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

[Thomas Gill]

I believe that I had this problem once and was able to resolve it with a
File regeneration.  Might be worth a try.

 

TG

 

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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.





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