How to copy a custom column's content of selected book

[scmaybee]

I need to output the name of the selected book, just like the result of using the template output when I "save to disk".
is there a plugin to deal with this?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by scmaybee

I need to output the name of the selected book, just like the result of using the template output when I "save to disk".
is there a plugin to deal with this?

Output it to where ?

If you mean the save template itself, then custom columns are available :



If you mean you want to copy the Book Title to a custom column then Metadata Edit Bulk Search and Replace is the best place to do that - be careful though.

Otherwise elaborate

And welcome to MobileRead.

BR

[scmaybee]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Output it to where ?

If you mean the save template itself, then custom columns are available :

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If you mean you want to copy the Book Title to a custom column then Metadata Edit Bulk Search and Replace is the best place to do that - be careful though.

Otherwise elaborate

And welcome to MobileRead.

BR

Thanks for your reply, BR

I concatenated some columns' value to generate a new column, now I want copy it and paste in another place as a quote.
Output the result to clipboard or a txt file is OK.

[theducks]

I don't think you can do it that way.
Calculated columns (values) don't actually exist in the DB
Are these really dynamic? You might use the MDE in bulk mode: S&R to compute (or append) values to a normal custom column

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by scmaybee

Thanks for your reply, BR

I concatenated some columns' value to generate a new column, now I want copy it and paste in another place as a quote.
Output the result to clipboard or a txt file is OK.

For a single book you can copy from Book Information. Press 'I' (if the column you want isn't shown, there's a Configure link at bottom right), right click somewhere, select Copy All, paste into text editor. If you double click in a column value you can Copy just that value to the clipboard - I find that a bit tricky, but I'm an old keyboard warrior

For many books it would probably be easier to create a CSV Catalogue. You'll probably need to add that tool to a toolbar/menu, or give it a shortcut. You can select which columns you want, including calculated columns.

BR

[scmaybee]

Originally Posted by theducks

I don't think you can do it that way.
Calculated columns (values) don't actually exist in the DB
Are these really dynamic? You might use the MDE in bulk mode: S&R to compute (or append) values to a normal custom column

Yes, they are dynamic, the template is something like "《{title}》{#title2:ifempty({#title2})|(|)}{#gfbh:i fempty({#gfbh})|(|)}{#edition:ifempty({#edition})| (|)}", it contains ifempty() expression, so it's hard to be handled by S&R.

[scmaybee]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

For a single book you can copy from Book Information. Press 'I' (if the column you want isn't shown, there's a Configure link at bottom right), right click somewhere, select Copy All, paste into text editor. If you double click in a column value you can Copy just that value to the clipboard - I find that a bit tricky, but I'm an old keyboard warrior

For many books it would probably be easier to create a CSV Catalogue. You'll probably need to add that tool to a toolbar/menu, or give it a shortcut. You can select which columns you want, including calculated columns.

BR

Thank you very very much, create CSV Catalogue works great, although it's a little bit complicate.
I didn't know this function before, it puzzles me a very long time. I like you man