Re: Hiding Brands

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 57401
interpreted = N
texte = I found this tip in the archives a year or so ago, and use it occasionally, especially on WebCat 3 server. For instance, to split out different quarters of the year for a membership rate form: [showif janfebmar^[date %b]1st quarter rate[/showif] Whoever came up with this reverse technique in the first place showed a perfect example of 'thinking outside the box' The idea to use delimiters makes it even more handy. Terry At 2:00 AM -0700 4/17/04, WebDNA Talk wrote: > >There is no [showif] OR operator; you need to use [if] for that. >The [showif] tag predates compound operators. The hack that we are >talking about is just a really old way of doing logical operations >using only string operators. > >John ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Hiding Brands ( Terry Wilson 2004)
  2. Re: Hiding Brands ( William DeVaul 2004)
  3. Re: Hiding Brands ( Clint Davis 2004)
  4. Re: Hiding Brands ( John Peacock 2004)
  5. Re: Hiding Brands ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  6. Re: Hiding Brands ( John Peacock 2004)
  7. Re: Hiding Brands ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  8. Re: Hiding Brands ( John Peacock 2004)
  9. Re: Hiding Brands ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  10. Re: Hiding Brands ( Alan White 2004)
  11. Re: Hiding Brands ( John Peacock 2004)
  12. Re: Hiding Brands ( Alan White 2004)
  13. Re: Hiding Brands ( John Peacock 2004)
  14. Re: Hiding Brands ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  15. Re: Hiding Brands ( Rob Marquardt 2004)
  16. Hiding Brands ( Alan White 2004)
I found this tip in the archives a year or so ago, and use it occasionally, especially on WebCat 3 server. For instance, to split out different quarters of the year for a membership rate form: [showif janfebmar^[date %b]1st quarter rate[/showif] Whoever came up with this reverse technique in the first place showed a perfect example of 'thinking outside the box' The idea to use delimiters makes it even more handy. Terry At 2:00 AM -0700 4/17/04, WebDNA Talk wrote: > >There is no [showif] OR operator; you need to use [if] for that. >The [showif] tag predates compound operators. The hack that we are >talking about is just a really old way of doing logical operations >using only string operators. > >John ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Terry Wilson

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