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Old 06-24-2022, 09:00 PM   #16
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I have an action chain that lets me input the current page number and it calculates the percentage from that.
I do this, but just with a #currentpage column and #percentread column-built-from-other-columns that does the math. Is it easier using the Action Chains plugin? I downloaded it but haven't gotten around to feeling like I need it.
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I do this, but just with a #currentpage column and #percentread column-built-from-other-columns that does the math. Is it easier using the Action Chains plugin? I downloaded it but haven't gotten around to feeling like I need it.
Here's the chain if you want to import and take a look.

I imagine the method is similar. Instead of a column to update a composite column, I use Action Chains' variable to manually update a non-composite integer.

Action Chains pops up a dialog to input the current page number:

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