Changing attachments path while maintaining the groups

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#1

Hi everyone,

I have a EndNote library with more than 1000 entries and more than 50 groups and the attachments of this library need to be changed to a different folder (I dont use relative links, all the attachments are in an folder external to the library data). The problem of the attachment paths I was able to solve by exporting the library as RIS, then editing the paths using the “replace” feature of Notepad. After this I imported the file into a blank library and the new paths work very well.

My problem is that all the group information is gone. Is there a way, or format for me to export the library preserving the groups information which at the same time allow me to edit the attachment’s paths?

Using a small library I tried already editing (changing the atachment’s paths) some of the files in the .data folder (namely the Pdf_index.MYD and refs.MYD) on the original -non RIS imported- file, but with no success.

Can anyone help me please? I’m using EndNote x7.

Thanks!!

Duarte

#2

My suggestion would be to globally edit and add an unique keyword to each of the records in each of the groups  so you can use smart groups to re -establish the groups in the new library.  I don’t think there is any way to do this otherwise.  

#3

Thanks Leanne, it is a very time consuming work (depending on the number of grups/entries you have), but I solved it in this way:

For each entry I added on the “label” field the name of each group (using: tools>change/move/copy fields) and then on the new library I run a search on the “Label” field and distributed the results accordingly.

Not ideal, but it worked.

Thanks for the idea.