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  • ajlyon -- Thank you for responding so quickly. I am not having trouble, but I am black-box testing to forestall future trouble by better understanding the application. The journal file is new in Zotero 2, as is synchronization. I thought it might…
    in Error when auto-syncing and when creating a new collection Comment by WA March 19, 2010
  • Dan, you wrote above: ..."make sure there's no zotero.sqlite-journal file in your Zotero data directory when Firefox is closed (deleting it if there is)".... Around 3/18/2010 11 PM, I continue to have a zotero.sqlite-journal file in the ZoteroStor…
    in Error when auto-syncing and when creating a new collection Comment by WA March 19, 2010
  • Suggestions: 1. A single, downloadable manual containing all the more-detailed instructions could be useful. I could not locate one on the Zotero site. (I ploughed through all I could find, and asembled them into one PDF for myself.) 2. Colleen …
    in better handling of unfiled items Comment by WA March 17, 2010
  • One additional thing: Back up everything under "Zotero Storage" immediately/
    in FF3.6,multiple large docx, Zotero migration with thousands of references Comment by WA March 16, 2010
  • I Firefox downloaded, against explicit settings in "Tools | Advanced | Update", and then install automatically this morning, disabling Zotero. If I were in your shoes, I would go to "Tools | Advanced | Update" and uncheck everything under "Automati…
    in FF3.6,multiple large docx, Zotero migration with thousands of references Comment by WA March 16, 2010
  • Good news, FYI: Zotero 1.0.10 appears to work with Firefox 3.5.8. Firefox automatic disabling of Zotero had been removed, and Firefox updated automatically. Cheers.
    in Firefox 3.6 is reportedly out, do I update? Comment by WA February 18, 2010
  • Dan Stillman: Sorry I wasn't clear. I should have written "normal for Firefox". In support of memory issues lying elsewhere, I cited the experience with the MS product. The underlying cause was a stack overflow, not the MS product capability or p…
    in SQLite Database Maintenance Comment by WA February 18, 2010
  • Adamsmith, Thank you for your insight that this is normal. I had been concerned that there might have been a memory leak somewhere. I had run into an "Out Of Memory" case many years ago while parsing Cobol data divisions using a MS product. I'm r…
    in SQLite Database Maintenance Comment by WA February 16, 2010
  • I would appreciate some insight about managing Zotero. Yesterday, I noticed something unexpected when using Zotero and monitoring memory usage via "Process Explorer (www.sysinternals.com). I ran "out of memory" on a 3 GB system and 300 MB allocat…
    in SQLite Database Maintenance Comment by WA February 15, 2010
  • AdamSmith (great handle!) wrote: "I'm not sure I understand that last question - keeping the database on a network server is possible but should be handled with extreme caution, as simultaneous access can easily corrupt the database." in response t…
    in Firefox 3.6 is reportedly out, do I update? Comment by WA February 12, 2010
  • Questions ... Zotero Home offers the 2.0rc5 version. How stable is it? Documentation suggests that the SYNC function with a zotero.org server is available, but not required. Is my reading correct? Other pages indicate that the Zoter…
    in Firefox 3.6 is reportedly out, do I update? Comment by WA February 11, 2010
  • Thank you! Version 1.0.9 appears to have fixed the Add Tag problem in 1.0.7 reported 10/4. Happy New Year!
    in Tags add an icon, no text allowed, fails to create tag. Comment by WA December 30, 2008
  • Add Tag failure: Zotero Version 1.0.7, Firefox 3.0.3, Windows 2000 SP4, Java JRE 6 U7 Add Tag (clicked) refuses to open for an attached Snapshot or attached Link. It worked for the primary document under the "Tags" tab and for an attached Note edi…
    in Tags add an icon, no text allowed, fails to create tag. Comment by WA October 4, 2008
  • Dan, thank you again. I read through the threads and the repair tool instructions. Question: after sending the file to the DB Repair Tool, how is the repaired file returned to my PC?
    in Right click to relate selected items Comment by WA June 13, 2008
  • Thanks, Dan. I didn't find that discussion searching for "Related" FYI and others: Ran Preferences | Advanced | Check Database Integrity > "Errors were found in the Zotero Database" Ran Preferences | Search | Rebuild Index > long wait. Resta…
    in Right click to relate selected items Comment by WA June 12, 2008
  • With version 1.0.5 (latest release), adding a "Related" to an Item (Title) no longer works for me. Titles with "Related" added previously are still there. The procedure I used conforms to the current documentation: Select a Title (T1) from the mid…
    in Right click to relate selected items Comment by WA June 12, 2008
  • Sorry! :-[ I did not mean to suggest any particular technical implementation. Also, I agree that a 15KB gif results in a miserable illustration. About the illustration (diagram): I had not tried to transfer a graphic to you folks before, so I…
    in Semantic Relations Comment by WA June 9, 2008
  • (4/4) Diagram of Rules The Diagram of Rules has been attached as a file on TRAC. See: ERD.gif as an attachment on https://www.zotero.org/trac I hope this helps. Bill
    in Semantic Relations Comment by WA June 9, 2008
  • (4/4) Diagram of Rules My attempt to copy a gif of the diagram here did not succeed. I will try Trak. Bill
    in Semantic Relations Comment by WA June 9, 2008
  • (3/4) Relation Examples, per Feature Requests for Semantic Relations Type A Originating Verb Phrase Originating Referenced Name: B Referenced Verb Phrase Referenced Originating Support: Statement A Is Supported By Statement B ----------> State…
    in Semantic Relations Comment by WA June 9, 2008
  • (2/4) Relation Issues Relation Issues: Cycling: This structure resembles that of a Bill Of Materials; it would raise the problem of preventing cycling ("A" consists of "B" & "C"; "C" consists of "A"& "D"; and so on forever). Workaround: …
    in Semantic Relations Comment by WA June 9, 2008
  • (1 of 4) Semantic Relation "Rules": Collection: A Collection may represent a research project or a specific area of interest. Collections may have subordinate Subcollections. Titles (Items) are organized under Collections and their Subcollections…
    in Semantic Relations Comment by WA June 9, 2008
  • Dan, As promised, I looked at this (Semantic Relations) forum and have a "sketch" of an suggested approach. It is not a "solution"; I don't know enough about Zotero or the full requirements for Semantic Relations. But, it might be a start for dis…
    in Semantic Relations Comment by WA June 9, 2008
  • Dan, I'll work on posting a diagram to Trac once I figure out how to do that. Meanwhile, if that takes a while, the "rules" are actually "Semantic Analysis" or "Semantic Design", depending on how far along it is. It's currently a prelimin…
    in Re: Generate Report: truncated line width Comment by WA June 6, 2008
  • Dan, Bullseye! Shall I post "the 'rules' for handling this situation" (above) to the Semantic Relations thread? I could diagram it if I can figure out a way to post a graphic (ERD) to the thread. Thanks again, Dan
    in Re: Generate Report: truncated line width Comment by WA June 6, 2008
  • Thanks once again, Dan! I can tell you have a depth of knowledge far beyond what I have picked up by RTFM and experimentation. I have found that even truncated URLs still work in the Report and even in a PDF of the Report in the browser (print t…
    in Re: Generate Report: truncated line width Comment by WA June 5, 2008
  • Thank you, Dan. I think I have a partial workaround and a hint of possible solution in Zotero extensions, >>> if Zotero folks would explain the fontSize extension. Workaround (works for me in most cases): Generate the Report in …
    in Re: Generate Report: truncated line width Comment by WA June 4, 2008