Broken automatic file links

[alfureu]

JabRef 5.0-dev--snapshot--2019-05-31--master--f2530da2e
Windows 10 10.0 amd64
Java 1.8.0_172

• I have tested the latest development version from http://builds.jabref.org/master/ and the problem persists

The automatic file linking is broken/works on and off.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Preferences > BibTeX key generator default pattern set to [auth:lower]_[veryshorttitle:lower]_[year]
2. Library Properties > General and User-specific file directory set to PDFs/
3. Create entry with key
4. added PDF with the bibkey.pdf format
5. Hit F7 - Automatically set file links ... never finds the file, and never stops

Before this was working quite smoothly, don't know what broke it.

I can confirm step 5. I have a different bibtex key generator and a different file-naming system, but testing F7 did just what you said: it never stops (the dialog has to be closed by hitting "cancel").

[tobiasdiez]

This should be fixed in the latest development version. Could you please check the build from http://builds.jabref.org/master/. Thanks! Please remember to make a backup of your library before trying-out this version.