[Papyrus-L] Text Extract 'scratch' file problem

[Dave Goldman]

I found these bits of explanation buried in our support files:

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PAPYRUS needs to create a temporary file during some Text Extracts. 
It names this file TXT.TMP. _Where_ it tries to create the file 
depends on which version of PAPYRUS you're using.

In older versions, PAPYRUS would try to place TXT.TMP in the 
directory containing your *.BIB files. In other versions it would 
always use C:\. Unless there is no C: drive, in which case later 
versions then turn to the current default directory. Finally, as of 
Version 7.0.11c, PAPYRUS first tries to use the directory listed in 
your AUTOEXEC.BAT file via a statement of the form:

         SET TEMP=C:\whatever

If such a statement exists, then it had better point to a real 
directory! If no such statement exists, then if there is a C: drive 
on your computer the current version of PAPYRUS will use C:\; 
otherwise it will stick to the current default directory.
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These days (which is to say, on Windows NT/2000/XP), environment 
variables such as TEMP might be set not in an AUTOEXEC.BAT file, but 
rather through the "System" control panel.

So figure out where your TEMP variable is being set, and confirm that 
it points to a disk and directory actually available.

Note: one way to quickly check the current setting of TEMP is to run 
the "MS-DOS Command Prompt". At the prompt inside the resulting 
window/screen, type SET (just those three letters, upper- or 
lower-case) and press Enter. All of your environment variables will 
be listed, in alphabetical order. (To dismiss the MS-DOS 
window/screen, type EXIT.)

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    Dave Goldman (dave at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com)

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