When importing references exported from EndNote X to a txt-file all special characters (e.g. German Umlaute, diacritic marks used in French and other languages) are replaced with weird characters.
In Menu Tools > Options > Format Manuscript I've selected '0 ANSI (Latin Languages)'.
I've also tried to change the language in dbsys.exe to German (as explained here: http://support.biblioscape.com/node/572) but nothing changed.
Thank you for your help.
Lars
Thank you for the post Lars,
Thank you for the post Lars, it help me .
Lars, please post one sample
Lars, please post one sample record. Thanks.
Hi PaulHere is a sample
Hi Paul
Here is a sample record I've exported from EndNote X with style 'EndNote Export' or 'Refer Export' (same result) to a txt-file:
%0 Book
%A Žižek, Slavoj
%D 1999
%T Test Title ä ö ü Ä Ö Ü é è à ç ß ø û á ï ì ñ ô ù ú û ÿ ? ? œ Š š Ž ž
%C London (etc.)
%I Verso
Result after importing to BS7 with import filter 'EndNote - Refer':
Žižek, Slavoj, Test Title ä ö ü Ä Ö Ãœ é è à ç ß ø û á ï ì ñ ô ù ú û ÿ Ä ÄŒ Å“ Å Å¡ Ž ž, London (etc.): Verso, 1999.
Thank you,
Lars
Thank you for the post
Thank you for the post Lars, it help me .
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Lars, all the characters in
Lars, all the characters in your sample record can be imported into Biblioscape correctly. But it depends on the font you chose in order to display them as you want. I used "Verdana" and your sample record is displayed correctly as import. Which font did you use? You can change font by go to "Tools | Options" window "General Display" tab.
Paul, I've changed the font
Paul, I've changed the font to Verdana (and Arial and Times New Roman) but unfortunately still get the same result as before with Trebuchet MS.
btw: I'm working on Windows XP, SP2, German edition
Lars
Lars, I don't have German
Lars, I don't have German Windows. It is hard for me to diagnoze the problem. If you have access to English Windows, please install Biblioscape there and see if you can still reproduce the problem. Thanks.
Paul, unfortunately I don't
Paul, unfortunately I don't have access to an English Windows. Maybe the following observations can help you locating the problem:
1. You wrote that Biblioscape is written in Delphi. From the information on this page (http://www.sisulizer.com/support/codepages.shtml) I assume that the problem has something to do with code pages (although I don't have any knowledge of code pages or Delphi);
2. From your posting I infer that BS7 has no problem importing my sample record when installed on a computer with English Windows (and probably English/US local settings in the Windows control panel);
3. Importing the sample record into BS7 with German Windows produces the garbled record posted earlier, irrespective of whether I use German (Switzerland) or English (USA) local settings in the Windows control panel;
4. However, re-exporting these distorted records (imported with English or German local settings) from BS7 with English local settings (but still German Windows) produces a txt-file that perfectly displays all the characters! (In contrast, exporting with German local settings keeps the distorted characters);
5. Conclusion: When English local settings are loaded, BS7 seems to keep all the necessary information and can even export it, but cannot display it. This is a behavior I've never experienced with any other software, although I work with many other English programs on my German Windows.
I'd be very happy if there was a way to solve this issue (if possible one that doesn't require non-US users of BS to work with US local settings).
Thank you.
Lars
I cannot reproduce with
I cannot reproduce with different settings set to Germany. I think the problem may be in the file. If you do a copy and paste of the record from the web page to a plain text editor, can you then import correctly? Could you email me the original file? That file may be encoded differently. Thanks.
Thank you Paul, you've led
Thank you Paul, you've led me to the solution of the problem. The text file exported from EndNote X was encoded with Unicode. The solution is (even using German Windows and 'German (Switzerland)' settings):
1. Open the text file in Windows Word; when asked about the encoding, select 'Unicode (UTF-8)' (selecting 'Windows (Standard)' at this point will distort the data already in Word and BS7 can't import it correctly)
2. Save the file as text file with encoding 'Windows (Standard)'; Word will tell you which characters will be lost, i.e. replaced with a question mark (as in the sample record above)
3. Import the file into BS7
Thank you for your help.
Lars
Lars, I added this to the
Lars, I added this to the FAQ section at http://support.biblioscape.com/node/661. Thanks.