preformatting

Isn't there a preformatting tag that outputs the code in the same position you have it in the template?

I have a standard address book template. Some of the values such as phone number aren't required. In the presentation template I have the values ending with a but if these values are blank in the dcr it has a in the code as expected. This causes too much empty white space in the output.

<iw_value name='headings.address'/> 
<iw_value name='headings.cityStateZip'/> 
<iw_value name='headings.phone'/> 
<iw_value name='headings.fax'/> 

ideas?

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jbonifaci

Use a conditional statement and only output the field and the if the field has a value? You could do this in an iw_if or iw_perl tag, your choice. I tend to do my entire tpls within a single iw_perl tag, but if you like using the iw tags, you should be able to do this easily with an iw_if tag.

beth66

I thought there was an easier way to do this with some sort of pre formatting tag. ??

iwovGraduate

Using iw_if tag is trivial. What do you mean by preformatting tag ?

beth66

I know the if statement is trivial but if there is a tag that does this, I will save on code lines.

I remember in our class he mentioned there was a tag that let you output the values in the same way it's in the tpl so :

<iw_value name='headings.address'/>
<iw_value name='headings.cityStateZip'/>
<iw_value name='headings.phone'/>

with the no needed.

jbonifaci

You can use the html tag <pre>, but you're still going to have extra lines if the field has no value.

beth66

ok, I guess there is not way around it.

Can you give me a hand on how to write the if statement?

again this is my code:

<iw_value name='headings.address'/> 
<iw_value name='headings.cityStateZip'/> 
<iw_value name='headings.phone'/> 
<iw_value name='headings.fax'/>

thanks!

iwovGraduate

search the forums for <iw_if
You should find numerous posts regarding this.
You can also look at (besides RTFM) -
http://<your_ts_server>/iw/help/tst/pt
Example templates shipped with TS (iw-home/examples/Templating directory I think)

beth66

thanks, I'll look