Re: 3.0 [TEXT] variables
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 20498
interpreted = N
texte = On 10/15/98 4:57 PM, Dave MacLeay so noted...>A simple example would be a form with several checkboxes. Currently there >is a lot of code out there that deals with it like this: > > [Append ...]CheckBox1=[ShowIf >[CheckBox1]=[raw][CheckBox1][/raw]]F[/ShowIf][HideIf >[CheckBox1]=[raw][CheckBox1][/raw]][CheckBox1]&CheckBox2=[ShowIf >[CheckBox2]=[raw][CheckBox2][/raw]]F[/ShowIf][HideIf >[CheckBox2]=[raw][CheckBox2][/raw]][CheckBox2][/Append] > >Every time you want to use a checkbox value, you have to go through the >whole [ShowIf]/[HideIf] routine again. What a drag.I had mentioned something to this effect last week on the subject of adding the information from a large number of radio buttons to a database. If you absolutely *have* to define the T/F value for a checkbox, it could be simplified as:[Append ...]CheckBox1=[ShowIf [CheckBox1]!T]F[/ShowIf][ShowIf [CheckBox1]=T]T[/ShowIf]&CheckBox2=[ShowIf [CheckBox2]!T]F[/ShowIf][ShowIf [CheckBox2]=T]T[/ShowIf][/Append]... resulting in far fewer [raw][variable][/raw] tags which, imho, makes it easier to track -- but I'd agree that it's still a drag : )Another way to consider would be to just do:[Append ...]CheckBox1=[CheckBox1]&CheckBox2=[CheckBox2][/Append]Then, when it comes time to use that information to repopulate a form, or cause some action to occur, just think of it as if the value is 'T' it's true, if it's anything else, it's false.Keeping in mind Grant's recent emphatic closure of the whole default value of undeclared variables subject, I'm *not* getting into *that* whole can of worms again! ; )Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design300 First Avenue North, Suite 150 Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com
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On 10/15/98 4:57 PM, Dave MacLeay so noted...>A simple example would be a form with several checkboxes. Currently there >is a lot of code out there that deals with it like this: > > [Append ...]CheckBox1=[ShowIf >[CheckBox1]=
[raw][CheckBox1][/raw]]F[/ShowIf][HideIf >[CheckBox1]=
[raw][CheckBox1][/raw]][CheckBox1]&CheckBox2=[ShowIf >[CheckBox2]=
[raw][CheckBox2][/raw]]F[/ShowIf][HideIf >[CheckBox2]=
[raw][CheckBox2][/raw]][CheckBox2][/Append] > >Every time you want to use a checkbox value, you have to go through the >whole
[showif]/
[hideif] routine again. What a drag.I had mentioned something to this effect last week on the subject of adding the information from a large number of radio buttons to a database. If you absolutely *have* to define the T/F value for a checkbox, it could be simplified as:[Append ...]CheckBox1=[ShowIf [CheckBox1]!T]F[/ShowIf][ShowIf [CheckBox1]=T]T[/ShowIf]&CheckBox2=[ShowIf [CheckBox2]!T]F[/ShowIf][ShowIf [CheckBox2]=T]T[/ShowIf][/Append]... resulting in far fewer
[raw][variable][/raw] tags which, imho, makes it easier to track -- but I'd agree that it's still a drag : )Another way to consider would be to just do:[Append ...]CheckBox1=[CheckBox1]&CheckBox2=[CheckBox2][/Append]Then, when it comes time to use that information to repopulate a form, or cause some action to occur, just think of it as if the value is 'T' it's true, if it's anything else, it's false.Keeping in mind Grant's recent emphatic closure of the whole default value of undeclared variables subject, I'm *not* getting into *that* whole can of worms again! ; )Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design300 First Avenue North, Suite 150 Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com
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