JavaScript and PERL in presentation template

kwoo

Is there a way to set a JavaScript variable to a PERL variable inside <iw_perl> tag? If so, what's the syntax? Thanks for your help.

james1

The out-of-the-box online PT help docs for the iw_script tag (http://your_server_hostname/iw/help/tst/pt/TeamSite__PT__iw_cscript.html) shows an example of VBScript setting a Perl variable in Example 4:

 Example 4:  Advanced.
            In-line Visual Basic Script setting a Perl variable

                <iw_pt>
                    <iw_perl>my $y;</iw_perl>

                     <iw_ostream filter='$y=$_; $_="";'>
                         <iw_cscript language='vbs'><![CDATA[
                              WScript.Echo "Greetings Jon"
                         ]]></iw_cscript>
                     </iw_ostream>

                     vbs data in perl variable: <iw_value name='y'/>
                </iw_pt>

            The output of this template is:

                     vbs data in perl variable:
                         Greetings Jon

            +-----------------------------------------------------------+
            | Advanced Users                                            |
            |                                                           |
            | For details, see <iw_ostream>  (TeamSite:T::iw_ostream) |
            +-----------------------------------------------------------+

It should be easy enough to adapt that example to use JavaScript instead of VBScript.

Hope this helps.
-- James

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James H Koh
Interwoven Engineering