Re: can we get string variables?

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17306
interpreted = N
texte = On 4/27/1998 4:43 AM, Peter Ostry so noted...>(Peter Ostry) >>>I know I am not the first one asking for that, but it would really be >>>fine to have string variables i.e. >>> [var FirstName=Suzie] >>> [var LastName=Wong] >>> Nice to see you, [var FirstName] [var LastName]! >> >(Rob Marquardt) >>If you've passed a cart to the page, you could do this with the generic > >>header fields in the cart, such as... > >Oh, I see... >That was not a lucky example. I do not have to solve a special problem - >nearly all can be done with WebCat. I just mean to have string variables >would make programming easier in general.Definitely, I agree in a *big* way! I hope to see string variables (and boolean showif/hideifs, if/elses, case type statements, ASCII functions, etc, etc...) in a future release of WebCatalog. Header fields are just a way to get the job done today while waiting for WebCatalog 3.0 to roll around ; )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 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. [Fwd: can we get string variables?] (webmaster@textileweb.net (Bill Norman) 1998)
  2. RE: can we get string variables? (Olin 1998)
  3. Re: can we get string variables? (Rob Marquardt 1998)
  4. Re: can we get string variables? (Peter Ostry 1998)
  5. Re: can we get string variables? (Rob Marquardt 1998)
  6. can we get string variables? (Peter Ostry 1998)
On 4/27/1998 4:43 AM, Peter Ostry so noted...>(Peter Ostry) >>>I know I am not the first one asking for that, but it would really be >>>fine to have string variables i.e. >>> [var FirstName=Suzie] >>> [var LastName=Wong] >>> Nice to see you, [var FirstName] [var LastName]! >> >(Rob Marquardt) >>If you've passed a cart to the page, you could do this with the generic > >>header fields in the cart, such as... > >Oh, I see... >That was not a lucky example. I do not have to solve a special problem - >nearly all can be done with WebCat. I just mean to have string variables >would make programming easier in general.Definitely, I agree in a *big* way! I hope to see string variables (and boolean showif/hideifs, if/elses, case type statements, ASCII functions, etc, etc...) in a future release of WebCatalog. Header fields are just a way to get the job done today while waiting for WebCatalog 3.0 to roll around ; )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 Rob Marquardt

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