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by Jon
Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:42 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: "Move Field..." (new-user question)
Replies: 3
Views: 2989

Hi SteveJ,

Yes, you can do a Find for reference Type (look near the top of the Find dialog:

[checkbox] where Type is/is not [Type pop-up menu]

BTW, was that EN 7 or 8/9 XML? I see why it imports to the wrong field.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:38 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: SmallCaps and Mellel
Replies: 3
Views: 3558

Re: SmallCaps and Mellel

- When I change footnotes style to 10 point size, I get ALLCAPS like in Mellel. Word may be "fixing" things, too. Don't forget, small caps are 4 points smaller than the default in Bookends (so if Bookends is set to output 12 point, the small caps are 6 point). If Word is set to override t...
by Jon
Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:06 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Conversion tip for dbs with long names
Replies: 1
Views: 1968

Conversion tip for dbs with long names

Hi All, It turns out there is a bug (in the Finder, I believe) that will prevent a converted Bookends 9 database's file Type from "taking" if the converted file name is too long (> 31 chars I think). That's causing Bookends to repeatedly ask to convert the file, and resulting in an error a...
by Jon
Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:21 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Bookends 9: Bundle = nice & some cursor glitches in draw
Replies: 10
Views: 7551

Ha, you're right. I never looked (for years, anyway -- I think they added it for PC people). You're right. And yes, it should work without losing the cursor in the drawer (it doesn't for me, and I gather now it doesn't for you). Note that Mac OS X 10.3 has bugs in it that affect drawers, so some gli...
by Jon
Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:19 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: SmallCaps and Mellel
Replies: 3
Views: 3558

Hm, is it a setting in Mellel, perhaps (e.g. font size in footnotes)?

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:49 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Bookends 9: Bundle = nice & some cursor glitches in draw
Replies: 10
Views: 7551

Honestly, I don't know what Alt is. Is that the Option key? The Control key? The Command key?

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:48 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Help! Upgrade lost database
Replies: 1
Views: 2198

I don't know -- the conversion does not touch the original file at all (it makes a copy first). Zip and send me a small database, if possible, that is going you problems.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:46 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Database Engine Error: Field name “user 5â€
Replies: 10
Views: 7004

Re: Aha

I think the problem is that the database file name was too long. I changed it, converted, and it seems to be working ok. I think BE9 may have trouble with database names that are too long, whereas BE8 was ok. I can't reproduce that. Bookends handles very long names here. Perhaps you can zip and sen...
by Jon
Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:43 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Database Engine Error: Field name “user 5â€
Replies: 10
Views: 7004

Hm, it shouldn't. But I'll look into it and see if that is in fact a problem.

Thanks for the followup.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:41 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: empty fields in Bookends exported XML (for Endnote 7)
Replies: 1
Views: 2267

Hi,

Download Bookends 9 again -- it should be fixed now.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:50 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Database Engine Error: Field name “user 5â€
Replies: 10
Views: 7004

You can download Bookends 8 here

http://homepage.mac.com/jda1/Bookends813.dmg.sit

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:25 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Clear reference from group
Replies: 2
Views: 2959

OK. If you haven't, rebuild your converted database with Bookends 9 anyway. And if it comes back, let me know -- not on this forum, which is not intended for tech support, but directly:

support@sonnysoftware.com

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:23 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Database Engine Error: Field name “user 5â€
Replies: 10
Views: 7004

First, do not delete your Bookends 8 databases until you have used Bookends 9 for a while. They are insurance.

Second, rebuild your database in Bookends 8 first, then convert it to Bookends 9. It's possible it had some cryptic problem that the conversion exacerbated.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:46 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Database Engine Error: Field name “user 5â€
Replies: 10
Views: 7004

Did you have an alpha version? If so, make sure you rid your hard drive of its traces (particularly Bookends 9 Preferences, as well as any ancillary files). Then run the release version of Bookends 9 and do the conversion on your Bookends 8 database again.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:23 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Bookend Crash : a solution
Replies: 1
Views: 2336

Yes, good detecting. When a rebuild fails to cure a problem like this, the format is the next place to look. FWIW, Bookends 9 should be more robust than older versions of Bookends -- the db engine has undergone a lot of work. It not a bad idea to rebuild your databases once you have converted them t...