I’m trying to troubleshoot (in this new file) a procedure that you helped me define a bit over a year ago (and it worked well). That thread is here: Simplest form of inheritance for citation
(I’m using Zotero, and am starting to think I should switch to BookEnds, but nonetheless…)
What I want to happen is:
- create two basic prototypes, one for books and the other for journal articles with the fields: authors, title, publication date, etc. (as in this file).
- Drag and drop an entry from Zotero and have info transfer (this does work in current file versions; the code in Rules that you helped me write has worked consistently; see previous thread).
- Set a note’s prototype (as either book or article).
- Create a second set of prototypes (book note, article note) that will inherit all of the information from the filled in book or article note), so I can take continuous notes without having to reproduce that information per note. Presumably, through OnAdd code.
I assume the function of this OnAdd code would be: transfer information from parent note (e.g. Book) to child (e.g. Chapter One).
So far this is happening with the exception of the BookTitle. I think I may be figuring out the glitch. BookTitle is a fixed attribute, drawn from BookEnds, so it has the default empty field. I think before, I was not using the fixed attribute BookTitle, but a user attribute that I had created. Is this where the new inheritance problem may be coming in?
Thank you.