You can use ZotFile's "Send to Tablet" feature to copy PDFs to an arbitrary folder and rename them. You can then attach these PDFs to emails. ZotFile does tag such PDFs in Zotero so you can pull in ch

With help from the always most awesome & patient adamsmith, I have been able to configure access to my zotero database from my tablet (iPad) using Papership and box.com (details in Zotfile thread).. b

ugh... per my original post, I was hoping this setup would allow Zotfile-type custom naming within box, so that I could share the box directory as read-only to some colleagues or grad students in my l

c) in Zotfile Preferences, General Settings, check the box "Attach stored copy of file(s)"

1. If you want to use a webDAV server to sync files, you can't use ZotFile to move files to a custom location, so you'd have to revert that setting to "Attach Stored Copy" and then select all your ite

@ adamsmith said "what do you mean for PDFs to be "managed by Zotfile"? Obviously ZotFile's ability to move files means they'll no longer sync through Zotero and hence not work with either WebDAV or

what do you mean for PDFs to be "managed by Zotfile"?

* How to configure zotfile to work with box and Papership?

you can use ZotFile to auto rename, link, and move articles, that might be useful for you:

This setting is controlled on the Advanced Settings tab of the ZotFile Preferences dialog. The setting is near the bottom and is a checkbox saying "Only work with the following filetypes", and a comma

is there documentation/discussion somewhere of the file types that zotfile will rename? the webpage states that it can "automatically rename, move, and attach PDFs (or other files)" but the range of "

I make do with Zotfile, Dropbox, an exported BibTex file, and this Android app 'Eratosthenes':

the ability to extract those annotations with Zotfile....

[JavaScript Error: "bad script XDR magic number"]
[JavaScript Error: "Error connecting to server. Check your Internet connection." {file: "chrome://zotero/content/x

With ZotFile installed you can also attach links to URI in the form zotero://open-pdf/_/, which would reduce reliance on running a server. Though these don't sync AFAIK. This

You'd either need to do this in Firefox with ZotFile installed in Firefox or launch the links from within Zotero Standalone (e.g. via a link in the note filed)

Maybe this is what you want: You can open a PDF, highlight text or make notes using typical PDF annotation tools (e.g. Adobe reader), save the file. Then in Zotero using ZotFile, you can extract annot

1. I installed the "zotfile" firefox addon

Zotfile implements zotero://open-pdf/0_WKA7ZF75/3 (for page 3 of the PDF)

Pete.erickson, in the meantime I've downloaded and use ZotFile (Zotfile.com). You can set a watched folder, mine is called "Papers for Zotero" and is in my Downloads folder. ZotFile can automatically