Aeon Clipboard Wizard Addon

Aeon Clipboard Wizard Addon

Name

Clipboard Wizard

Version

1.0.0

Author

Atlas Systems, Inc.

Description

Copies information about an item into the windows clipboard.

Custom Fields Support

No

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Configuration

Addon settings are configured in the Manage Addons form.

The default configuration settings will copy the title in the record to the clipboard when it is opened in Aeon.

Setting

Default

Type

Description

Setting

Default

Type

Description

ComparatorFormat

{Default}

String

Defines the format string to retrieve data to determine if the PrimaryFormatString or SecondaryFormatString is used to copy data into the clipboard. A value of {Default} will set it based on the current product.

ComparatorValue

{Default}

String

Compared to the output of ComparatorFormat. If the value matches then PrimaryFormatString is used; otherwise, SecondaryFormatString is used. A value of {Default} will set it based on the current product.

PrimaryFormatString

{Default}

String

Defines the primary format string to copy data into the clipboard. A value of {Default} will set it based on the current product.

SecondaryFormatString

{Default}

String

Defines the secondary format string to copy data into the clipboard. A value of {Default} will set it based on the current product.

Tagging Syntax

The tagging syntax allows you to customize what fields from the item record are copied to the clipboard. The system will look for values inside of curly braces. i.e. { }.

  • Add "TableField" to indicate replacing with a value from a table and field.

  • Add the TableName, followed by a period, followed by the FieldName e.g. {TableField:Transaction.ItemTitle} / {TableField:Transaction.ItemAuthor}.

  • See the example below for the full configuration table below.

Example

Use the following example shows how to copy both the Title and Author to the clipboard when opening an Item Record.

All examples assume the following default settings. Leave these values as is.

ComparatorFormat: {Default} ComparatorValue: {Default}

Setting

Default

Setting

Default

ComparatorFormat

{Default}

ComparatorValue

{Default}

PrimaryFormatString

{TableField:Transaction.ItemTitle} /
{TableField:Transaction.ItemAuthor}

SecondaryFormatString

{Default}

If the Item's Title is "The Cat in the Hat" and Author is "Dr. Seuss," The Cat in the Hat / Dr. Seuss will be copied to the clipboard if using the configuration above. The slash between the title and author can be removed if it causes problems with conducting searches.