Re: Exclamation point

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11198
interpreted = N
texte = >>[showif [form.body]=] >>if the form.body ends---ie with some text! <--ends with exclamation point >> >>it triggers the above [showif] which means form.body contains nothing. >>Remove the exclamation point and replace it with a period and she goes over >>the show if and the text is appended as it was meant to be. > >Sorry about that. It's actually a result of ! being a special character >inside [showif]. The ! in your text is fooling WebCat into thinking it's >[showif x!y]. > >Try swapping the equals sign around: [showif =[form.body]]which means >show if nothing equals [form.body]No cigarand what I found puzzling was that this did the same thing[showif [form.body]=[raw][form.body][/raw]]What is it doing triggering the not equal of the show if command if I read correctly what you are saying above? =============================================== Gary Richter PanaVise Products, Inc. 7540 Colbert Dr. Reno, Nevada 89511 Ph: 702.850.2900 Fx: 702.850.2929 Email: grichter@panavise.com http://www.panavise.com =============================================== Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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>>[showif [form.body]=] >>if the form.body ends---ie with some text! <--ends with exclamation point >> >>it triggers the above [showif] which means form.body contains nothing. >>Remove the exclamation point and replace it with a period and she goes over >>the show if and the text is appended as it was meant to be. > >Sorry about that. It's actually a result of ! being a special character >inside [showif]. The ! in your text is fooling WebCat into thinking it's >[showif x!y]. > >Try swapping the equals sign around: [showif =[form.body]]which means >show if nothing equals [form.body]No cigarand what I found puzzling was that this did the same thing[showif [form.body]=[raw][form.body][/raw]]What is it doing triggering the not equal of the show if command if I read correctly what you are saying above? =============================================== Gary Richter PanaVise Products, Inc. 7540 Colbert Dr. Reno, Nevada 89511 Ph: 702.850.2900 Fx: 702.850.2929 Email: grichter@panavise.com http://www.panavise.com =============================================== grichter@panavise.com (Gary Richter)

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