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Old 11-10-2015, 06:33 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by mirikbb View Post
I can pick up #translation custom column from drop down menu but once it is selected, the button "apply selected changes" disappear.
@mirikbb:

The pushbutton "Apply Specified Changes [Selected and Marked Books Only]" disappears when you are trying to commingle incompatible data types. That is 'by design'.

You will note the "Target Column Data Type" just below the "Target Column" drop-down list, and "Source Column Data Type" beneath the "Source Column" drop-down list.

In your example, one is "text" and the other is "series". They are different, so the pushbutton "Apply Specified Changes [Selected and Marked Books Only]" disappears to keep you from using it. That is 'by design'.

You will note that if one is, for example, "integer" and the other is anything else except "integer", the pushbutton also disappears.

The only Data Types that MCS will allow you to commingle are Text and Comments. The pushbutton will not disappear for that combination. That too is 'by design'.

"Serieslike" metadata is comprised of 2 different values that are combined dynamically on the GUI for you to see, but are stored separately. You should use the Standard Calibre tools 'Search & Replace' and/or 'Edit Metadata', and not MCS, to do what you are trying to do.


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