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English => Development => Topic started by: daddydave on July 01, 2011, 02:38:36 am

Title: customfieldlabel vs. caption in skin
Post by: daddydave on July 01, 2011, 02:38:36 am

OK I am trying to add custom fields to the pvd_imdb_theme movie skin. If I do the following, I get "watcher Watcher:" as my field label

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                     <column width="140" halign="left">
                        <customfieldlabel field="watcher"/>
                        <label>
                          <caption>Watcher:</caption>
                        </label>
                      </column>

If I leave out the customfieldlabel element, I get no label at all:

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                     <column width="140" halign="left">

                        <label>
                          <caption>Watcher:</caption>
                        </label>
                      </column>
I'm using the 1.0.1.0 beta but I'm probably just doing something stupid. So what am I doing wrong?

Title: Re: customfieldlabel vs. caption in skin
Post by: rick.ca on July 01, 2011, 03:45:29 am

What you want is something like...

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<column>
      <label  width="140" halign="left">
            <caption>Watcher:</caption>
      </label>
      <custom field="watcher"/>
</column>


Title: Re: customfieldlabel vs. caption in skin
Post by: daddydave on July 01, 2011, 10:55:34 pm

Thanks, that works! Wish I could understand why, but for now I'll just roll with it.  :)

Title: Re: customfieldlabel vs. caption in skin
Post by: rick.ca on July 01, 2011, 11:12:33 pm

I've never done better than "rolling with it." My main technique is to copy something that works, and then modify it by trial and error. :-\