Re: Don't know if this is a sily question...
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = That's a great coding tip and one I expect to use very often. Thanks Ken.-----Original Message----- From: Kenneth Grome
Sent: Fri, 30 May 2003 01:18:00 To: (WebDNA Talk) Subject: Re: Don't know if this is a sily question...>As a related comment, using WebDNA 5 I find myself more often using >[function]s where I used to use [include]s to handle recurring >tasks. The formal use of parameters, the local scope variables, and >the ability to define functions within the page itself as well as in >a shared include file are compelling features. > >As a simple example: > >[function name=MyLink] >[return]db=....&value=[thevalue]&returnfield=ID]>[lookup >db=....&value=[thevalue]&returnfield=title]
[/return] >[/function] > >[search ...] >[founditems] >[MyLink thevalue=[whatever]] >[/founditems] >[/search] > >- brian I've been doing something similar for years, without v5's function context:[text]myLink=[raw][lookup db=....&value=[thevalue]&returnfield=title]
[/raw][/text][search ...] [founditems] [myLink] [/founditems] [/search]This has always been an easy way to create a variable once at the top of the page, and then use it any number of times further down on the same page -- while preventing the webdna code inside the text variable from being interpreted until the variable tag is used further down on the page -- such as inside the founditems context in this example. -- Sincerely, Kenneth Grome ------------------------------------------------------------- My programmers will write WebDNA code for you at $27 an hour! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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That's a great coding tip and one I expect to use very often. Thanks Ken.-----Original Message----- From: Kenneth Grome Sent: Fri, 30 May 2003 01:18:00 To: (WebDNA Talk) Subject: Re: Don't know if this is a sily question...>As a related comment, using WebDNA 5 I find myself more often using >[function]s where I used to use [include]s to handle recurring >tasks. The formal use of parameters, the local scope variables, and >the ability to define functions within the page itself as well as in >a shared include file are compelling features. > >As a simple example: > >[function name=MyLink] >[return]db=....&value=[thevalue]&returnfield=ID]>[lookup >db=....&value=[thevalue]&returnfield=title]
[/return] >[/function] > >[search ...] >[founditems] >[MyLink thevalue=[whatever]] >[/founditems] >[/search] > >- brian I've been doing something similar for years, without v5's function context:[text]myLink=[raw][lookup db=....&value=[thevalue]&returnfield=title]
[/raw][/text][search ...] [founditems] [myLink] [/founditems] [/search]This has always been an easy way to create a variable once at the top of the page, and then use it any number of times further down on the same page -- while preventing the webdna code inside the text variable from being interpreted until the variable tag is used further down on the page -- such as inside the founditems context in this example. -- Sincerely, Kenneth Grome ------------------------------------------------------------- My programmers will write WebDNA code for you at $27 an hour! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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