[Papyrus-L] Problems with Citations using XP

[John Rodgers]

Dave - is there an equivalent solution for WordPerfect?
  -John Rodgers
 


At 07:24 AM 11/20/02 -0500, you wrote:
>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.
>
>
>-- Dave Goldman (dave at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com)
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