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Re: Kanarie: Template Processing

• Posted by "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de> Aug 10, 2005
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Tommy Carlier wrote:

> cklester wrote:
>
>> Tommy,
>> I've got a template that conditionally includes another file, and that other
>> file has knr fields in it that don't get processed. Is there something I
>> should
>> know about this (like, there's no provision for processing included files)?
>> :)
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> {create_new=db:}{$dbcreate.form}
>> {:create_new=table:}{$tablecreate.form}
>> {:create_new=record:}<p>Create Record Form</p>{:create_new}
>>
>> In the above example, tablecreate.form looks like this:
>>
>> <form name="create_table">
>>     <p>Table Name: <input type="text" name="txt_new_table_name"
>>     size="20"></p>
>>     <p><input type="submit" name="bttn_tablecreate" value="Create Table"></p>
>>     <input type="hidden" name="db" value="{current_db}">
>> </form>
>>
>> Notice the {current_db} field in the hidden db input.
>>
>> Is this a valid way to do things? :)
>
> Well, it would be nice if it worked like this. But all it does is literally
> insert the contents of the file, WHEN GENERATING THE OUTPUT.
>
> What you're looking for, is an include of a template in another template.
> This would mean that KTS would have to insert the contents of the file
> WHILE PARSING THE TEMPLATE. To be honest, I haven't thought of this situation
> before. And I can see certain practical problems that would need solving.
>
> I'll see if it can be implemented. From your example, I can see how useful
> it really is.

If I understand it correctly, this is the same that I've been asking for
some time ago. 
This feature also would be useful for my Kanarie based Eu preprocessor.

Regards,
   Juergen