opening whitespace in PT

HI All -

I am using a PT to generate form a DCR, that will form a piece of a webpage

For some reason, I always get a blank line at the beginning the output page. I don't know why the PT is doing this, but it is affecting the fomatting on the main page.

I am using <iw_perl> ... </iw_perl> blocks to generate the snippet

so essentially the PT outputs:

BLANK LINKE
snippet of HTML

How do I get rid of the blank line?

Thanks,

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Migrateduser

Could you attach your PT or post, say, the first 20 lines of your PT?

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP2 on W2K
(3) TS 6.1 on W2K

Adam Stoller

What are the first 5 (arbitrary number) of your PT?

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com

Ottawa_IWOV

Here you go:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<iw_pt name="Common Navigation TPL">
<iw_perl>
<![CDATA[
my $count = iwpt_dcr_list('dcr.navigation');
for (my $i=0;$i<$count;$i++) {
my $alt = iwpt_dcr_value('dcr.navigation[$i].alt');
my $url = iwpt_dcr_value('dcr.navigation[$i].url');
my $image = iwpt_dcr_value('dcr.navigation[$i].image');
my $height = iwpt_dcr_value('dcr.navigation[$i].height');
my $width = iwpt_dcr_value('dcr.navigation[$i].width');
my $jsObject = $image;

### Convert the image name into the JavaScript object
### for the rollover script (03/23/2005 BAU)
$jsObject =~ s/(^.*-)(.+)(-.*$)/$2/ig;
$jsObject =~ s/vtb/imgv/ig;
$jsObject =~ s/(^.*)(_.*$)/$1/ig;

### Assemble the HTML snippet
my $link = "<a href=\"$url\" onMouseOut=\"inact('$jsObject');\" onMouseOver=\"act('$jsObject');\"><img src=\"$image\" alt=\"$alt\" name=\"$jsObject\" width=\"$width\" height=\"$height\" border=\"0\"></a><br>";
### Output the snippet to the template
#iwpt_output (qq($link));
}
]]>
</iw_perl>
</iw_pt>

Migrateduser

Your PT looks just fine. Okay, I know -- this is not news, but... have you tried inserting output statements here and there and then regenning to try and capture where it's happening?

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP2 on W2K
(3) TS 6.1 on W2K

Ottawa_IWOV

I can trap an iwpt_output for that new line. It is just there all the time. If I print before the loop. Seems very odd to me ...

Migrateduser

I don't think I'm understanding your post... are you saying that the newline appears within the loop? Or, are you saying it occurs even before <iw_perl> (of course, it wouldn't be iwpt_output if there)?

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP2 on W2K
(3) TS 6.1 on W2K

Jeremy

Hi,
Just a shot in the dark - I've had these kind of problems before - I normally try get everything onto one line then try figure out where it was going wrong.
So try changing the beginning to be something like :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<iw_pt name="Common Navigation TPL"><iw_perl><![CDATA[

or if that doesn't work try :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<iw_pt name="Common Navigation TPL">
<iw_perl><![CDATA[
my $count = iwpt_dcr_list('dcr.navigation');

HTH

Jeremy

Adam Stoller

Try changing:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<iw_pt name="Common Navigation TPL">
<iw_perl>
<![CDATA[
my $count = iwpt_dcr_list('dcr.navigation');
for (my $i=0;$i<$count;$i++) {
my $alt = iwpt_dcr_value('dcr.navigation[$i].alt');
...
#iwpt_output (qq($link));
}
]]>
</iw_perl>
</iw_pt>to:<iw_pt name="Common Navigation TPL"/>
<iw_perl>
my $count = iwpt_dcr_list('dcr.navigation');
for (my $i=0;$i<$count;$i++) {
my $alt = iwpt_dcr_value('dcr.navigation[$i].alt');
...
#iwpt_output (qq($link));
}
</iw_perl>Note:

The absence of an XML header
The <iw_pt/> element is an empty element instead of a containing element
The removal of all '<![CDATA[' and ']]>' tags.

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com