Re: [shownext] link disappears after first use. Why? - because w/out the formvar, max reset to default

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 33533
interpreted = N
texte = Nevermind, solved it...for any newer users who are not yet masters of using [shownext], here's a tip that has taken me several unpleasant trial and error sessions to grasp:If your search is custom-on-the-fly (by virtue of [showifs]s embedded within the [search] context itself), then you *have* to make sure you pass *all* the formvars in the [shownext] link. [searchstring] takes care of passing all the [search] parameters as they were the first time the [search] evaluated, but on the next rendering it may not be the same unless you take care that all the formvars come in again with the same values (which they won't if you don't explicitly pass them in the [shownext] link itself - after the the [searchstring].HTH someone someday-JohnJohn Butler wrote:> ... But on that newly rendered page > there is *no* [shownext] link visible which I could use to go back to the previous 1 > founditem. > > Why? ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [shownext] link disappears after first use. Why? - because w/out the formvar, max reset to default (John Butler 2000)
Nevermind, solved it...for any newer users who are not yet masters of using [shownext], here's a tip that has taken me several unpleasant trial and error sessions to grasp:If your search is custom-on-the-fly (by virtue of [showifs]s embedded within the [search] context itself), then you *have* to make sure you pass *all* the formvars in the [shownext] link. [searchstring] takes care of passing all the [search] parameters as they were the first time the [search] evaluated, but on the next rendering it may not be the same unless you take care that all the formvars come in again with the same values (which they won't if you don't explicitly pass them in the [shownext] link itself - after the the [searchstring].HTH someone someday-JohnJohn Butler wrote:> ... But on that newly rendered page > there is *no* [shownext] link visible which I could use to go back to the previous 1 > founditem. > > Why? ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ John Butler

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