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BetterRed · 03-26-2016, 06:17 PM

@Iouanalao - Why does it have to be in the ID's column. What's wrong with having it in the Comments column, or a custom long text column.

I have "evernote:blah blah" links in some Author Link fields. And in a long text custom column for books (#notes/Notes), I have both "evernote:blah blah" and "onenote:blah blah blah" links.

I tried using the ID column for EN and ON links but I found it too fiddlesome, and I couldn't work out how to 'label' the links, what I saw was the link, which for EN looks something like -- evernote:///view/12032092/s105/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/9a96e1c8-de9c-44bf-9841-b60e9ee40830-2821/ -- ON links are somewhat similar but longer even.

When I click on an author name in the Book Details sidebar then, if the Author Link field has an evernote: link then the relevant note is opened in Evernote. When I click on an Evernote or OneNote link in the Notes area of the Book Details sidebar, then the relevant note is opened in the relevant program.

I have the Notes column for other reasons. Getting the links from evernote and onenote and pasting them into a long text column is trivial. And what I see is the name of the note (the link itself is automagically encapsulated in the html <a href ...> tag), which I can edit and decorate if I'm minded. I could also have links to multiple EN and ON notes for the one book. And I suspect I could also have links with other protocols like mailto: and ftp: although I've not tried them.

I also use file: links in my Notes column. Sometimes a 'document' is republished under different title by a different publisher. In that case I put a file link to the 'original' book folder in the republished title's Notes column. If they existed, I would paste a calibre: link.

I also prefer to use the same mechanism for linking to external applications for Authors and Books.

IMO by trying to shoehorn your logores links into the ID's column you're painting yourself into a corner.

BR

03-26-2016, 06:17 PM	#16
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,779 Karma: 30237628 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Iouanalao - Why does it have to be in the ID's column. What's wrong with having it in the Comments column, or a custom long text column. I have "evernote:blah blah" links in some Author Link fields. And in a long text custom column for books (#notes/Notes), I have both "evernote:blah blah" and "onenote:blah blah blah" links. I tried using the ID column for EN and ON links but I found it too fiddlesome, and I couldn't work out how to 'label' the links, what I saw was the link, which for EN looks something like -- evernote:///view/12032092/s105/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/9a96e1c8-de9c-44bf-9841-b60e9ee40830-2821/ -- ON links are somewhat similar but longer even. When I click on an author name in the Book Details sidebar then, if the Author Link field has an evernote: link then the relevant note is opened in Evernote. When I click on an Evernote or OneNote link in the Notes area of the Book Details sidebar, then the relevant note is opened in the relevant program. I have the Notes column for other reasons. Getting the links from evernote and onenote and pasting them into a long text column is trivial. And what I see is the name of the note (the link itself is automagically encapsulated in the html <a href ...> tag), which I can edit and decorate if I'm minded. I could also have links to multiple EN and ON notes for the one book. And I suspect I could also have links with other protocols like mailto: and ftp: although I've not tried them. I also use file: links in my Notes column. Sometimes a 'document' is republished under different title by a different publisher. In that case I put a file link to the 'original' book folder in the republished title's Notes column. If they existed, I would paste a calibre: link. I also prefer to use the same mechanism for linking to external applications for Authors and Books. IMO by trying to shoehorn your logores links into the ID's column you're painting yourself into a corner. BR