[ic] mv_metadata & derived (calculated) data

Mike Heins interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Wed Jun 12 10:35:01 2002


Quoting David Kelly (david@zeald.com):
> Is it possible to put in mv_metadata an entry that will allow you to display a 
> entry with the table editor tag that is derived (calculated) from other 
> fields from the table?
> 
> For Example:
> 
> Under the 'products' entry in the mv_metadata.asc file I can set in the 
> 'options' field what fields I want the item_edit page to display.   Is it 
> possible to put an entry in there that is the sum of two other fields
> 
> e.g.
> A
> B
> C=(A+B)
> 
> I realise that I can simulate the effect of this by just writing my own custom 
> item edit page.   But I am trying to create a more generic and reusable 
> solution

Hmm. Is this designed to allow custom edit pages based on product
type? If it is, it would seem to be an admirable thing to be able
to do, and something like that could be ginned into 4.9 (via table-editor,
probably). I don't think it could be put into 4.8.

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