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(Mac) Direct export w Safari web browser
Author: Buzz Haughton    Posted: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:33:43 -0800
Mac users: This isn't, strictly speaking, an EndNote issue, although it happens every time I want to use the Ovid databases' direct export feature to put citations into an EndNote library. Ovid appends a .cgi extension to its search results. You can configure Internet Explorer and Netscape/Mozilla to automatically open EndNote any time they see a .cgi file, but you can't--at least that I've been able to figure out--do the same with Safari. My EndNote students who use Macs mostly love Safari (so do I); it's much faster than the other three web browsers. But there's this major flaw. Any ideas how to get around it? I downloaded freeware on the web that supposedly would accomplish this read-file-extension-and-open-program-X operation, but it didn't work. :-\ Buzz Haughton 100 N West Quad Davis, CA 95616-5292 (530) 754-5705 Fax: (530) 754-8785 /> ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

(Mac) Direct export w Safari web browser
Author: Girard, Diane    Posted: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 09:49:09 -0500
Hello, I would like to know how you can configure Internet Explorer to open Endnote any time it see a .cgi file? Thank=92you Diane Girard Biblioth=E9caire ________________________________________________________________________= This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

re: (Mac) Direct export w Safari web browser
Author: Virginia Benjamin    Posted: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:01:18 -0500
Hello Buzz Haughton, Can your users turn off the popup blockers in Safari? When one of our Mac users with Safari encountered problems with Direct Exports from our licensed scholarly databases last winter (GALILEO), I advised her to add Netscape and use it with the scholarlies which don't have popup advertisements. And continue to use Safari for all other websites. That solution worked just fine. It later dawned on me that maybe there was a way to turn the blocker off but I couldn't load Safari since the library mac is OS9.2 and Safari requires OS10. And I never asked her to look for the turnoff.. Now that Netscape 7 and IE 6 offer popup blockers as well, I advise folks to turn off the blockers whether Mac or PC when searching scholarly databases so they can exploit Direct Export capabilities. That has seemed to work so far ... virginia benjamin univ. of georgia libraries athens, ga. http://www.libs.uga.edu/liaison/endnote/endnote.html > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:33:43 -0800 (PST) > From: Buzz Haughton /> > Subject: (Mac) Direct export w Safari web browser > > Mac users: > > This isn't, strictly speaking, an EndNote issue, although it happens every > time I want to use the Ovid databases' direct export feature to put > citations into an EndNote library. Ovid appends a .cgi extension to its > search results. You can configure Internet Explorer and Netscape/Mozilla > to automatically open EndNote any time they see a .cgi file, but you > can't--at least that I've been able to figure out--do the same with > Safari. > > My EndNote students who use Macs mostly love Safari (so do I); it's much > faster than the other three web browsers. But there's this major flaw. > > Any ideas how to get around it? I downloaded freeware on the web that > supposedly would accomplish this read-file-extension-and-open-program-X > operation, but it didn't work. :-\ > > Buzz Haughton > 100 N West Quad > Davis, CA 95616-5292 > (530) 754-5705 > Fax: (530) 754-8785 > /> > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:37:19 -0800 (PST) > From: Buzz Haughton /> > Subject: EndNote tables on the web > > All: > > Not that I'm competing with the University of Queensland ;-), but you > might want to check out the following: > > http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/instruc/endnote/endnotetable.html > > and > > http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/instruc/endnote/endnotetableMAC.html > > The tables are geared toward the databases licensed to UC Davis and/or the > California Digital Library, but in some cases anyone might find the > directions given useful. > > I try to keep the tables up to date, so if you notice problems, please > inform me. My email address is below. Thanks. > > Buzz Haughton > 100 N West Quad > Davis, CA 95616-5292 > (530) 754-5705 > Fax: (530) 754-8785 > /> > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System.

re: (Mac) Direct export w Safari web browser
Author: Owings, Robert R    Posted: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:18:00 -0800
My somewhat limited experience has led me to the conclusion that Mozilla is the most friendly browser for handling reference importing. Internet explorer and Safari do not work correctly. Safari will not open a .cgi file with endnote with or without the popup blocker enabled. Internet explorer gets confused in the helper file settings. The technical support folks at ISI walked me through the correct settings, but it didn't work. I made the library search engine the home page in my mozilla browser and that is the browser's only function. All other internet interaction occurs with safari. It may be that the library search engine we subscribe to is at fault to some degree, but the Mozilla browser gave the functionality required. To set up the mozilla browser, go to Preferences form under the Mozilla menu. Select the Navigator category and then the Helper Application category. When you download the file, it associates that downloaded file type with whatever is defined in the file type window. To redefine an action, either remove it and then use the browser to download or change it. If removed, it will ask what to do if it does not know and it will store the response in this window. For example: A recent upgrade from EN6 to EN7. When downloading new references, EN6 would handle the download. The "application/x-research-info-systems" entry in the file types window was associated with EN6. I deleted that file type, switched to the browser window, downloaded a new reference and when the option came up asking which application should handle this file, I selected EN7 and it now works each time. EN requires a library file selection each time a file is downloaded and imported. Even if EN is open and the library the references are to be listed in is open, a file still must still be selected at the import form. Similar steps in internet explorer (which has many helper entries) and safari have been completed, to no avail. I wish you the best of luck using those browsers and if you get them to work please share, but for now I would recommend Mozilla. It just works. - Rob > I would like to know how you can configure Internet Explorer to open >Endnote any time it see a .cgi file? >Can your users turn off the popup blockers in Safari? ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

Re: (Mac) Direct export w Safari web browser
Author: Marc Petitmermet    Posted: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 17:54:24 +0100
maybe you can try the preference moreinternet (freeware) which allows you to define all helper application independent on the used browser: http://www.monkeyfood.com/software/MoreInternet/ regards, marc On 23.03.2004, at 17:18, Owings, Robert R wrote: > My somewhat limited experience has led me to the conclusion that > Mozilla is > the most friendly browser for handling reference importing. Internet > explorer and Safari do not work correctly. Safari will not open a > .cgi file > with endnote with or without the popup blocker enabled. > Internet explorer gets confused in the helper file settings. The > technical > support folks at ISI walked me through the correct settings, but it > didn't > work. I made the library search engine the home page in my mozilla > browser > and that is the browser's only function. All other internet > interaction > occurs with safari. It may be that the library search engine we > subscribe > to is at fault to some degree, but the Mozilla browser gave the > functionality required. > To set up the mozilla browser, go to Preferences form under the Mozilla > menu. Select the Navigator category and then the Helper Application > category. When you download the file, it associates that downloaded > file > type with whatever is defined in the file type window. To redefine an > action, either remove it and then use the browser to download or > change it. > If removed, it will ask what to do if it does not know and it will > store the > response in this window. For example: A recent upgrade from EN6 to > EN7. > When downloading new references, EN6 would handle the download. The > "application/x-research-info-systems" entry in the file types window > was > associated with EN6. I deleted that file type, switched to the browser > window, downloaded a new reference and when the option came up asking > which > application should handle this file, I selected EN7 and it now works > each > time. EN requires a library file selection each time a file is > downloaded > and imported. Even if EN is open and the library the references are > to be > listed in is open, a file still must still be selected at the import > form. > Similar steps in internet explorer (which has many helper entries) and > safari have been completed, to no avail. I wish you the best of luck > using > those browsers and if you get them to work please share, but for now I > would > recommend Mozilla. It just works. > > - Rob > > >> I would like to know how you can configure Internet Explorer to open >> Endnote any time it see a .cgi file? > >> Can your users turn off the popup blockers in Safari? > > _______________________________________________________________________ > _ > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. > ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

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