SID-00174: Customized text display

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.4	Perl version:	5.8.8
Category:	CommentPlugin	Server OS:	Windows 2003 Server	Last update:	2 years ago

In my topic I have got two headers named

Errors

Updates

Im using an userdefined template named WIPForm whose contents are below

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:WIPForm}%<br />
|  *Type* | <select %DISABLED% name="WIPForm_type"><option>Update</option><option>Error</option></select> |
|  *Description* | <textarea %DISABLED% cols="80" rows="15" name="WIPForm_description"></textarea> |
| <input type="submit" value="Add Entry" /> ||
%TMPL:END%
%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:WIPForm}%
%<nop>URLPARAM{"WIPForm_description"}% <br>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------%TMPL:END%

what I would like to see is if the value of WIPFORM_Type is Error, the contents should be posted under Errors header else it should be posted under Updates header

-- RajeshN - 09 Mar 2009

Discussion and Answer

Try this:

---++ Errors
%IF{"'%FORMFIELD{"WIPFORM_Type" format="$value"}%'='Errors'" then="%FORMFIELD{"WIPForm_description" format="$value"}%"}%

---++ Updates
%IF{"'%FORMFIELD{"WIPFORM_Type" format="$value"}%'='Updates'" then="%FORMFIELD{"WIPForm_description" format="$value"}%"}%

-- SeanCMorgan - 09 Mar 2009

I believe the CommentPlugin input template passes values along via VarURLPARAM, e.g. you can test on %URLPARAM{WIPForm_type}%

-- PeterThoeny - 09 Mar 2009

Hi Peter,

I tried with

%<nop>URLPARAM{WIPForm_type}%

Can you please help ?

-- RajeshN - 10 Mar 2009

Did you look at IfStatements? In particular, see examples 3, 4 and 5.

-- SeanCMorgan - 10 Mar 2009

Hi Sean,

I checked out the IfStatements and below is my template code

WIP form

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:WIPForm}%<br />
|  *Where In SMART* | <input %DISABLED% type="text" size="80" name="WIPForm_where"  /> |
|  *Type* | <input %DISABLED% name="WIPForm_type" type="radio" value=1 /> *New Update* <input %DISABLED% name="WIPForm_type" type="radio" value=2 /> *Errors Fixed* |
|  *Description* | <textarea %DISABLED% cols="80" rows="15" name="WIPForm_description"></textarea> |
|  *Requested By* | <input %DISABLED% type="text" size="50" name="WIPForm_requestedby"/> |
|  *Requested Date* | <input %DISABLED% type="text" size="50" name="WIPForm_requesteddate"/> |
|  *Changed By* | <input %DISABLED% type="text" size="50" name="WIPForm_changedby"/> |
|  *Changed Date* | <input %DISABLED% type="text" size="50" name="WIPForm_changeddate"/> |
| <input type="submit" value="Add Entry" /> ||
%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:WIPForm}%
%IF{ "$'URLPARAM{WIPForm_type}'='2'" then='%POS:BOTTOM%' else='%POS:BEFORE%'}%
<br> 
*%<nop>URLPARAM{"WIPForm_where"}%* <br>
%<nop>URLPARAM{"WIPForm_description"}% <br>
_Requested By:_ _%<nop>URLPARAM{"WIPForm_requestedby"}%_ <br>
_Requested Date:_  _%<nop>URLPARAM{"WIPForm_requesteddate"}%_ <br>
_Changed By:_  _%<nop>URLPARAM{"WIPForm_changedby"}%_ <br>
_Changed Date:_  _%<nop>URLPARAM{"WIPForm_changeddate"}%_ <br>
%<nop>URLPARAM{"WIPForm_type"}% <br>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%TMPL:END%

When I use this tmpl, for some reason all the data (doesn't matter WIPForm_type = 1 or 2) entered are displayed before my comment form.

When I looked into my TWiki logs, I found there was an Warning appearing whenever this user defined form was used "IfDefinedPlugin has been disabled twiki"

Im sure that I have got my IfDefined plugin enabled...

Any guesses?

-- RajeshN - 11 Mar 2009

>Im sure that I have got my IfDefinedPlugin enabled...

That's odd, since I don't see a call to it. But you don't need it anyway, since VarIF can check for defined variables (for future reference, you can see what's installed by going to InstalledPlugins in your TWiki web (or whatever you call your =%SYSTEMWEB%).

I think the problem is with your quotes: each term should have double-quotes, except where you are doing a text comparison. Try this:

%IF{"$'URLPARAM{WIPForm_type}'='2'" then="%POS:BOTTOM%" else="%POS:BEFORE%"}%

or,

%IF{"'%URLPARAM{WIPForm_type}%'='2'" then="%POS:BOTTOM%" else="%POS:BEFORE%"}%

-- SeanCMorgan - 12 Mar 2009

Hi sean,

Both the solutions did not workout... and still the IfDefinedPlugin has been disabled twiki warning is appearing on the TWiki logs...

-- RajeshN - 13 Mar 2009

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-- PeterThoeny - 2009-04-17

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