Thanks James, This could be useful if someone would like to build an and Endnote database conversion utility.
David On Friday 27 May 2005 1:48 pm, James G wrote: > Hello, > > I don't know if this is of interest, but I just dug up a file containing > my (incomplete) attempt to decipher an old EndNote database file > format. This was the original EndNote PC database format I think (the > original Mac format was different?) I know the format has recently > changed with EndNote 8 (and did it change with EndNote 5 too?) But > perhaps there is some similarity? > > If I remember correctly, the general layout of the file was that it was > made up of blocks of 512 bytes, the information I could figure out about > each block type is given below, I think the numbers in brackets > represent the number of bytes used. > > Cheers. > > > > Partition Type 0 - General Info > [spaces(6)] [no. sectors(2)] [spaces(6)] [no. references(2)] > > Partition Type 1 - Partition Map > [start sector(2)] [no. sectors(2)] [partition type(2)] > ... > > Partition Type 2 - ? > > Partition Type 3 - Reference Details > [no. references in this partition(2)] > [reference id(4)] [offset from partition end(2)] > ... > [blanks(heaps)] > [reference type(2)] > [category(2)] [total len(2)] [len(2)] [entry] [parity] > ... > ... > > Partition Type 4 - Reference Headings > [no. references in this partition(2)] [total length(2)] > [reference id(4)] [?] [exists] [length-odd(2)] > [length name(2)] [name] [length year(2)] [year] [parity] > ... > > Partition Type 5 - Reference Header Index > [Partition Length(2)] [no. Reference Header Partitions(2)] > [Start Sector of Partition(2)] [no. References(2)] > [Total len(1)] [Last Author len(1)] [Last Author] > [Last Year len(1) [Last Year] [Parity] > ... > [Start Sector of Partition(2)] [no. References(2)] > > Partition Type 6 - Reference Details Index > [no. Reference Detail Partitions(2)] > [Reference Details Partition Start Sector(2)] > ... > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
