Changing translator by hand (RIS.js)

arne_schulz
Hello,
a collegue of mine wants to import his whole EndNote library into Zotero. That's nothing to worry about. But he wants the follow field allocation (EndNote -> Zotero):
Notes -> Extra
Research Notes -> Rights

The standard RIS.js does not support the Rights-field, RIS fields M1 and M2 are mapped to Extra. So, I took a look into RIS.js in C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>\zotero\translators\RIS.js

After (line 317ff)

} else if (tag == "M1" || tag == "M2") {
// Miscellaneous fields
if (!item.extra) {
item.extra = value;
} else {
item.extra += "; "+value;
}
}

I added a new elseif:

} else if (tag == "M1" || tag == "M2") {
// Miscellaneous fields
if (!item.extra) {
item.extra = value;
} else {
item.extra += "; "+value;
}
} else if (tag == "RN") {
// Research Notes fields
if (!item.rights) {
item.rights = value;
}
}

If I import given references into Zotero, the Rights-field is left blank. I tried some time yesterday and discovered something strange:
I changed the Extra-field code:
} else if (tag == "M2") {
// Miscellaneous fields
if (!item.extra) {
item.extra = value;
} else {
item.extra += "; "+value;
}
}

But referenced with a M1-field from EndNote are still mapped to the Rights-field in Zotero. It seems that changes in the translators are not taken into account.
Is there a solution for my problem?

Best regards,
Arne

P.S.: I know that EndNote can use Bibtex and the Bibtex translator supports the rights-field. But Zotero does import all attachements in this translator and I'd like to use links.
  • ajlyon
    Are you restarting Firefox between attempts? Some translators are loaded automatically when Zotero starts, so you have to reload Firefox to get it to read the new version (although I didn't think that RIS was one such translator). Also, temporary files ending with .js in the translators directory, left by some text editors, can cause problems like what you are seeing.
  • noksagt
    Manually changing the date in the translator will also sometimes help.

    The Zotero BibTeX translator can also import attachments.
  • arne_schulz
    Thanks for your replies!
    The new Translator works now. I did restart Firefox each time but did not close UltraEdit (just saved the file). This might be the cause.

    @noksagt: Yes, the Bibtex translator does import attachments, but also uploads them to Zotero.

    Regards,
    Arne

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