Question

I have a topic which includes a form. On this topic I would like to use %IF statement, in which results will depend on formfield value specified in condition. Formfield type: select, possible values: A, B. If formfield=A then="X" else="Y".

Is it possible to use formfield in %IF% ?

%IF{"$formfield(formfieldName)='formfieldValue'" then="THEN" else="ELSE"}%

Environment

-- AnnaPapierz - 08 May 2007

Answer

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Reading the IfStatements docs, it does not look like IF supports form fields. Possibly combine with %FORMFIELD{}%

-- PeterThoeny - 09 May 2007

Peter is right. Using FORMFIELD:

   * Test on !AnsweredQuestions: %IF{"$'FORMFIELD{SupportStatus}'='AnsweredQuestions'" then="This question has been answered" else="not (so asked)"}%
   * Test on !AskedQuestions: %IF{"$'FORMFIELD{SupportStatus}'='AskedQuestions'" then="This question has not been answered" else="not (so answered)"}%

Results in:

• Test on AnsweredQuestions: This question has been answered
• Test on AskedQuestions: not (so answered)

-- ArthurClemens - 09 May 2007

Thanks you all for a tip, I have already checked and this works.

-- AnnaPapierz - 09 May 2007

Does anyone know if this works with % SEARCH %? So, if the form is not on the topic, but I want to display conditional text in a search table (that is based on a form field in the topics being searched), is there a way to use the same feature?

-- LaurenSommer - 24 Oct 2007

I used the SpreadSheetPlugin for that purpose. I tried to check whether a formfield (containing multiple values) contains the String "WarnHinweise". Here is the code:

$percntCALC{\"$IF(  $SEARCH(WarnHinweise, $LISTJOIN($expand(SubjectCategory)) )>0, !! Warnhinweis !! )\"}$percnt

-- PeterSykora - 31 Oct 2007