Re: wish list
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 41507
interpreted = N
texte = >On 7/12/02 8:31 PM, Kenneth Grome mashed the following keys :>>>> Wish list:>>>>>> 1 Same options in [showif]/[hideif] that we have in [IF]. I use tons of>>> these and the [IF] function gets hard to find and confusing on complex>>> pages. Especially when many are nested.>>>> I never use [if]s because I agree that they are more confusing than>> showifs and hideifs, and from everything I have learned there is>> nothing if's can do that showif's cannot ..>>I used to think this too, but there are some times when it's pretty nice:>>[if [some_dynamically_generated_statement]=Whatever]>[then]>Something>[/then]>>[else]>Here is where I think if is cool, because you can have one statement, as>opposed to 30 nested showifs>[/else]>>[/if]>>>Technically you're correct that a showif can do the same thing, but nested>showifs 'gone bad' can be a bitch to figure out.I guess I never do the kind of comparisons you're talking about, or maybe I don't understand your example. From your code above, wouldn't this do the same thing?:[showif [some_dynamically_generated_statement]=Whatever]Something[/showif][showif [some_dynamically_generated_statement]!Whatever]Something Else[/showif]Sincerely,Kenneth Grome---------------------------------------------------WebDNA Professional Training and Development Center175 J. Llorente Street +63 (32) 255-6921Cebu City, Cebu 6000 kengrome@webdna.netPhilippines http://www.webdna.net----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>On 7/12/02 8:31 PM, Kenneth Grome mashed the following keys :>>>> Wish list:>>>>>> 1 Same options in [showif]/[hideif] that we have in [if]. I use tons of>>> these and the [if] function gets hard to find and confusing on complex>>> pages. Especially when many are nested.>>>> I never use [if]s because I agree that they are more confusing than>> showifs and hideifs, and from everything I have learned there is>> nothing if's can do that showif's cannot ..>>I used to think this too, but there are some times when it's pretty nice:>>[if [some_dynamically_generated_statement]=Whatever]>[then]>Something>[/then]>>[else]>Here is where I think if is cool, because you can have one statement, as>opposed to 30 nested showifs>[/else]>>[/if]>>>Technically you're correct that a showif can do the same thing, but nested>showifs 'gone bad' can be a bitch to figure out.I guess I never do the kind of comparisons you're talking about, or maybe I don't understand your example. From your code above, wouldn't this do the same thing?:[showif [some_dynamically_generated_statement]=Whatever]Something[/showif][showif [some_dynamically_generated_statement]!Whatever]Something Else[/showif]Sincerely,Kenneth Grome---------------------------------------------------WebDNA Professional Training and Development Center175 J. Llorente Street +63 (32) 255-6921Cebu City, Cebu 6000 kengrome@webdna.netPhilippines http://www.webdna.net----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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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