I would prefer to use the external_key field for this (as this is what it's intended for) however you can only get at this field via the additional info addin and therefore can't copy-paste, which is a show stopper for me !

There isn't any real problem with doing this and I will add it to the request list. Also it would be a good idea if external reference was made available as a normal field. My contract with JNCC doesn't include any funding for bug fixes or development, but I probably would have made this change anyway. However,  I am a bit  too far towards issuing version 6.28 (which will be the last JNCC version of R6) to be able to fit it in any additional changes.  All is not lost though, as hopefully new support arrangements will be in place shortly and this type of minor change will become possible again.

Hi

Just to let you know that the existing Consortium which supports R6, (John van Breda, Sally Rankin and myself) hope to have secured sufficient funding from an R6 user to continue support for at least a further year (possibly two years ). Details  are being worked out and hopefully there will be an announcement shortly.