Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable

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2015


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = --001a113ea8668c5e5d05113fb527 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Thanks folks. The use of the [raw] tag made it work. I should have defined my variable [selector] for you better. [selector] is my page navigation variable. It's set only by menu selections, so there is no chance of it being full of any unwanted characters. So I don't worry about using a [url] When my site first launches, [selector] is empty, because no menu selections have been made yet. This is why I was trying to test for when it would be empty. Thanks again for the help. sfb Stephen F Braun sbraun1@twcny.rr.com On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Donovan Brooke wrote: > Skinning the cat (if you need to check for both blank and raw): > [ShowIf |[raw][selector][/raw]||^|[selector]|] > Ain't no value for selector > [/ShowIf] > > Alternatively, in my standard function lib, I have a php-like 'IsSet' > function. > > [ShowIf [isSet selector]=F] > Ain't no value for selector > [/ShowIf] > > (I think that is the syntax.. Away from my office at present) > > D. Brooke Mobile > > On Mar 13, 2015, at 5:59 PM, Steve Braun wrote: > > Hi All, > I am having an 'age-old' problem with webDNA. > I want to use a showif tag with an empty variable. > I've read some of the archives, but they don't seem to apply. > > This works: > [showif [selector]=home] [include home_page.inc] [/showif] > [showif [selector]=local] [include local_page.inc] [/showif] > > How do I make this work? > [showif [selector]=] [include blank_page.inc] [/showif] > > Thanks for any assistance. > > Stephen F Braun > sbraun1@twcny.rr.com > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is > sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To > unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: > http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us > > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is > sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To > unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: > http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us > --001a113ea8668c5e5d05113fb527 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks folks.
=
The use of the [raw] tag made it work.

I should have defi= ned my variable [selector] for you better.=C2=A0=C2=A0 [selector] is my pag= e navigation variable.
It's set only by menu selections, so th= ere is no chance of it being full of any unwanted characters.
So I= don't worry about using a [url]

When my site first launch= es,=C2=A0 [selector] is empty, because no menu selections have been made ye= t.
This is why I was trying to test=C2=A0 for when it would be emp= ty.

Thanks again for the help.
sfb
=




=

St= ephen F Braun
sbraun1@twcny.r= r.com

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Donovan Bro= oke <dbrooke@euca.us> wrote:
Skinning the cat (if you need to check for both bla= nk and raw):=C2=A0
[ShowIf |[raw][selector][/raw]||^|[selector]|]=
=C2=A0Ain't no value for selector
[/ShowIf]
<= div>
Alternatively, in my standard function lib, I have a php= -like 'IsSet' function.

[ShowIf [isSet sel= ector]=3DF]
=C2=A0Ain't no value for selector
[/Sho= wIf]

(I think that is the syntax.. Away from my of= fice at present)

D. Brooke Mobile

On = Mar 13, 2015, at 5:59 PM, Steve Braun <sbraun1@twcny.rr.com> wrote:

<= /span>
Hi All,
I am having an 'age-old' problem = with webDNA.
I want to use a showif tag with an empty variable.
I've read some of the archives, but they don't seem to = apply.

This works:
[showif [selector]=3Dhome]=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0 [include home_page.inc]=C2=A0=C2=A0 [/showif]=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 <= br>[showif [selector]=3Dlocal]=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 [include local_page.inc]= =C2=A0=C2=A0 [/showif]=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0

How do I make this work?[showif [selector]=3D]=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 [include blank_page.inc]=C2=A0= =C2=A0 [/showif]=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0

Thanks for any assistance.=

Stephen F Braun
sbraun1@twcny.rr.com
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--001a113ea8668c5e5d05113fb527-- Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Brian Burton 2015)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Donovan Brooke 2015)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Brian Burton 2015)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Donovan Brooke 2015)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Dan Strong 2015)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Terry Wilson 2015)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Kenneth Grome 2015)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Steve Braun 2015)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Steve Braun 2015)
  10. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Kenneth Grome 2015)
  11. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Donovan Brooke 2015)
  12. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Brian Burton 2015)
  13. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Terry Wilson 2015)
  14. Re: [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Dan Strong 2015)
  15. [WebDNA] showif with empty variable (Steve Braun 2015)
--001a113ea8668c5e5d05113fb527 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Thanks folks. The use of the [raw] tag made it work. I should have defined my variable [selector] for you better. [selector] is my page navigation variable. It's set only by menu selections, so there is no chance of it being full of any unwanted characters. So I don't worry about using a [url] When my site first launches, [selector] is empty, because no menu selections have been made yet. This is why I was trying to test for when it would be empty. Thanks again for the help. sfb Stephen F Braun sbraun1@twcny.rr.com On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Donovan Brooke wrote: > Skinning the cat (if you need to check for both blank and raw): > [ShowIf |[raw][selector][/raw]||^|[selector]|] > Ain't no value for selector > [/ShowIf] > > Alternatively, in my standard function lib, I have a php-like 'IsSet' > function. > > [ShowIf [isSet selector]=F] > Ain't no value for selector > [/ShowIf] > > (I think that is the syntax.. Away from my office at present) > > D. Brooke Mobile > > On Mar 13, 2015, at 5:59 PM, Steve Braun wrote: > > Hi All, > I am having an 'age-old' problem with webDNA. > I want to use a showif tag with an empty variable. > I've read some of the archives, but they don't seem to apply. > > This works: > [showif [selector]=home] [include home_page.inc] [/showif] > [showif [selector]=local] [include local_page.inc] [/showif] > > How do I make this work? > [showif [selector]=] [include blank_page.inc] [/showif] > > Thanks for any assistance. > > Stephen F Braun > sbraun1@twcny.rr.com > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is > sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To > unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: > http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us > > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is > sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To > unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: > http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us > --001a113ea8668c5e5d05113fb527 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks folks.
=
The use of the [raw] tag made it work.

I should have defi= ned my variable [selector] for you better.=C2=A0=C2=A0 [selector] is my pag= e navigation variable.
It's set only by menu selections, so th= ere is no chance of it being full of any unwanted characters.
So I= don't worry about using a [url]

When my site first launch= es,=C2=A0 [selector] is empty, because no menu selections have been made ye= t.
This is why I was trying to test=C2=A0 for when it would be emp= ty.

Thanks again for the help.
sfb
=




=

St= ephen F Braun
sbraun1@twcny.r= r.com

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Donovan Bro= oke <dbrooke@euca.us> wrote:
Skinning the cat (if you need to check for both bla= nk and raw):=C2=A0
[ShowIf |[raw][selector][/raw]||^|[selector]|]=
=C2=A0Ain't no value for selector
[/ShowIf]
<= div>
Alternatively, in my standard function lib, I have a php= -like 'IsSet' function.

[ShowIf [isSet sel= ector]=3DF]
=C2=A0Ain't no value for selector
[/Sho= wIf]

(I think that is the syntax.. Away from my of= fice at present)

D. Brooke Mobile

On = Mar 13, 2015, at 5:59 PM, Steve Braun <sbraun1@twcny.rr.com> wrote:

<= /span>
Hi All,
I am having an 'age-old' problem = with webDNA.
I want to use a showif tag with an empty variable.
I've read some of the archives, but they don't seem to = apply.

This works:
[showif [selector]=3Dhome]=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0 [include home_page.inc]=C2=A0=C2=A0 [/showif]=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 <= br>[showif [selector]=3Dlocal]=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 [include local_page.inc]= =C2=A0=C2=A0 [/showif]=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0

How do I make this work?[showif [selector]=3D]=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 [include blank_page.inc]=C2=A0= =C2=A0 [/showif]=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0

Thanks for any assistance.=

Stephen F Braun
sbraun1@twcny.rr.com
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