Matthew,
This is not your "Average Joe" feature, but some of our customers have come up with brilliant workflows never originally conceived using just basic Code Replacements.
I'm curious what other solutions using Hot Codes are realized by our great pool of sophisticated users!
BTW - I came up with this idea at like 2 AM in the morning when I was finishing up a presentation for an NPPA workshop. I was providing examples about the multi-photographer workflow and the idea just popped in my head like a lightning bolt.
Typically when creating complicated Code Replacement files (with multiple replacements), it is a good idea to use a spreadsheet rather than a text editor because the separating tab characters aren't obvious (and can introduce errors). And I like to put a column header over each of the multiple replacements. It is those column headers that are the "Hot Codes". And then I realized this freed us from forcing a particular piece of metadata (e.g. serial number) and allowed for alternate metadata to be used to "generate" codes (hence "code generators").
On its face it is a simple concept but the ramifications of what is possible are somewhat unlimited.
For the metadata-hardy only!
--dennis
