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Started by Brian_Popp
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:18
FM 7.0 Build Element's Value from a Series of Attributes
Author: Brian_Popp
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:18
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:18
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I've had several people tell me this wasn't possible, but it seems like such a common-sense feature that I thought I'd ask here. I have an element that has four attributes associated w/ it and no TEXT value. I want to set the value of that element to a concatenation of the four attributes. As an example: <FullName FirstName="Brian" LastName="Popp"/> and I want this to display: Brian Popp I've considered using elements instead of attributes, but in this case I need to default some of the values, so attributes seem a little cleaner. In many of the EDD's I've looked at, they use a series of nasty conditionals to insert the attribute values into the text (as opposed to just referencing the actual attribute somehow). In my case, I could have hundreds of values in each attribute, so this is obviously undesirable. Are these my only two options? Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks, Brian
FM 7.0 Build Element's Value from a Series of Attributes
Author: Arnis_Gubins
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:31
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:31
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Brian, You may want to ask this in the Structured FM forum, where more readers will be in tune with your issue.
Re: FM 7.0 Build Element's Value from a Series of Attributes
Author: Jon_White
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:48
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:48
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Brian, You could use a prefix rule to display the values of the attributes: EDD Version is 7.0 Automatically create formats on import. Element (Container): FullName General rule: <EMPTY> Valid as the highest-level element. Attribute list Name: FirstName String Optional Default: Brian Name: LastName String Optional Default: Popp Prefix rules In all contexts. Prefix: <$attribute[FirstName]> <$attribute[LastName]> Would that work for you? Jon
Re: FM 7.0 Build Element's Value from a Series of Attributes
Author: Brian_Popp
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:33
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:33
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That worked perfectly. Thanks so much Jon!
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