Re: Hiding Brands

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 57393
interpreted = N
texte = John Peacock wrote: > Donovan Brooke wrote: > >> My point was that it is really not a contains peram in this case... it >> should probably have >> been coded like: >> >> [hideif _a_b_c_=_[value]_] >> > > No, that will only match if [value] contains the string 'a_b_c' which is > not what was desired. > > John I think you mis-understood me :-) I was saying that the way PCS coded the showif to work with "^" in the instance of the undocumented sample "[hideif _a_b_c_^_[value]_]" really doesn't have anything to do with the logic of "contains" that I can see (maybe I'm seeing it wrong). Logically, A contains showif like: [showif _apple_fred_willma_^_ap_] yes [/showif] should result to "yes" but it doesn't because thats not how the stamenet works. I'm just ranting that this is a good feature and isn't documented... maybe because it is not logical in the way I described??? IMO, it would have been more logical to impliment this "feature" in the "=" scenerio... [hideif _a_b_c_=_[value]_] yes [/hideif] where if a=[value] or b=[value] or c=[value] the "yes" would be hidden. I'm just being anal here and probably just causing confusion ;-) Donovan -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <-Graphic Design, and Pre-Press Consultation -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Hiding Brands ( Terry Wilson 2004)
  2. Re: Hiding Brands ( William DeVaul 2004)
  3. Re: Hiding Brands ( Clint Davis 2004)
  4. Re: Hiding Brands ( John Peacock 2004)
  5. Re: Hiding Brands ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  6. Re: Hiding Brands ( John Peacock 2004)
  7. Re: Hiding Brands ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  8. Re: Hiding Brands ( John Peacock 2004)
  9. Re: Hiding Brands ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  10. Re: Hiding Brands ( Alan White 2004)
  11. Re: Hiding Brands ( John Peacock 2004)
  12. Re: Hiding Brands ( Alan White 2004)
  13. Re: Hiding Brands ( John Peacock 2004)
  14. Re: Hiding Brands ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  15. Re: Hiding Brands ( Rob Marquardt 2004)
  16. Hiding Brands ( Alan White 2004)
John Peacock wrote: > Donovan Brooke wrote: > >> My point was that it is really not a contains peram in this case... it >> should probably have >> been coded like: >> >> [hideif _a_b_c_=_[value]_] >> > > No, that will only match if [value] contains the string 'a_b_c' which is > not what was desired. > > John I think you mis-understood me :-) I was saying that the way PCS coded the showif to work with "^" in the instance of the undocumented sample "[hideif _a_b_c_^_[value]_]" really doesn't have anything to do with the logic of "contains" that I can see (maybe I'm seeing it wrong). Logically, A contains showif like: [showif _apple_fred_willma_^_ap_] yes [/showif] should result to "yes" but it doesn't because thats not how the stamenet works. I'm just ranting that this is a good feature and isn't documented... maybe because it is not logical in the way I described??? IMO, it would have been more logical to impliment this "feature" in the "=" scenerio... [hideif _a_b_c_=_[value]_] yes [/hideif] where if a=[value] or b=[value] or c=[value] the "yes" would be hidden. I'm just being anal here and probably just causing confusion ;-) Donovan -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <-Graphic Design, and Pre-Press Consultation -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Donovan Brooke

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