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

[Andrew Wilson]

Dear all,

Thanks for your suggestions.  I have just tried an Index File 
Regeneration as Thomas Gill suggests, but alas, it doesn't fix the problem.

John Fennick's suggestion is interesting, if dispiriting. I hope I don't 
have to move to Windows 7, as I hate the interface, and don't have 20 Gb 
of free disk space...

Dave Goldman, do you have a view?

And thanks too to the un-hatted Paul Deck for cheering me up ..   :)

best wishes
Andrew


On 18/05/2012 14:27, Thomas Gill wrote:

>

> I believe that I had this problem once and was able to resolve it with 

> a File regeneration.  Might be worth a try.

>

> TG

>

> *From:*papyrus-l-bounces at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com 

> [mailto:papyrus-l-bounces at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com] *On Behalf Of 

> *Paul A. Deck

> *Sent:* Friday, May 18, 2012 9:25 AM

> *To:* Papyrus Discussion List

> *Subject:* Re: [Papyrus-L] Papyrus 7.0.17 - problem inputting new 

> references

>

> 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

>

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-- 
Andrew Wilson
Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire
Institute of Archaeology
36 Beaumont St
Oxford
OX1 2PG
UK

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