[Papyrus-L] Problems with Citations using XP

[Thomas Gill]

Dave:

Thank you for this suggestion.  I agree with your interpretation of the
problem and proposed solution.  Unfortunately, when I try to run the
macro you suggested I get an error message indicating the the Insert
command (as noted below) is not recognized (in Word 97).  Because I
don't have a good working knowledge about Macro commands, I have been
trying to get some techinical assistance from our hospital help desk,
but so far to no avail.

Are there any macro users out there who might suggest a solution to
this problem?  I really would like to get the citation function of
Papyrus to work in my new XP environment.

Thanks,

Tom Gill


Tom Gill wrote (a couple of weeks ago):

>What I have been doing is using the insert file function in Word to
>paste the txt file into the document.  This has not been working as
>indicated in my earlier messages.  Is there an alternative strategy
for
>pasting the txt file into the document?

While PAPREF is probably the best way to go (unless it does not work
for
you, as is apparently Tom's case), here's alternative Word macro code
to
try instead of the .InsertFile command:

  Open "c:\pap\clip.txt" For Input As #1
  Line Input #1, reference$
  Close #1
  Insert reference$

This code opens the clip.txt file (as file "#1"), copies its first
(and
only) line of text into a variable named "reference$", closes the file,
and
then inserts the contents of reference$ into your manuscript.

My best guess is that when you tell Word to .InsertFile a file, it
incorrectly keeps that file open forever, thus preventing other
programs
(such as Papyrus) from altering the file's contents. The above code
explicitly closes the file immediately after reading its data, so it
should
avoid this problem.


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