[ic] mv_metadata & derived (calculated) data

[Ed LaFrance]

At 10:34 AM 06/12/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>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.
>
>--
>Mike Heins
>Perusion -- Expert Interchange Consulting
>phone +1.513.523.7621      <mike@perusion.com>

How would something like that be handled when entering an new record - 
javascript? Seems like it could get messy.

- Ed L.


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