Sean R. Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I've had this happen several times before, but I just realized why. Accordance makes it easy to display the contents of a Reference List in a Search pane via the CONTENTS command. When using this command to display the contents of a Reference List with a custom name ending with a period (.), Accordance returns the following error message: "A close bracket ']' character is missing. Each open bracket '[' must be followed by a corresponding close bracket ']'." I think this happens because a period (.) in a search string prompts Accordance to search for the character immediately following the period. When the character immediately following the period is an end bracket (]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Brown Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I think your analysis is correct, and it is not worth trying to program around this. It is the consequence of a relatively new feature (the single character search) combined with an old command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean R. Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 I think your analysis is correct, and it is not worth trying to program around this. It is the consequence of a relatively new feature (the single character search) combined with an old command. I don't think it is a genuine problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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