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case-insensitive comparison of values

include AlternateNumber and AlternateCount as allowed fields 
(http://comicrack.cyolito.com/forum/13-scripts/30963-the-cr-data-manager-enter-d
ata-automatically-based-on-rules-0114?limit=10&start=140#31767)

Since I am working on my main character rules I have questions about how rules 
are handled.

Is there a rule like

<<Series.Contains:Animal Man>> <<Series.Not.Contains:and>> => 
<<MainCharacterOrTeam:Animal Man>>

where you can negate sub-rules like contains.

(Faba @ CR forum)

While it makes sense on its own, there HAS to be an option somewhere to disable 
it if the user doesn't need it.
(600WPMPO @ CR forum)

option to select the line in gui where to go to

So, what I'm looking to do is find a way to add a sorting field for secondary 
numbers that appeared on Superman family books and Legion of Superheroes titles 
in the 90's. Is that something the Data Manager would be used for, or is there 
an easier way that I'm missing? (Just Bill @ CR forum)

Should be possible with the use of custom values.

unexpected result if apostrophe is contained in series name. See
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new modifier: StartsWithAnyOf

Would enable the user to store tag info in notes field

Incidentally, will it possible to set Manga, Black and White and Series 
Complete? (Kirtai @ CR forum)

RegEx might a be a useful new modifier

waiting for inspection by Sal

Remove can be useful for multi-value fields:

<<Tags.Remove:thisTag>>

result in Tags field:
before dataMan runs: "thisTag,anotherTag>>
after dataMan runs: "anotherTag"

Tags should be selectable

if no books were touched by the dataMan the log should not be empty but display 
a message like "no books were touched by your rules" or better: the messagebox 
before should say so

case-insensitive comparison of field names

add 'Close' button to log viewer

e.g. <<Number.In:1,3,8>>

option to save configuration under new name

I looked thru the config data after I resaved it in the plugin. A few lines 
have been commented out because of invalid expressions. Which I assume is the 
fact that the Series name has a colon in it. How do I escape these?

# invalid expression: <<Series:The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men>> 
<<Publisher:DC Comics>> => <<SeriesGroup:Justice League>>

(freakeo @ CR forum)

Please add utf-8 support at script 

Could you update the log output so if the old and new values are the same it 
won't display that as an update.

I'm testing things and when I run CRData on a book repeatedly it works fine, 
but nothing is actually changed so I would rather not see the list of things 
"updated"

useful new modifier for multi-value fields

E.g.:
book1 tags: tag1, tag2, otherTag
book2 tags: tag1, tag2, anotherTag

<<Tags.Contains:other>>
returns book1 and book2

<<Tags.ListContains:anotherTag>>
returns only book2

allow add, remove, replace in single value string fields

ContainsAllOf would simplify some rules:

<<Series.ContainsAllOf:Superman,Batman>>

would return:
Superman & Batman
Superman and Batman
Superman / Batman

might be useful to test new rules

modifiers Add and Replace might be useful for multi-value fields like Tags and 
Genre

Examples:

<<Genre:Thriller>> => <<Genre.Add:Horror>>

results in a Genre field with "Thriller, Horror"

Examples:

<<Tags.Replace:thisTag -> thatTag>>

data in Tags field is:
before dataMan runs: "thisTag,anotherTag"
after dataMan runs: "thatTag,anotherTag"

have to think about the -> operator though. Maybe || is better?

this could be a useful feature if the user wants to use something like 

=> <<Tags.Add:Processed by Data Manager _date_ _time_>>

variables could make the rules more flexible. Current ideas:
_directory_ (directory but without the full path)
_year_ (current year)

These variables should be used with the Calc modifier and therefore Calc should 
not be restricted to numerical values.

It could also be useful if the user could define his own variables at the 
beginning of the configuration.

Example:
#@ _myVar_ = 'Gotham books'
<<Series.Contains:Batman>> => {SeriesGroup.Calc:{_myVar_}>>

would be interpreted as:
<<Series.Contains:Batman>> => {SeriesGroup:Gotham books>>


Endless possibilities ...

In a future release could you add fields for color and language fo the comics?

add Title to allowed fields

it may be useful to use the directory name of the book:

Example: 
book.Directory: Y:\a.b.comics.dcp\2013\Hitlist 2013.03.16

and you want to set the value of book.Owner to
Hitlist 2013.03.16

something like
=> <<Owner:{_fileDirectory_}>>

might do it

update manual (case insensitive comparers)

aboutDialog needs final treatment

a rule like

<<Series:Batman: The Dark Knight>> 

will give unexpected results.

Further testing needed

sometimes it is useful that only 1 rule should touch a book. The other rules 
following should be ignored.

Example:

<<Series.StartsWith:What If>> => <<SeriesGroup:What If>>
<<Series.Contains:Spider-Man>> => <<SeriesGroup:Spidey-Books>>

To avoid that "What If Spider-Man" later on gets the series group "Spidey 
Books" only that first quoted rule should apply.

Something like this might handle that:
!<<Series.StartsWith:What If>> => <<SeriesGroup:What If>>
<<Series.Contains:Spider-Man>> => <<SeriesGroup:Spidey-Books>>

this could be useful. E.g.:

<<Series.ContainsAnyOf:Batman,Robin,Joker>> => <<SeriesGroup:Gotham>>

must be available for numerical and string type fields

selection is overwritten when line is inserted by gui and text was selected

add copyright note in code

On closing them, the dialogs exit a bit...abruptly. Not smoothly, like other 
standard dialogs do. I hope I'm making some sense here. 

add manual to installation package

add a button in the configurator to save the configuration to a text file

Exception when the log viewer should start - fixed with 0.1.15

The new version is working better, but still has some problems:

I'm using these rules for my One-Shots. I wish to have 3 things:
1. The format should be One-Shot
2. The number value should be 1
3. The Count value should be 1

So, these are the rules:

<<Number:1>> <<Count:1>> => <<Format:One-Shot>>
<<Number:>> <<Count:>> => <<Format:One-Shot>>
<<Number:>> <<Count:1>> => <<Format:One-Shot>>
<<Format:One-Shot>> => <<Number:1>> <<Count:1>>

This works fine only when the Number field is filled up.

It doesn't work if the Number field is blank.

(600WPMPO at CR forum)

Don't know if it is only happening to me but the "do you want to see the log" 
dialogbox always appears behind the Comicrack Windows. So I have to Alt+Tab to 
get it infront. No showstopper but little bit annoying

might be useful if the books that were touched by Data Manager would be marked. 
Like [DM] or [DMP] in notes or tags

if book.Count is not set but only book.ShadowCount this rule won't work:

<<Count:1>> => <Format:One-shot>

2 ways to handle that:

1.) write code like this:
if book.Count == 1 or book.ShadowCount == 1:
.... doSomething()

2.) let the user commit the proposed values

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. open the gui
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

first value for criteria is "AlternateCount" but the dropdown for modifiers 
shows the modifiers for string values not for numerical values.

Please use labels and text to provide additional information.

makes it easier to edit the file if it could be opened in Notepad etc. This way 
there is no need to update the configurator with text editor functions like 
find and replace

might be useful if log file can be saved as file