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Don't print out a string literally
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2001 4:06 pm
by rluan
Hi,
When printing out a string, how to make the output respect the Html meaning of some expressions such as "<a href=></a>" rather than print out this string literally?
For example, if I literally type
<a href=somesite.com>somesite</a>
in vortext script, it prints out a highlighted 'somesite' which links to somesite.com site. But if I assign this statement to a variable $someVariable with
<$someVariable = "<a href=somesite.com>somesite</a>">
and then print out "$someVariable", the output is the literial string rather than the desired link !! Is
there a way to print out a link in this case?
Thanks.
Don't print out a string literally
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2001 4:11 pm
by mark
Use <verb noesc>, <fmt "%s">, or <send>.
Don't print out a string literally
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2001 4:13 pm
by mark
sorry, <verb> won't apply to printing variables. use <fmt> or <send>.
Don't print out a string literally
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2001 4:14 pm
by rluan
Yehh....I recall now !! Thanks a lot. I have to say that Thunderstone's customer support is the best. Thanks again to Mark, Kai, John.
Don't print out a string literally
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:01 pm
by KMandalia
what if I have <br> in the string I want to print out.
fmt or send prints it out as is. How do I display html formatted output?
Don't print out a string literally
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:05 pm
by John
Saying $var will output the string formatted either text or html depending on the current vortex output mode. To force html escaping <fmt %H $var>
Don't print out a string literally
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:19 pm
by KMandalia
I don't think this answers my question.
THE Mortgage Business Solution - created by Credit Unions - for Credit Unions: Unparalleled performance and value. <br> A web-based mortgage origination solution created by Boeing Employees Credit Union and DEXMA and powered by Fannie Mae. <br> <br> > 50-60% of mortgage applications completed and submitted by <B>members</B> themselves. <br> > Used for all channels - Internet 24/7, loan officers, branches and Call Center. <br> > Helps increase mortgage lending 250-500% at lower cost to become <B>member's</B> PFI. <br> > CUSO version provides co-branding for a mortgage CUSO and its credit union clients.
How do I show it formatted?
Don't print out a string literally
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:29 pm
by John
What exactly is in the variable, and what do you want printed. Is the above the HTML source or what you see in the browser?
There also appear to be bold tags, which I can't tell if they are printing as you want or not.
Don't print out a string literally
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:37 pm
by KMandalia
this is $dabstact.
I want to print $dabstract respecting all <b> and <br> tags. so it it sees <br> it should insert a break etc.
<b> tags are printing fine. What you see above is when I do
<fmt "%H" $dabstract>
Don't print out a string literally
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:41 pm
by KMandalia
Never mind. Did the following in result_abstract
<fmt "%!H" $dabstract><!--nop-->
It now looks like it should
THE Mortgage Business Solution - created by Credit Unions - for Credit Unions: Unparalleled performance and value.
A web-based mortgage origination solution created by Boeing Employees Credit Union and DEXMA and powered by Fannie Mae.
> 50-60% of mortgage applications completed and submitted by members themselves.
> Used for all channels - Internet 24/7, loan officers, branches and Call Center.
> Helps increase mortgage lending 250-500% at lower cost to become member's PFI.
> CUSO version provides co-branding for a mortgage CUSO and its credit union clients.