Zotero experienced an error updating your document

nomplok
Report ID: 1527453038

LO 5.0.5.2
Zotero 4.0.28.7
OS Wndows 10

I edited references in Zotero and then tried to refresh/update the citations in my LO document but got this error message. Do I have to go through and replace 620 citations?

Zotero experienced an error updating your document.

An error occurred communicating with Zotero:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.zotero.integration.ooo.comp.CommMessage.execute(CommMessage.java:84)
at org.zotero.integration.ooo.comp.CommMessage.getBytes(CommMessage.java:40)
at org.zotero.integration.ooo.comp.CommServer.run(CommServer.java:60)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
'An error occurred communicating with Zotero:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.zotero.integration.ooo.comp.CommMessage.execute(CommMessage.java:84)
at org.zotero.integration.ooo.comp.CommMessage.getBytes(CommMessage.java:40)
at org.zotero.integration.ooo.comp.CommServer.run(CommServer.java:60)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
' when calling method: [zoteroIntegrationDocument::setDocumentData]
  • adamsmith
    almost certainly not. Start by testing that this still works in a fresh document.

    Then, try restarting Zotero and LibreOffice and try again.

    Depending on how these work, we'll continue from there.
  • nomplok
    edited April 5, 2016
    I tried a fresh document: 1) copied content from old document to new document. I could insert the bibliography but it inserted the references without changes 2) I inserted citations into a new document and the bibliography reflected the changes

    I restarted Zotero and LO: 1) this allowed me to insert the bibliography but the references did not reflect the changes and it did not update the citations in the footnotes 2) if I delete changed references and reinsert them, the updated citation is in both the footnote and bibliography
  • adamsmith
    what do you mean by inserting references without changes?
  • nomplok
    edited April 6, 2016
    I could insert the bibliography but it contained the old version of references that I had already updated in Zotero. The citations in the footnotes were also the old version (they did not update.)
  • adamsmith
    What happens when you add the same reference again as a new citation? If you're using the regular insert citation dialog (the quick format box with the red frame), make sure you select it from under "My Library" not under "Cited" -- these are headings displayed in the search results.

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