ValueListItem in logical "if" statement

[FMPBrad]

Hello,

Is it possible to test against a valuelistitem in an if directive?

Example:

<select name="from_the_list">

[FMP-ValueList:theList, list=myList]

<option value="[FMP-ValueListItem]">

[FMP-if:ValueListItem.eq.specificItem]

Display custom item

[FMP-else]

[FMP-ValueListItem]

[/FMP-if]

</option>

[/FMP-ValueList]

</select>

The code above doesn't seem to work for me. Thank you in advance for any insight.

Bradley

[Garry Claridge]

In theory your code should work.

Good Luck.

Garry

[FMPBrad]

Thank you for your post reply.

I think so, too.

I was thinking it was a meta-FMP tag, so I tried {} as used in the Inline tag... in all various forms.

No success. Maybe it just doesn't work.

Bradley

[Anatoli]

I do not think it is correct code.

How the IF can validate on server, when user is selecting something in browser?

You have to select something in browser, submit that choice to WebCompanion and on next page you can have the IF evaluation.

[Garry Claridge]

Anatoli,

According to the CDML Reference Database "ValueListItem" can be used as a "left-hand" argument in an "IF" tag.

All of Bradley's processing is intended for the server, as it is setting-up the "Select" tags.

All the best.

Garry

[Anatoli]

In that case you are right Garry and I misunderstand the problem. If the IF is processed before the page is sent as a reaction to already entered value, it can work.

If the IF is intended to be processed, as I've originally understood as reaction to user choice, then it is not correct way.

When I've got stuck in such problem, after 5-10 minutes I'll give up and I am going for different logic:

IF value in field = specificItem

do this code -- Display custom item

Else

do another code <select> value list </select>

Endif

HTH

[FMPBrad]

Thank you for you post replies.

Yes, the value list should be processed by the WC as it is generated for the Web page. That's why I thought it would be natural to test the list values against a specific value while processing.

Bradley