[Papyrus-L] PAPYRUS, windows XP, Clare Imholtz, and Endnote.

[Hugh Gunz]

Papyrus runs just fine on NT-based systems -- several of us use(d) it in 
Win2000, for example. You have to make sure you follow the instructions on 
the Papyrus website for installing it on these platforms, though (there are 
a number of settings you need to alter), and you need to be aware that 
there's a workaround for handling the problem that Papyrus can't access the 
NT clipboard. That's described on the website, too, I'm pretty sure, but if 
not there are plenty of people on the list who know how to do it.

I'm no expert on exporting to EndNote, but when Martin Evans and I exported 
our Papyrus database to Biblioscape we modified the RISOUT.FLB export 
filter to include notecards, and wrote a WordPerfect macro to move the 
notecard material into a field that Biblioscape could use. You'll find the 
filter and macro at http://individual.utoronto.ca/evans/instructions.html .

In case anyone's wondering, we were put onto Biblioscape by someone else on 
this list (sorry, I've forgotten who) and it's proven an excellent move: 
it's cheaper than the ISI stable (EndNote, ProCite and Reference Manager) 
and, because it comes with a web server and a database server, it works 
very well when you have a group of people needing to share the same 
database (either over a LAN or the Internet). For basic use, including 
formatting files, users don't even need their own copy -- all they need is 
a web browser.

Sorry -- didn't mean to sound like a commercial. No, I'm not on commission :-)

Hugh Gunz
University of Toronto

At 07:32 AM 2002-04-17 -0400, you wrote:
>Oli,
>My understanding is that Papyrus doesn't run properly in Windows versions 
>newer than 98 SE and there is no patch or fix available. (Someone correct 
>me if I'm wrong...)
>
>I also wasn't able to get my Papyrus database to convert into Endnote--all 
>the notecards were missing, along with random other bits of information. 
>So though I can't be of much help, you do have my sympathy.
>
>Patricia Szobar
>PSzobar at aol.com
>
>
>
>
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