Index: chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js
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--- chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js	(revision 7517)
+++ chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js	(working copy)
@@ -174,30 +174,39 @@
  * @param {String} [error] The error name, if recognition was unsuccessful.
  */
 Zotero_RecognizePDF.ItemRecognizer.prototype._callback = function(newItem, error) {
+	var recognitionSuccess = false;
 	if(this._stopped) {
 		if(newItem) Zotero.Items.erase(newItem.id);
 		return;
 	}
 	
 	if(newItem) {
+		recognitionSuccess=true;
+	} else if (Zotero.Prefs.get('documentOnRecognizeFailureHack')) {
+		newItem =  new Zotero.Item('document');
+		newItem.setField('title', this._item.getFile().leafName);
+		newItem.save();
+	}
+
+	if(newItem) {	
 		// put new item in same collections as the old one
 		var itemCollections = this._item.getCollections();
 		for(var j=0; j<itemCollections.length; j++) {
 			var collection = Zotero.Collections.get(itemCollections[j]);
 			collection.addItem(newItem.id);
 		}
-		
+
 		// put old item as a child of the new item
 		this._item.setSource(newItem.id);
-		this._item.save();	
+		this._item.save();
 	}
 		
 	// add name
 	this._progressWindow.document.getElementById("item-"+this._item.id+"-title").
-		setAttribute("label", (newItem ? newItem.getField("title") : Zotero.getString(error)));
+		setAttribute("label", (recognitionSuccess ? newItem.getField("title") : Zotero.getString(error)));
 	// update icon
 	this._progressWindow.document.getElementById("item-"+this._item.id+"-icon").
-		setAttribute("src", (newItem ? Zotero_RecognizePDF_SUCCESS_IMAGE : Zotero_RecognizePDF_FAILURE_IMAGE));
+		setAttribute("src", (recognitionSuccess ? Zotero_RecognizePDF_SUCCESS_IMAGE : Zotero_RecognizePDF_FAILURE_IMAGE));
 	
 	if(error == "recognizePDF.limit") {
 		// now done, since we hit the query limit
@@ -455,4 +464,4 @@
 		obj[i] = items;
 		return obj;
 	}
-}
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+}