* Templates and Data Entry Plugins

[AlexRWilson]

I am new to FH7, and I tried some simple changes to data entry plugins that work fine (formatting of title in "text from source")
I also wanted to change the title of the source created by the census template, simple change to put "Census" at the start.
For both of these I "cloned" or "Copied" the Template/plugin from existing examples so that I do not overwrite the originals.
For plugins this works fine - I have my own version of birth, death, marriage and census data entry.
However, for the template I cloned, although it seems to work fin and has the required fields, it does not show any data entry plugins. The data entry screen says no plugins available for this source type. See attached (You can see the template is "Census Return Alt" and the data entry window at the bottom)

Screenshot 2023-07-11 100705.png (171.54 KiB) Viewed 352 times

So, there must be a way to "link" templates to data entry plugins?

[ColeValleyGirl]

At the start of a DEA there are a couple of lines like:

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@Type: Source-driven Data Entry
@Subtype: "Census Return"

Modify the @Subtype line to read:

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@Subtype: "Census Return", "Census Return Alt"

It's documented in the Source-Driven Data Entry Plugins section of the Help for Writing Plugins.

[AlexRWilson]

At the start of a DEA there are a couple of lines like:

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@Type: Source-driven Data Entry
@Subtype: "Census Return"

Modify the @Subtype line to read:

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@Subtype: "Census Return", "Census Return Alt"

It's documented in the Source-Driven Data Entry Plugins section of the Help for Writing Plugins.

Thank you! I missed that entry - although looking at it I would have assumed it meant data sub type rather than template name.... All works now!

[tatewise]

Also, at the very bottom of your screenshot, there is an option to Browse/Install Data Entry Assistants.
That allows the list of Supported Sources to be edited as explained in the Help page.