[Isis-users] ABCD and automatic field update

[Guilda Ascencio]

Update database definitions -> Record validation -> End format -> General

>From the fields menu, select one field and build a format. The string
produced by the format will be stored in the field selected (if the field
is empty)

On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Piet De Keyser <piet.dekeyser at ucll.be>
wrote:

> Dear Ernesto,
>
>
> Thank you for your fast answer. Yes, a proc ind the end format should be
> possible too. But if that is the case, we need no special mechanism to
> replace the spaces, since a replace command could do this
> (plus: punctuation should also be stripped from our "key").
>
>
> You know, this is what we had in Weblis 10 years ago: you could add many
> things (including content from other databases) while saving. I know ABCD
> is much more advanced compared with Weblis, but they had some nice thing
> too, e.g. this one plus a very good layout for thesauri. Maybe you and
> Guilda could get the code from them for that too (in fact it is open source
> software, although the source can only be optained from Unesco).
>
>
>
> Piet
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *Van:* isis-users <isis-users-bounces+piet.dekeyser=ucll.be at iccisis.org>
> namens spinaker <spinaker at adinet.com.uy>
> *Verzonden:* zaterdag 2 april 2016 17:15
> *Aan:* isis-users at iccisis.org
> *Onderwerp:* Re: [Isis-users] ABCD and automatic field update
>
> Dear Piet
>
> As far as I know (Guilda should confirm) this is a pending issue for a
> long time,
> this kind of feature should be implemented in
>  Record Validation
>     * End format
>  where the format should include a  PROC(  )
>
> I think the reason this feature is pending is because nobody has requested
> it before
>
> If you want this kind of function (I imagine you need it for FRBR
> indexation), we also need a function to clean the string from
> non-alphanumeric chars in order to generate clean and compact unique keys
>
> Regards
> Ernesto Spinak
>
>
>
>
> El 02/04/2016 a las 11:52, Piet De Keyser escribió:
>
> Dear friends,
>
>
> Who knows a way to automatically add content to a field in ABCD while
> saving a record. I know it is possible to add the name and the operator
> plus the data, to add increment the control number and a few other things,
> but I would need in e.g. a local field the processed content of some other
> fields, e.g.
>
>
> -> these fields are keyed in:
>
>
> v100^aSmith, John
>
> v245^aBeautiful Africa
>
> -> this field would be automatically added:
>
> v991^aBEATIFULAFRICASMITHJOHN
>
> Piet de Keyser
> (Belgium, although: who still dares to say he lives in Belgium?....)
>
>
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