Status of Paratext to FieldWorks link

Question

What is the status of the linkage between Paratext and FieldWorks? Are there any issues users should be aware of?

Thanks,

james_post

Answer 1

When setting up the association, the writing systems have to be exactly the same. This is my example Paratex project.
It’s getting an Association error

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I know from experience (well, and I caused the error on purpose) that the problem is a mismatch in the specificity of the writing system.
The language settings in the Paratext registry are

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The vernacular writing system in FLEx 9 is

If I really need to keep script and region in Paratext, then I need to change Special: in the FLEx Vernacular Writing system to Script/Region/Variant and set it accordingly.

In example, I opted to make FLEx match Paratext. Once I did that…and then closed both apps, and opened Paratext, the association issue goes away

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You do also need to be on compatible versions of FLEx and Paratext. You need to be using FLEx 9.0 and the latest version of Paratext.

Answer 2

I’m also interested in this question. I couple years ago, it linked, but I was unable to edit both at the same time. For me that was a deal-breaker because we were (and still are) constantly deciding on spelling as we work on the translation. It would be interesting to find out if I could run both programs simultaneously now while they’re connected.

Answer 3

I wrote up some of my experiences with Flex/PT integration here. My understanding is that the team is working on improving this whole area; I think @bbryson should be able to give a status update.