Sonny Software

I created a custom intext citation format for books: d|~: ~p-. As I understand this coding, the | binds the ~: ~ to the p. In other words, the colon and space will be output only if there is a page or page range cited. If the p field is empty, then the colon and space are not output. Here is the problem. The colon is not being 'outputted' even when the p field has a value. What am I doing wrong?

Hi,

Nothing that I can see. Are you sure that the reference is question is the same Type as the format order you refer to?

Jon
Sonny Software

Yes, the particular citation is a book. In fact, this behavior is effecting all of my intext citations of books in this particular document.

Would it make a difference if some of the book records in the DB had page numbers in the "pages" field and others did not. I have noticed that when I download bibliographic info from, say, LOC, that field is filled with the total # of pages in the text, as well as those in the front matter. I do not enter values for that field when enter a book manually. This is probably a long shot, but I thought I would add this bit of information.

Then it should work as expected. I just tried your format order and it works here. Why not try another format and see if it's somehow related to the particular one you are using. If you still can't figure it out, contact tech support directly.

Jon
Sonny Software