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Old 08-27-2012, 07:40 PM   #11
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Thanks Kovid : First, regarding a Book Link

if (I can read id column in books table in metadata database within a plug-in) then {
if (metadata.books.id is unique && persistent) then {
if (I can use a metadata.books.id to open a Book Details Window) then {
if (I store a metadata.books.id in a type Integer Custom Column) then {
I more or less have what I want
}
}
}
}

Don't I :?:

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Addendum re Triple Slash

The gadget I'm using to provide the URI string only puts two slashes after "file:" It's Lopesoft's Filetools which is a free Swiss Army Knife Shell Extension for Windows.

I've written to Lopesoft to ask if they could provide a triple slash option, it shouldn't be hard, they have a number of tweaks available in the Copy Internet Link dialogue.

I must have had a dose of Fat Finger Syndrome (FFS) yesterday when I edited the HTML to put in the third slash.

Request : In the Insert Link dialogue in a Long Text Column it asks for the URL, could an additional item be added to the dialogue where one can enter the Name - finding & editing something like the following in an unstructured stream of HTML is very prone to FFS like errors.

<a href="file:///e:/MediaStore/Dates/2009/10%20October/">file:///e:/MediaStore/Dates/2009/10%20October/</a>

Not forgetting of course that if one is using the All-In-One Metadata Editor layout, one can't even get at the HTML because there's no Tabs for Normal View and HTML Source :lol:

BR

Last edited by BetterRed; 08-27-2012 at 10:20 PM. Reason: defect in psuedocode & Addendum
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