Re: YACBQ.....(Yet another checkbox question)
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = the best way I have found to deal with check boxes is to put - after the check box in question (I usually put them just before the tag) - a hidden field with the same name as the check box and value= or of whatever else you need off, no, etc.>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. > >-John > >Will 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/-- ====================================================================== Britt Thompson | PO Box 1989 FishingWorld.com | Lindale, TX 75771 Easttexas.com | Ph: (903) 882-8877 / Fax: (903) 882-3110 ======================================================================------------------------------------------------------------- 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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the best way I have found to deal with check boxes is to put - after the check box in question (I usually put them just before the tag) - a hidden field with the same name as the check box and value= or of whatever else you need off, no, etc.>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. > >-John > >Will 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/-- ====================================================================== Britt Thompson | PO Box 1989 FishingWorld.com | Lindale, TX 75771 Easttexas.com | Ph: (903) 882-8877 / Fax: (903) 882-3110 ======================================================================------------------------------------------------------------- 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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