sewells
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| Posted: 06/12/2004, 6:27 PM |
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Hello,
I'd like to adjust the background of a page from an entry in a database, I tried editing the HTML, but this didn't work
<body bgcolor="<%=CCDLookup("C_Sub", "Config", "C_Match = '\{bgcolor\}'",DBdwp2)%>">
Any thoughts?
Regards
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BlinkyBill
Posts: 86
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| Posted: 06/13/2004, 2:35 AM |
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Quote sewells:
I'd like to adjust the background of a page from an entry in a database, I tried editing the HTML, but this didn't work
<body bgcolor="<%=CCDLookup("C_Sub", "Config", "C_Match = '\{bgcolor\}'",DBdwp2)%>">
This won't work, as you already worked out :) The reason *why* it doesn't work is because CCS produced ASP code is templated. When you deploy your web site there is a *.html file and a *.asp file the *.html is read in by the *.asp file the template blocks are parsed and then rendered. Now the answer to you question is by using *template* blocks.
Look under Help .. Examples and Techniques .. Programming .. Working with Pages. There are quite a few very well documented samples of how to do this.
Just as a side comment, I find working with the templated ASP pages MUCH MUCH better then the classic ASP inline methods.
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sewells
Posts: 13
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| Posted: 06/13/2004, 8:35 AM |
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I did get it working, thanks. The help was less ideally written, but with some work here is what I ended up having:
HTML:
<!-- BEGIN MyBody -->
<body bgcolor="{bgcolor}">
<!-- END MyBody -->
ASP:
Function Page_BeforeShow() 'Page_BeforeShow @1-653D685B
Dim CustomBlock
Set CustomBlock = Tpl.Block("MyBody")
CustomBlock.Variable("bgcolor") = CCDLookup("C_Sub", "Config", "C_Match = 'topbgcolor'",DBdwp2)
CustomBlock.Parse ccsParseAccumulate
'End Custom Code
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BlinkyBill
Posts: 86
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| Posted: 06/13/2004, 2:06 PM |
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While on this topic I use antoher method. I didn't suggest it as it may not be the "correct" way of achieving this . It works fine for me so YMMV.
1. Put a label control anywhere on the page.
2. cut and paste the label control to where you really want it. In my examp I wanted a custom title tag. eg:
<title>{CustomTitle}</title>
3. Then on Page_Before show set the label eg:
CustomTitle.Value = "My Custom Title"
As you can see way less complicated and less code. Again it was worked perfectly for me, but it's not documented.
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peterr
Posts: 5971
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| Posted: 06/13/2004, 2:17 PM |
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Hi,
Yes, this is the standard method and is shown in the docs here:
http://docs.codecharge.com/studio/html/ProgrammingTechn...ntrolValue.html
http://docs.codecharge.com/studio/html/Components/RTPro.../ASP/Value.html
While the previous, TPL method at:
http://docs.codecharge.com/studio/html/Components/Varia...MLTemplate.html
http://docs.codecharge.com/studio/html/Components/Variables/ASP/Tpl.html
Both of the above methods are equivalent.
Keep in mind that any Web output usually contains HTML, whether within <title>, <body> or any other tag, or even as an HTML snippet that contains HTML tags. You could even create a custom function that outputs 90% of your page as one Label. The includable pages actually work in a similar way.
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