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Title: how to merge two fields
Post by: bobe4 on February 23, 2009, 07:25:37 pm

How do I merge two fields together?

I found the listcombine([keywords],[people]) feature... but where do I enter it to execute the combine...

I went to tools/move copy fields, but it just copied one field over the other...

My goal:
I basically want to append a word to the beginning of a field...

Title: Re: how to merge two fields
Post by: Matt on February 23, 2009, 11:34:41 pm

Quote from: bobe4 on February 23, 2009, 07:25:37 pm

How do I merge two fields together?

I found the listcombine([keywords],[people]) feature... but where do I enter it to execute the combine...

I went to tools/move copy fields, but it just copied one field over the other...

My goal:
I basically want to append a word to the beginning of a field...

To append "The " to the front of artist, pick any number of files and edit the artist (in-place edit in the list or use the the Tag Action Window) and enter:
=The [Artist]

The equal means "this is an expression", just like using Excel.

There's lots more you can do with this language:
http://wiki.jrmediacenter.com/index.php/Media_Center_expression_language

Title: Re: how to merge two fields
Post by: bobe4 on February 24, 2009, 01:16:35 am

whoo wee!  it works...

I got the expression part... I just didn't know where to enter it!

thanks