Re: YACBQ.....(Yet another checkbox question)
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Will I just tried your demo page I don't get what you are showing with that (I submit the form and it reloads the page as if from scratch.... maybe if you display a [formvariables] it would be more meaningful?)Anyway as far as I understand it the guys have already answered your Q.[showif [URL][checkboxName][/URL]=[URL][raw][checkboxName][/raw][/URL]] the checkbox was not checked before submit [/showif]works precisely *because* the unchecked box does not return *anything* (not even its name) to the page in question.-JohnWill Starck wrote:> 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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Will I just tried your demo page I don't get what you are showing with that (I submit the form and it reloads the page as if from scratch.... maybe if you display a [formvariables] it would be more meaningful?)Anyway as far as I understand it the guys have already answered your Q.[showif [url][checkboxName][/URL]=[url][raw][checkboxName][/raw][/URL]] the checkbox was not checked before submit [/showif]works precisely *because* the unchecked box does not return *anything* (not even its name) to the page in question.-JohnWill Starck wrote:> 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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