[ElfN]

Let's see if images help clarify things so someone can have an "aha" moment. I don't know if I'm presenting the information to you in the right order, so bear with me.

This shows my custom_title field which is what I want as the title on my Palm.



Here's the source template for my custom_title field.

{#initials:'ifempty($,field('#genre'))'|| }{#shortened_title:||-}{author:shorten(1,,0)}{author_sort:shorten(1,,0)}

The custom_title uses shorten_title which is

{#stripped_title:shorten(16,,0)}

Here's the metadata plugboard I'm using



As you can see by the graphic, the Format is "any format". The Device is "save to disk". I use this because I drag the file from the save-to-disk directory into my Palm Install Tool utility where the Palm hotsync operation transfers it to the SD card in my Palm. I've tried different Format and Device to no avail.

Here is the Source Template in the plugboard.

{#initials:'ifempty($,field('#genre'))'|| }{#shortened_title:||-}{author:shorten(1,,0)}{author_sort:shorten(1,,0)}

As you can see, the destination field is "title". My natural assumption is, for the meta data, the field "title" will be replaced by the result of the source template.

So, what am I doing wrong? The same source template coding works perfectly to create a custom column (Custom_Title) but on my PDA, the title showing is the original title from the original metadata. Ugh.



As you can see, I have no way to tell (other than from memory) which title is in which series and where in the series it falls. So, instead of keeping all my books on my Palm and browsing through the titles as I work my way through the series I'm reading, I have to move them over to the Palm and then delete them after I read them, then move them back over when i want to read them again. I HATE that.

The output type for the Palm is PDB.

The reader software I am using is ereader Pro for Palm OS. My Palm runs the Garnet version 5.4.9 Palm OS.

Is there anything I haven't clarified to someone's satisfaction?

ElfN