Re: YACBQ.....(Yet another checkbox question)
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 35739
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texte = I just ran into the same instance yesterday...Rather than spend a lot of time finding a work-around, I simply used a drop down list instead...of course you may not be able to do that. You can allow multiple selections, and the variable name has to pass with a pre-selected list item.> -----Original Message----- > From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On > Behalf Of Will Starck > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 9:43 AM > To: WebCatalog Talk > Subject: Re: YACBQ.....(Yet another checkbox question) > > > 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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I just ran into the same instance yesterday...Rather than spend a lot of time finding a work-around, I simply used a drop down list instead...of course you may not be able to do that. You can allow multiple selections, and the variable name has to pass with a pre-selected list item.> -----Original Message----- > From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On > Behalf Of Will Starck > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 9:43 AM > To: WebCatalog Talk > Subject: Re: YACBQ.....(Yet another checkbox question) > > > 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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