Re: YACBQ.....(Yet another checkbox question)
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Will I just tried your demo page I don't get what you are showing with that (I submitthe form and it reloads the page as if from scratch.... maybe if you display a[formvariables] it would be more meaningful?)Anyway as far as I understand it the guys have already answered your Q.[showif [URL][checkboxName][/URL]=[URL][raw][checkboxName][/raw][/URL]]the checkbox was not checked before submit[/showif]works precisely *because* theunchecked box does not return *anything* (not even its name) to the page in question.-JohnWill Starck wrote:> Ummm....my question actually centered around an unchecked box not returning> *anything* (not even its name) to the page in question.>> So, how can one make these comparisons work, if the variable name isn't even> returned?>> Look at a test here ----->>> http://shop.novaderm.com/novastore/test/checkboxtester.tpl>> --> Will Starck> Product and Technical Support> NovaDerm.com> http://www.novaderm.com> techs@novaderm.com> Toll free support line: 800-378-1740>> > From: Aaron Lynch
> > Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk)> > Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 23:06:54> > To: (WebCatalog Talk)> > Subject: Re: YACBQ.....(Yet another checkbox question)> >> > Your Honor; on 8/3/00 9:24 PM, the Defendant, Peter Ostry, confessed:> >> >> on 04.08.2000 5:47, Aaron Lynch at a.list@ninewire.com wrote:> >>> >>> if there is a checkbox, then [mycheckbox] becomes 'T' right?> >>> so, [raw][mycheckbox][/raw] doesn't equal 'T'> >>>> >>> if there is no variable named [mycheckbox] then when webcat looks at that,> >>> it ends up with nothing and so just displays [mycheckbox] exactly.> >>>> >>> [raw][mycheckbox][/raw] essentially just makes the stuff inside [raw]> >>> display exactly as typed, so [mycheckbox]=[mycheckbox]> >>>> >>> Does that make sense?> >>> >>> >> Yes.> >> This behavior is not a matter of Webcat but of HTML. Not activated> >> checkboxes do not show up on following pages. Webcat gets no information> >> from the form and if you write the variable name, this variable is undefined> >> and therefore displayed as it is.> >> > Uhhhmmm Peter.... I wasn't asking, I was answering the original question> > :)> >> > -Aaron> >> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------> > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> > the mailing list .> > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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Will I just tried your demo page I don't get what you are showing with that (I submitthe form and it reloads the page as if from scratch.... maybe if you display a[formvariables] it would be more meaningful?)Anyway as far as I understand it the guys have already answered your Q.[showif [url][checkboxName][/URL]=[url][raw][checkboxName][/raw][/URL]]the checkbox was not checked before submit[/showif]works precisely *because* theunchecked box does not return *anything* (not even its name) to the page in question.-JohnWill Starck wrote:> Ummm....my question actually centered around an unchecked box not returning> *anything* (not even its name) to the page in question.>> So, how can one make these comparisons work, if the variable name isn't even> returned?>> Look at a test here ----->>> http://shop.novaderm.com/novastore/test/checkboxtester.tpl>> --> Will Starck> Product and Technical Support> NovaDerm.com> http://www.novaderm.com> techs@novaderm.com> Toll free support line: 800-378-1740>> > From: Aaron Lynch > > Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk)> > Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 23:06:54> > To: (WebCatalog Talk)> > Subject: Re: YACBQ.....(Yet another checkbox question)> >> > Your Honor; on 8/3/00 9:24 PM, the Defendant, Peter Ostry, confessed:> >> >> on 04.08.2000 5:47, Aaron Lynch at a.list@ninewire.com wrote:> >>> >>> if there is a checkbox, then [mycheckbox] becomes 'T' right?> >>> so, [raw][mycheckbox][/raw] doesn't equal 'T'> >>>> >>> if there is no variable named [mycheckbox] then when webcat looks at that,> >>> it ends up with nothing and so just displays [mycheckbox] exactly.> >>>> >>> [raw][mycheckbox][/raw] essentially just makes the stuff inside [raw]> >>> display exactly as typed, so [mycheckbox]=[mycheckbox]> >>>> >>> Does that make sense?> >>> >>> >> Yes.> >> This behavior is not a matter of Webcat but of HTML. Not activated> >> checkboxes do not show up on following pages. Webcat gets no information> >> from the form and if you write the variable name, this variable is undefined> >> and therefore displayed as it is.> >> > Uhhhmmm Peter.... I wasn't asking, I was answering the original question> > :)> >> > -Aaron> >> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------> > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> > the mailing list .> > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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