updated
I have added some info on how to use virtual tag code/formulas in the Additional Tagging and Reporting Tools plugin.
(see here)
@boroda
Please let me know if you think the inforrmation and example I gave could be improved upon?
@hiccup, some corrections:
or ASR presets, it is possible to integrate 'virtual tag' code.
(in the 'replace with:' field)
This can be accomplished using AT&RT's 'eval' function.
In principle, the syntax for 'eval' is: \@eval[…] \@eval[[...]]
(the ellipsis indicating where to put your formula)
But, for it to work, the following characters need to always be doubled:
, (commas) - only if they are part of VT expression, not parameters
" (double quotes) - only if they are part of VT expression, not parameters quotes can't be parameters!
[ ] (square brackets) not inside \@eval[[...]], but around VT expression only, e.g. \@eval[[$Replace(<Genre>,,""["",,"","")]] - note single square bracket and single comma because they are arguments, not parts of VT expression
So if the code for a virtual tag is something like:
$Replace(<Genre>,;,",")
You'll need to change it to this to make it work in AT&RT:
\@eval[[$Replace(<Genre>,,;,,"",,]"")]] - \@eval[[$Replace(<Genre>,,;,,"","")]] - single comma between quotes because it's parameter!
square brackets can't be part of VT syntax, so they never must be doubled inside \@eval[[...]],
quotes and commas must be doubled if they are parts of VT syntax, not parameters
important note: replacement step is
always skipped if there is
no match in the search pattern. if you want to address tags
directly in replacement step (e.g.
<Artist> instead of
$1, $2, etc.), then just search
any tag for
^.* to
always match this step and
never skip \@eval[[...]] in replacement.
