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Old 03-14-2011, 02:38 AM   #1
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Add Book Regex to Custom field

Just wondering if its possible to use a custom field when adding books into Calibre? if so how i have tried putting the # in front of the fieldname but it doesnt seem to work.
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Old 03-14-2011, 04:41 AM   #2
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I'm guessing that, in the regex expression for adding books, you want to read metadata to a custom metadata field? If so, that's not possible- only the fields listed below the regex input field are supported.
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Old 03-14-2011, 04:46 AM   #3
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Ok what a bummer thats what i was hoping to do. Oh well thanks for the info.
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Old 10-07-2014, 07:33 PM   #4
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that's too bad, was hoping to have this functionality :P
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