+----[ Lalo Martins ]--------------------------------------------- | On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 12:49:16PM +0530, Shalabh Chaturvedi wrote: | > Hi: | > | > Could you give an equivalent using the current dtml tags? | | > From: Jay, Dylan <djay@lucent.com> | > | > > <dtml-if X> | > > <a href="a_url"> | > > <dtml-always> | > > link text | > > <dtml-else> | > > (no link currently available) | > > <dtml-then> | > > </a> | > > </dtml-if> | | If I understood it correctly: | | <dtml-if X> | <a href="a_url"> | </dtml-if> | link text | <dtml-if X> | </a> | <dtml-else> | (no link currently available) | </dtml-if> | | | Or alternatively: | | <dtml-if X> | <a href="a_url">link text</a> | <dtml-else> | link text (no link currently available) | </dtml-if> Or sometimes you just need to rethink what "clean" is... and where you want clean, and where you're willing to be a little dirty. <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('link_url','')"> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('link_end','(no link currently available)')"> <dtml-if X> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('link_url','<ahref=a_url>')"> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('link_url','</a>')"> </dtml-if> <dtml-var link_url>link text<dtml-var link_end> I would do it this way, if I could pre-set that text in an earlier <dtml-call> and the programming logic, would mess up my display flow, it works nicely for <dtml-in> where you have a list of URL's, and you can hide the ugliness in another place. <dtml-in 'url-list'> <dtml-call "setLinkText(REQUEST)"> <dtml-var link_url>link text<dtml-var link_end> </dtml-in 'url-list'> -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|