research is important in the area.
AN - 33342092
AU - Zayani, Mohamed
DB - ufh
DO - 10.1163/187398608x317423
DP - EBSCOhost
KW - EDITORIALS
PUBLIC opinion
MASS media
TELEVISION networks
SOCIAL surveys
RESEARCH
DYNAMICS
ARAB countries
ARAB
MEDIA
Public
SATELLITE TELEVISION
SPHERE
L1 - internal-pdf://Zayani2008-1756058881/Zayani2008.pdf
M1 - 1
M3 - Article
N1 - Zayani, Mohamed 1; Email Address: mzayani@aus.edu; Affiliations: 1: American University of Sharjah, UAE; Issue Info: Jan2008, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p60; Thesaurus Term: EDITORIALS; Thesaurus Term: PUBLIC opinion; Thesaurus Term: MASS media; Thesaurus Term: TELEVISION networks; Thesaurus Term: SOCIAL surveys; Subject Term: RESEARCH; Subject Term: DYNAMICS; Subject: ARAB countries; Author-Supplied Keyword: ARAB; Author-Supplied Keyword: MEDIA; Author-Supplied Keyword: Public; Author-Supplied Keyword: PUBLIC OPINION; Author-Supplied Keyword: SATELLITE TELEVISION; Author-Supplied Keyword: SPHERE; NAICS/Industry Codes: 519110 News Syndicates; NAICS/Industry Codes: 515120 Television Broadcasting; Number of Pages: 20p; Document Type: Article
PY - 2008
SN - 18739857
SP - 60-79
ST - The challenges and limits of universalist concepts: Problematizing public opinion and a mediated Arab public sphere
T2 - Middle East Journal of Culture & Communication
TI - The challenges and limits of universalist concepts: Problematizing public opinion and a mediated Arab public sphere
UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=33342092&site=ehost-live
VL - 1
ID - 77
ER -


TY - JOUR
AU - Zaboot, Tahar
L1 - internal-pdf://Zaboot-1194810626/Zaboot.pdf
PY - 2010
SP - 201-210
ST - La pratique langagière de locuteur(s) bilingue(s)
T2 - Synergies Algérie
TI - La pratique langagière de locuteur(s) bilingue(s)
VL - 9
ID - 109
ER -


TY - JOUR
AB - The International Wellbeing Index (IWI) has been developed as a complementary measure to already well-known economic measures, and as a tool for cross-cultural comparisons. It comprises two subscales: the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) and the National Wellbeing Index (NWI). The aims of this paper are two-fold. Firstly, to test the psychometric characteristics of the IWI. Secondly, to study how people of Algeria, a third world country that is yet suffering from a harsch economical and social situation, respond to questions dealing with their own lives and life in their country in general, compared to samples from more developed countries where wellbeing was previously measured. The IWI items were presented to individuals either in a questionnaire form to be self-rated or in interview sessions. The total of 1417 answers were analysed. As was expected, a very low satisfaction on both scales was found, compared to the results that were reported in countries, such as Australia or Hong Kong. Comparisons on the demographic characteristics basis show that women are significantly more satisfied than men with their personal lives, though no differences were found with regard to NWI. Eldest and youngest age groups rated the PWI significantly higher than other age groups. Education groups comparisons showed higher ratings on both subscales in favour of groups with no education and those with university levels. Marginal statistically significant differences were found with regard to the PWI in favour of the higher earning group, but no differences in the NWI. No statistically significant results were found as far as marital status, number of children, and income are concerned. The results add to the evidence of the usefulness of the scale to predict satisfaction of people with their own lives and life in their country. Its psychometric performance was proved to be very high in terms of validity, reliability and sensitivity. The results were interpreted on the light of the Homeostasis Theory and the particular situation of the Algerian society.
AU - Tiliouine, Habib
AU - Cummins, Robert A.
AU - Davern, Melanie
L1 - internal-pdf://Tilouine2006-0274971394/Tilouine2006.pdf
M1 - 1
PY - 2006
SN - 03038300
SP - 1-30
ST - Measuring wellbeing in developing countries: The case of Algeria
T2 - Social Indicators Research
TI - Measuring wellbeing in developing countries: The case of Algeria
UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/27522524
VL - 75
ID - 162
ER -


TY - ENCYC
A2 - Southerton, Dale
AU - Tari, Berna
CY - Thousand Oaks, CA
L1 - internal-pdf://Tari2011-0329384962/Tari2011.pdf
PB - Sage
PY - 2011
SP - 462-64
ST - Discourse analysis
T2 - Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture
TI - Discourse analysis
ID - 111
ER -


TY - JOUR
AB - The article provides author's view on the analytic challenges of studying the Middle East and its evolving media environment. It states that the changing objects of the study is one of the challenges that Media and Cultural Studies face. Furthermore, the author discusses the political, communication, and cultural studies of the region as the three dominant approaches in Media Studies. Moreover, she argues that the there are three ways of framing different sets of issues such as the nation, region, and transnationality. The author suggests that the awareness of the real historical and contingent differences and political economies that exist is the best way to describe the processes of political change and democratization in the Middle East.
AN - 33342096
AU - Sreberny, Annabelle
DB - ufh
DO - 10.1163/187398608x317388
DP - EBSCOhost
KW - MASS media & culture
POLITICAL science
MASS media influence
MEDIA studies
CULTURE
POLITICAL change
DEMOCRATIZATION
MIDDLE East -- Politics & government
MIDDLE East
Cultural Studies
MEDIA
Political Communication
Political Economy
L1 - internal-pdf://Srebeny2008-0447354881/Srebeny2008.pdf
M1 - 1
M3 - Article
N1 - Sreberny, Annabelle 1; Email Address: as98@soas.ac.uk; Affiliations: 1: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK; Issue Info: Jan2008, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p8; Thesaurus Term: MASS media & culture; Thesaurus Term: POLITICAL science; Thesaurus Term: MASS media influence; Thesaurus Term: MEDIA studies; Thesaurus Term: CULTURE; Subject Term: POLITICAL change; Subject Term: DEMOCRATIZATION; Subject Term: MIDDLE East -- Politics & government; Subject: MIDDLE East; Author-Supplied Keyword: Cultural Studies; Author-Supplied Keyword: MEDIA; Author-Supplied Keyword: MIDDLE EAST; Author-Supplied Keyword: Political Communication; Author-Supplied Keyword: Political Economy; Number of Pages: 16p; Document Type: Article
PY - 2008
SN - 18739857
SP - 8-23
ST - The Analytic Challenges of Studying the Middle East and its Evolving Media Environment
T2 - Middle East Journal of Culture & Communication
TI - The Analytic Challenges of Studying the Middle East and its Evolving Media Environment
UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=33342096&site=ehost-live
VL - 1
ID - 76
ER -

That file is prior to editing for import. Do you want me to post the edited file that worked for import?

Thanks as usual for the quick response. I updated the translators per Step 5 above but I don't think that was the problem, and I checked both libraries I've been trying to import and neither had multiple pdf or other kinds of attachments.

My .ris (.txt) files were NOT inside the .data directory but rather in the same directory as the .enl file, but exporting the .ris/.txt file to that directo does not seem to make a difference in Standalone.

Did you do the find/replace of the internal-pdf// or use EN's defaults?

I tried both strategies with Standalone, and still end up hanging for hours and can't get debug output.