Sonny Software

Suppose I import a PDF and the downloaded data has the author's name in capital letters. As I have things configured, the attachment will be titled with the name, in capital letters. If I then correct the name in the reference, and try to use this to change the title of the attachment -- for example, from SMITH 1969 to Smith 1969 - I seem to encounter some bugs. If I use the Rename Attachments... command in the widget menu at the bottom of the attachment window, no change is made. If I use Rename Attachment in the Inspector, I am told that an attachment already exists with the new name, though this is not in fact so.

Bookends ignores case for attachment names. If you want to rename it, do it in the Finder and Bookends should still find it (to Bookends, SMITH - smith).

Jon
Sonny Software

Jon, is there a way to search attachment names within Bookends?

Look at p. 333 of the User Guide (Help menu) for info about SQL searches.

To find a reference with a specific attachment:

Locate('my attachment name', varCharField) > 0

Jon
Sonny Software

Thanks, Jon. That just made my life a lot easier!

(Though the SQL query editor kept changing quotes into smart quotes, which caused an error.)

I have seen the same thing. I think that's a system setting. Go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Text and UNCHECK "Use smart quotes and dashes".

Jon
Sonny Software