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

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Perhaps you could split your database, if there is a way to divide it into two logical parts-- 
If the articles are indexed with keywords, and a large chunk of articles (for example) have keyword 'vertebrate' and the rest have keyword 'invertebrate,' you could then export the smaller chunk as a separate database. 

You would then have to run two searches for a complete citation listing, but it could buy you some time to keep gathering references. 

Hoping you find a workable solution, 
Trent T 

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From: "Andrew Wilson" <andrew.wilson at arch.ox.ac.uk> 
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Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:11:29 AM 
Subject: Re: [Papyrus-L] Papyrus 7.0.17 - problem inputting new references 

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 

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