Error message: "TEMPLATE ERROR Single '}' encountered in format string"

[frank14612]

Originally Posted by PeterT

No... I wanted the Custom Columns screen NOT the Behaviour screen.

Here's the requested screenshot:
http://gyazo.com/6bc2a3fc47b2a36d385f1327be8d4032

[frank14612]

Originally Posted by theducks

I don't see any bad stuff there either
Are you by any chance using the Metadata Plugboard (a little more advanced features), that is another place Templates are used

No, I haven't.

[PeterT]

As suspected you do have a custom column called FORMATS. Let's see what it is. Please highlight the Formats row (right above the Yes/No row) and then click the big blue i icon on the right of the screen. This will show the definition of the Formats custom column.

[frank14612]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@Frank As PeterT writes - you need to look in Preferences->Add Your Own Columns

One of your screen shots suggests you have a custom column called Formats. I'm guessing it looks something like what you see in the attachment below - I think you lost the '{' at the front of the Template field.

Tip - name the field as something other than 'Formats' so that it doesn't get confused with the 'real' Format data - eg 'Approx Formats'

BR

Everyone seems to be supposing that I created my own Formats column, but I didn't. The only column I added/created was the Yes/No column. I don't have any idea how an extra Formats column was created. However it got created, should I delete it?

I think this screenshot may hold the answer to the problem:
http://gyazo.com/fc7e811b98e9d85931f8673a232f0f00

I appreciate your help.

Frank

[PeterT]

Well; this column IS incorrect as expected. You either want to drop this custom column (highlight the row and then click the green recycle icon (just beneath the green UP arrow on the right hand side), or correct the line

formats}

to (maybe)

{:'approximate_formats()'}

.

I think you should drop the column.

You will have to restart calibre after making the change.

[PeterT]

And probably what happened is when you were defining the Yes/No column you accidentally clicked on the word Formats on the Quick create line; this would have made a Formats column for you. Then you accidentally dropped the 1st character of the template.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by frank14612

Everyone seems to be supposing that I created my own Formats column, but I didn't. The only column I added/created was the Yes/No column. I don't have any idea how an extra Formats column was created. However it got created, should I delete it?

I think this screenshot may hold the answer to the problem:
http://gyazo.com/fc7e811b98e9d85931f8673a232f0f00

I appreciate your help.

Frank

Delete that puppy

the Icon definitely shows it as a custom column, and your error (message) stands out like a sore thumb

[frank14612]

Originally Posted by theducks

Delete that puppy

the Icon definitely shows it as a custom column, and your error (message) stands out like a sore thumb

Well, that did it! All is well again.

Here's the result without that spurious column:
http://gyazo.com/5e1ab4491b26717a3b5b9e1b22d5192d

As PeterT said, I must have hit that Formats on the Quick create line by accident. I never even noticed it. I'll be more careful in the future.

Thank you all for your help!

And thanks to Kovid Goyal for Calibre!

Frank