Using results of an inlineaction tag...

[graemeaustin]

I keep coming up against the same problem and cannot find any answers in the forum ... yet.

Suppose I have a CDML page which is using data from file A.

Inside the page I run an inlineaction pointing at fileB. What i want to do is take different actions to fileA based on the search results in fileB, thus:

blah fileA blah

[fmp-inlineaction: -db=fileB, -recID=5, -find]

[fmp-if: <test condition like currentfoundcount.eq.0>]

do something to file A eg edit currentrecid

[fmp-else]

do something else to file A eg edit another record

[/fmp-if]

[/fmp-inlineaction]

The problem I have is that the currentrecID inside the inlineaction tag refers to the current record in fileB and once the end inlineaction tag appears I cannot see the currentfoundcount from inside it.

Any bright ideas from the clever folk out there???

Graeme

[Anatoli]

Think about all Inlines as completely separated from page flow:

1

2

3

Inline 1

Inline 2

Inline 3

Inline 4

Inline 5

4

5

6

You can try to store something in Token variables, but I doubt the result can be used on the same page.

[graemeaustin]

I've tried tokens, I've tried cookies but nothing has worked. Judging from what you are saying, I am trying to take inlineactions into a place that they do not belong.

So back to a load of calculation fields and convoluted fmp-if statements.

Thanks for letting me know that I should not waste any more time trying to find a workaround.

Graeme

[Garry Claridge]

As an alternative, you may be able to assign RecordId's to a Javascript variable/array. Then reuse them within the InLine.

This is for "post-processing" the results. Not as part of the one pass through WebCompanion.

Disregard this post, I'm having one of those mornings! I may have to go up town for a camomile with the hippies.

All the best.

Garry

[ November 08, 2001: Message edited by: garrycl ]

[Simon]

To get the use of the file a currentrecid inside an inline you do the follwoing.

[fmp-inlineaction: -db=mydatabase.fp5, token.1="{currentrecid}", fieldtosearch="valuetofind", -find]

If you want to pull information from file a into your found results to show different info you use the { } tags. ie you have a field in file a that you want to use as an if statement(on my site a candidate says he is interested in consulting. I find his record and then on my page I do a search of the company database and of the info found I want to show the consulting departments phone number as that is what the guy is interested in) ou have to use tokens and the { } tags in the inline. Therefore unfortunately limiting yourselve to 10 fields you can use.

[fmp-inlineaction: -db=companydatabase.fp5, industry="{fmp-field: industry}", -token.1=(fmp-field: industry}", -find][fmp-record][fmp-if: currrenttoken:1.eq.consulting][fmp-field: consulting_phone_number][/fmp-if][/fmp-record][/fmp-inlineaction]

Hope that helps