Drag'n'Drop from PubMed not working?

[kga1978]

Hi,

I'm using 11.0.4 and whenever I try to import a reference by dragging and dropping from PubMed it fails.

If I drag the full url from Safari, e.g.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20439981

nothing happens and the program becomes very slow. I also tried to drag a 'Summary' link directly from Google Chrome after which the normal select import format box came up (not normal behaviour). I chose 'PubMed', but the imported reference was blank.

This used to work fine in earlier versions - any idea what is going on?

[kga1978]

The drag 'Summary' link from Safari appears to be working

[Jon]

Hi,

Not only does it work for me from the PubMed site, it imports if I drag the link you posted from the forum onto a Bookends window. The clue may be that "the program becomes very slow". Try rebuilding your database. If problems persist, follow up off-forum with tech support.

Jon
Sonny Software

[kga1978]

Indeed, a rebuild work. However, it still isn't working from Google Chrome (now my new awesome default browser....). Is this because BE has to specifically support a browser, or is Chrome doing something 'funny'?

Thanks

[Jon]

Each browser handles drag and drops on it's own. I haven't tried Google Chrome, but it it's not working then it must be doing something different with the drag.

Jon
Sonny Software

[Jon]

I checked Chrome. It's not including a 'url' component in the drag, just the url designated as text. Chrome is still in development on the Mac, maybe that will come.

Jon
Sonny Software

[kga1978]

Hey Jon,

So, Chrome is out of beta and it is rapidly gaining market shares. Any chance you can update BE to work with it as well?

Thanks

[Jon]

Hi,

I took a quick look, and Chrome is too stupid to identify a url as a url. I'll think about workarounds, though.

Jon
Sonny Software

[Jon]

OK, done. You'll be able to drag and drop PubMed reference links from Google Chrome to Bookends and they'll be imported (in the next update of Bookends).

Jon
Sonny Software

[kga1978]

Cool, thanks Jon!