On Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at 02:09PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Adam M. Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >> I am trying to add URL's to a bunch of records (about 100) and I am >> looking for the fastest way to do it. >> >> I see the following behavior: >> >> (1) I drag a link from Safari into the attachments well of a record. >> The URL field does not change, even if I bring up the contextual menu >> in the attached files region where there is now an image of the web >> page and select "replace URL." But when I save and quit BD, the URL >> field is filled in with the link dropped in. This may happen even >> without using the contextual menu; I haven't tested that out.
I think "Replace URL" just allows you to edit the URL as a string, but it's still stored as Bdsk-Url-x. I'm not sure why the URL field would be filled in by this, unless you have a script hook set up for that. >> (2) I cut and paste the URL (using "copy link" from Safari) into the >> URL field. No attached web page appears in the attachments pane or in >> the main table view until I save, quit, and restart BD. That's the migration behavior for converting old style fields to the new link system. [...] >As has been said here many times by now, the old URL fields are not >supported anymore. They are treated just as string fields. > >Again: you should drag to the file icon view in the side pane. Depending on the bibliography requirements, that may not be sufficient. If you're dealing with a type and/or style that requires the URL field to be printed out, you'll need to copy the link back to the URL field. If you add those frequently, a script hook that fires on "Add File or URL" might be worth setting up to copy the link to the URL field. -- adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
