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Title: Default Values for Library fields
Post by: wburkett on February 15, 2016, 02:33:06 pm

Is there any way to specify default values for Library fields?  For example, I created a field called "Live" for live music and would like the value of that field to default to "No".  Any way to do this?

Bill

Title: Re: Default Values for Library fields
Post by: glynor on February 15, 2016, 03:00:11 pm

Not directly.  Fields with no value always initialize blank (0 for numeric fields).

You can, however, tag new files automatically at import time, and set your own default that way:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Tag_on_Import

In your case, though, it would probably be better to use an Integer type field, where 0 is false and 1 (or greater) is True.  You can set the Edit Type to Check and it'll display with a nice checkbox in MC.  Since numeric fields initialize to zero, you won't have to do anything to get them to come in "false".

That's usually the best bet, whenever possible.

Title: Re: Default Values for Library fields
Post by: wburkett on February 15, 2016, 10:07:02 pm

Thanks, glynor -- I'll look into that.

Bill