Re: 3.0 [TEXT] variables
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 20503
interpreted = N
texte = At 1:57 PM -0800 10/15/98, Dave MacLeay is rumored to have typed:> The ability to use [text] to alter the values stored in form variables> would have many potential applications, as does your idea for assigning new> cart numbers. The potential for advanced forms-validation alone makes my> head spin: form input could be cleaned up once, at the top of a template,> eliminating the need to do all sorts of multiple data checks that currently> litter many a template.Yes! I was planning on doing exactly this. I would have cut at least twoof my templates in half. I would have listed this as one of the biggest,best additional tools added in WC3. It would have been useful on so manylevels (imagineI was so convinced things were going to work this way that I never evenbothered to check for it before the final release. Dave is right, thepotential uses do make the head spin.MichaelMichael Winston *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.comSenior Web Developer *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By fax!: 503/654/9440
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At 1:57 PM -0800 10/15/98, Dave MacLeay is rumored to have typed:> The ability to use
[text] to alter the values stored in form variables> would have many potential applications, as does your idea for assigning new> cart numbers. The potential for advanced forms-validation alone makes my> head spin: form input could be cleaned up once, at the top of a template,> eliminating the need to do all sorts of multiple data checks that currently> litter many a template.Yes! I was planning on doing exactly this. I would have cut at least twoof my templates in half. I would have listed this as one of the biggest,best additional tools added in WC3. It would have been useful on so manylevels (imagineI was so convinced things were going to work this way that I never evenbothered to check for it before the final release. Dave is right, thepotential uses do make the head spin.MichaelMichael Winston *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.comSenior Web Developer *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By fax!: 503/654/9440
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