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It keeps the original formatting. numero = 101832
interpreted = N
texte = eh eh... dead easy.. thanksUsing it for ages, I even didn't thought to go to the manual...Le 28 janv. 09 =E0 15:48, Gil Poulsen a =E9crit :Hi, Lawrence. This is from the docs for [ShowIf]:=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DTip: make sure neither side of the comparison equation contains any of=20the special comparison letters listed above. For example, [ShowIf I'm=20Friendly! Are you?=3D[question]] contains an exclamation point inside the==20sentence being compared, so WebDNA sees this as "I'm Friendly" is not=20equal to " Are you?=3D[question]", which is not what the author meant to=20compare.The solution is to wrap each side of the comparison with [URL] contexts,=20like this:[ShowIf [URL]I'm Friendly! Are you?[/URL]=3D[URL][question][/URL]]. This=20causes any embedded !=3D>< symbols to be converted to their URL=20equivalents, which can then be compared correctly.=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DOnce in a thousand years or so a question is posted that I actually know=20the answer to ;-)On Jan 28, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Lawrence wrote:Hello,I just have a problem I never noticed.I use the "classical" showif , hideif to display a result depending on=20what the field contains.[showif [myfiled]=3D[blank]] RESULT[/showif]This is absolutely simple, except that is the filed [myfiled] contains=20the caracter "!", nothing will be displayed...Has any one had this problem? How can it be solved?ThanksLawrence---------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed tothe mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.usold archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/--Gil Poulsen, Mac Wirehead************************AltiM@c Consulting23 Marco Polo CourtFranklin Park, NJ 08823-1703Voice: 609-359-0103http://altimac.com************************---------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed tothe mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.usold archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

[WebDNA] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?R=E9p_=3A_=5BWebDNA=5D_=5Bshowif=5D_probl?= (Lawrence 2009)

eh eh... dead easy.. thanksUsing it for ages, I even didn't thought to go to the manual...Le 28 janv. 09 =E0 15:48, Gil Poulsen a =E9crit :Hi, Lawrence. This is from the docs for [showif]:=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DTip: make sure neither side of the comparison equation contains any of=20the special comparison letters listed above. For example, [ShowIf I'm=20Friendly! Are you?=3D[question]] contains an exclamation point inside the==20sentence being compared, so WebDNA sees this as "I'm Friendly" is not=20equal to " Are you?=3D[question]", which is not what the author meant to=20compare.The solution is to wrap each side of the comparison with [url] contexts,=20like this:[ShowIf [url]I'm Friendly! Are you?[/URL]=3D[url][question][/URL]]. This=20causes any embedded !=3D>< symbols to be converted to their URL=20equivalents, which can then be compared correctly.=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DOnce in a thousand years or so a question is posted that I actually know=20the answer to ;-)On Jan 28, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Lawrence wrote:Hello,I just have a problem I never noticed.I use the "classical" showif , hideif to display a result depending on=20what the field contains.[showif [myfiled]=3D[blank]] RESULT[/showif]This is absolutely simple, except that is the filed [myfiled] contains=20the caracter "!", nothing will be displayed...Has any one had this problem? How can it be solved?ThanksLawrence---------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed tothe mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.usold archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/--Gil Poulsen, Mac Wirehead************************AltiM@c Consulting23 Marco Polo CourtFranklin Park, NJ 08823-1703Voice: 609-359-0103http://altimac.com************************---------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed tothe mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.usold archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Lawrence

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