TS6 defined and iwpt_dcr_value

dazzlad

Hi.

We've moved from Teamsite 5.52 on Solaris to TS 6.1

our big problem is that when checking on a variable element to see what type of page/section we are generating (in the pt) all statements evaluate to true.

e.g.

if (defined iwpt_dcr_value('dcr.pageType.framesPage')) {
HTMLComment("Frames Page");
outputFrameJS();
}
elsif (defined iwpt_dcr_value('dcr.pageType.extLink')) {
iwpt_output(qq(</head>\n</html>\n));
}
elsif (defined iwpt_dcr_value('dcr.pageType.intLink')) {
iwpt_output(qq(</head>\n</html>\n));
}
else {
outputHTML();
}

The result being, the first clause of an if statement is always selected.
Has anyone experienced anything similar and if so, what workaround did you use?

Thanks!
Darren

lhdavis

With the new version of perl (upgraded to 5.8.2 in 6.1), it doesn't like using if (defined ) for arrays or hashes. If that is what iwpt_dcr_value is using then you might have to change your code.

Maybe instead of this:
if (defined iwpt_dcr_value('dcr.pageType.framesPage')) {...
you try this
if (iwpt_dcr_value('dcr.pageType.framesPage')) {...

Check out the section entitled "New -w warnings that might bite you (but they're easy to fix)" in Technote 51304, "Updated iwperl in TeamSite 6.1"



Luke Davis
Open Technology Group, Inc.
luke.davis@med.va.gov