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Originally Posted by At_Libitum
I would like to be able to either open the referenced book/magazine itself or the book details window but without first needing to switch to that library
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At_Libitum - If its
only for the purposes of reading the 'related book' from within the context of the 'current book' you could put a link to a 'related book' format file in Comments of the 'current book'.
Recent changes to the Insert Link feature in the Comments Editor make this a 'walk in the park'. The related book doesn't have to be in the same library, in fact it doesn't have to be in any library, or even on your own computer - its a URI so it can reference a local file, your FTP account, a PDF on a webpage. If its a reference to an image then it will be shown as such in book details
The attachments should contain enough "how to do" info
Take heed of the warning in the Insert Link dialogue, To which I would add - "
it applies to any link, if a web site, or ftp server is down or disappears then the link wont work, site re-engineering can also make links invalid ".
If you don't want to pollute Comments with links, or you don't want to put them there in case you download comments from wherever, which will overwrite them; then add a comments like custom column and put the links in there.
This is what I do in practice, custom comments also have the advantage that they can be 'shown' and edited from the spreadsheet/book list - I show them as an icon with no text (looks better). You can show custom comments columns in Book Details like any other column.
BR