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Something I'd like to be able to do in EN
Author: Leo Bores    Posted: 11/01/2001 15:20:17 GMT
I have a HUGE reference database which I've had to split up since 32 megs seems to be the ceiling in EN. The problem is that when you do this, the refs get new numbers. That means lots of work when trying to format documents containing the references you've moved. I understand that the numbers are supposed to be unique within each database but that doesn't seem to be the case between databases. It would be nice if if imported refs could keep their original numbers subject to any dupes within the database they're being imported into. Obviously there's a method within EN to check against duplicate numbers within a DB. Could this be done? On another note. Does anyone know of a grep-like app that would allow search and replace across many documents like XyWrite used to? Word only does this within the open document. Leo D. Bores, M.D. "Just a retired eye surgeon Still hacking - but in a different venue. :)"

RE: Something I'd like to be able to do in EN ... splitting databases
Author: Paul Kristiansen    Posted: 11/01/2001 22:40:22 GMT
Hi Leo, You could try saving multiple copies of your big database (menu: File > Save a Copy), then open each one and delete the refs you don't want in that particular sub-set of the database. That way, all refs will retain their same original number, and you will just have a lot of unused record numbers, but they are not important anyway. EN justs continues numbering from the previous highest *used* record number, so if you create a database and put in 100 refs, then delete them all, then add a new one, the new one will be "101", not "1". Not elegant, but it works for me, hope this helps. Cheeers Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul Kristiansen (working from home...) HOME Armidale NSW 2350 Phone/Fax: (02) 6772-0291 WORK PhD Student Agronomy & Soil Science School of Rural Science & Natural Resources University of New England NSW 2351 AUSTRALIA Phone: (02) 6773-2962 Fax: (02) 6773-3238 Email: "pkristia" Visit the Organic Weed Management research project web site: http://www.une.edu.au/agronomy/weeds/organic/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Re: Something I'd like to be able to do in EN
Author: Tommy W Nordeng    Posted: 12/01/2001 05:48:13 GMT
Leo Bores! On 1/11/01 16:20 you wrote: > > On another note. Does anyone know of a grep-like app that would > allow search and replace across many documents like XyWrite > used to? Word only does this within the open document. > Define all your docs as a "site" in BBEdit, and voila, you can do it. TWN

Re: Something I'd like to be able to do in EN
Author: Leo Bores    Posted: 13/01/2001 05:05:51 GMT
Nice except that I'm on a PC. > Define all your docs as a "site" in BBEdit, and voila, you can do it. > > TWN > > > Leo D. Bores, M.D. Medical Research Director Ophthalmic International, Inc. voice: 480-837-6810 FAX: 480-837-6870

Re: Something I'd like to be able to do in EN
Author: Peter Castine    Posted: 14/01/2001 12:02:54 GMT
On around Thu, 11 Jan 2001 08:20:17 -0700, "Leo Bores" "labores" said something like: >On another note. Does anyone know of a grep-like app that would >allow search and replace across many documents like XyWrite >used to? Word only does this within the open document. On Mac: Sherlock, BBEdit (as noted by Tommy W. Nordeng, although there is no need to make your subdirectory masquerade as a Web Site), the venerable Speed Search, Metrowerks Code Warrior, ... probably a few more that I've forgotten. But Sherlock is bundled with the OS particularly for this very purpose, and will handle pretty much any file format (most of the other approaches are really only happy with plain text). On Windoesnt... doesn't Find support this? Cheers, Peter (obviously showing his bigotry today, sorry...) --------------------------- Dr. Peter Castine --------------------------- "pcastine" http://www.prz.tu-berlin.de/~pcastine/ To be really mediaeval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes. -- Oscar Wilde

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