[Papyrus-L] Papyrus 7.0.17 - problem inputting new references

[Paul A. Deck]

A hundred thousand references?  Professor Wilson, my hat is off to you, 
sir.  If properly annotated, this is the sort of database one /sells/.

Paul

On 5/18/2012 9:08 AM, John Fennick wrote:

> Could this be related to the a 32 bit machine integer limit? Would 

> depend on the structure of the Papyrus addressing scheme. I note that 

> 96693 is 2^16.56. The power is suspiciously close to 1/2 of 32.

> If so, it may be necessary to go to Win 7, 64 bit. The Win XP 64 bit 

> is not desirable.

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> At 05:58 AM 5/18/2012, you wrote:

>> I have been using Paprus since I began my doctoral research in 1993, 

>> and have stuck with it even as successive versions of Windows eroded 

>> its interoperability with other programs, since it is far and away 

>> the best-designed piece of software I have ever used. However, I have 

>> now hit an unexpected problem - it's not letting me add new references.

>>

>> I use version 7.0.17 under Windows XP Professional (Windows version 

>> 5.1 with Service Pack 3). Nothing in the computer environment has 

>> changed in the last couple of years, but last night I hit a glitch 

>> which is preventing me adding new references.

>>

>> When I go to input a new reference, the input screen comes up, 

>> defaulting to the journal article type with the Type menu displayed 

>> and the Article option on it highlighted, as normal. Whatever 

>> reference Type I choose - Article, Book, Chapter or whatever - the 

>> cursor moves to the "Author" field for a split second - and then the 

>> Type menu reappears with the Article option highlighted again. There 

>> is no way to get out of this loop except to exit back to the main 

>> menu screen with the Escape key. The result is that I can't actually 

>> input any new references.  I can edit existing references without a 

>> problem.

>>

>> Has anyone encountered this problem before? Could I have hit a limit 

>> on the size of the database? I have 96693 references on file, but 

>> assume Papyrus can handle more than this...

>>

>> Any help or suggestions would be most welcome.

>>

>> best wishes

>>

>> -- 

>> Andrew Wilson

>> Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire

>> Institute of Archaeology

>> 36 Beaumont St

>> Oxford

>> OX1 2PG

>> UK

>>

>> Tel: +44 (0)1865 278247

>> Fax: +44 (0)1865 278254

>> Email: andrew.wilson at arch.ox.ac.uk

>> Web page: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~corp0057 

>> <http://users.ox.ac.uk/%7Ecorp0057>

>>

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> John Fennick

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