Re: Changing the value assigned to a formvariable
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >Yes, I can work around this, but what gives here? You can't change >formvariable values with a text assignment statement? Or is there another >way I should be doing it?Form variables are a completely different namespace from text variables. Form variables are not changeable, because they come from the remote browser, analogous to the remote browser's ip address and cookies and such. You should use a different variable name for the text variables, or else be more explicit about which namespace you're pulling from.[x] is considered 'lazy syntax' because it could be a value from a [text], [math], or [formvariables] context, so you can explicitly retrieve variables from the different namespaces like so:[math]x[/math] [text]x[/text] [formvariables name=x&exact=t][value][/formvariables]Technical Support ********************************** Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog) 16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | ------------------------- San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development WebCatalog Support: (858) 675-0632 | http://www.smithmicro.com Fax: (858) 675-0372 **********************************------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>Yes, I can work around this, but what gives here? You can't change >formvariable values with a text assignment statement? Or is there another >way I should be doing it?Form variables are a completely different namespace from text variables. Form variables are not changeable, because they come from the remote browser, analogous to the remote browser's ip address and cookies and such. You should use a different variable name for the text variables, or else be more explicit about which namespace you're pulling from.[x] is considered 'lazy syntax' because it could be a value from a [text], [math], or [formvariables] context, so you can explicitly retrieve variables from the different namespaces like so:[math]x[/math] [text]x[/text] [formvariables name=x&exact=t][value][/formvariables]Technical Support ********************************** Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog) 16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | ------------------------- San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development WebCatalog Support: (858) 675-0632 | http://www.smithmicro.com Fax: (858) 675-0372 **********************************------------------------------------------------------------- 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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