Upgrade StorageJabRef and Zotero Bibtex Export Cannot Be ReImported With Attachments
I create an entry in Zotero with a link to a file on my hard drive then export that entry in Bibtex format with export files option. This works fine. However, when I import the same exported entry, Zotero chokes with: "An error occurred while trying to import the selected file. Please ensure that the file is valid and try again." I suppose this is because Zotero cannot handle relative paths? If that is the case, why would Zotero export with relative paths?
The same error is reported when trying to import a JabRef Bibtex library with full paths. But this is due to the formatting of the "file =" entry. The (hopefully temporary fix is below)...
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Something like this is exported from JabRef:
file = {Full Text (PDF):D\:\\My Stuff\\Documents\\College\\Spring 10\\Research\\Thesis\\References\\JabRef\\PDF\\Langmuir probe studies of oxygen and chlorine-3689428017\\Langmuir probe studies of oxygen and chlorine.pdf:PDF}
Must be formatted as such to get Zotero to like it:
file = {Full Text (PDF):D|/My Stuff/Documents/College/Spring 10/Research/Thesis/References/JabRef/PDF/Langmuir probe studies of oxygen and chlorine-3689428017/Langmuir probe studies of oxygen and chlorine.pdf:PDF}
Sorry if this has been mentioned already.
The same error is reported when trying to import a JabRef Bibtex library with full paths. But this is due to the formatting of the "file =" entry. The (hopefully temporary fix is below)...
-Example-
Something like this is exported from JabRef:
file = {Full Text (PDF):D\:\\My Stuff\\Documents\\College\\Spring 10\\Research\\Thesis\\References\\JabRef\\PDF\\Langmuir probe studies of oxygen and chlorine-3689428017\\Langmuir probe studies of oxygen and chlorine.pdf:PDF}
Must be formatted as such to get Zotero to like it:
file = {Full Text (PDF):D|/My Stuff/Documents/College/Spring 10/Research/Thesis/References/JabRef/PDF/Langmuir probe studies of oxygen and chlorine-3689428017/Langmuir probe studies of oxygen and chlorine.pdf:PDF}
Sorry if this has been mentioned already.
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ecroxallThanks, this helped me, although doing a manual fInd and replace was a little tedious, let's hope this pdf attachment import/export issue is solved in zotero soon.