Comments on: Multiple hide-whens on a single line

By: Jan Schulz

Jan Schulz — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:40:12 +0000

Ok, somehow the error is gone after trying to make a short example… could also be that this was a problem in 7.0.2, as I now have 7.0.3… Anyway: it’s gone, I’m happy

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:53:35 +0000

argh: ths links example should read: (a href=”notes:///0/UNID”)title(/a) with proper Tag-brackets… Hope it wors this time…

By: Martin Vereecken

Martin Vereecken — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:53:09 +0000

Did you try adding a (pass-thru) space in front of the computed text? Did you select the line with computed text + the line above it when you marked it as pass thru? These are the first things that come to mind. If you can’t figure it out, you can always mail me an example (martinATbeesign.be).

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:50:01 +0000

Sometimes unfortunatelly it includes a linebreak:
Add a table, put computed Text in it and mark it as html -> It adds a Linbreak in front of the computed text If I remember correctly, it even happens if you just add a computed Text into a form, without the table…

I wanted to add links (title…) via this, but I had to add a ‘click here:’ in the line in front of it otherwise I had a empty line there

By: Martin Vereecken

Martin Vereecken — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:57:49 +0000

Subforms can add some extra line breaks in some cases: pass thru html comment tags can help then. Perhaps I’ll write this out in more details.
Thanks Fabian!

By: Fabian Robok

Fabian Robok — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:37:26 +0000

This even works well with subforms thrown in! I’m a big fan of using subforms for anything, that has the slightest chance of being reused in the future (as I remember Jake is, telling by his old blog template anyway), including parts coded in pass-through HTML completely.

While I find Designer’s habit of inheriting a subform’s hide-when formulas into the form pretty annoying, and the display of pass-through HTML could be further improved (by including some indicator for empty lines), this is still a powerful match. Once you have noticed that the contents of subforms doesn’t necessarily have to go on a new line, it opens up a whole new world of use cases.

As always, your graphical illustration of the concept is outstanding and should make it easy for anybody to understand.

By: Joe Litton

Joe Litton — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:52:37 +0000

My soul is saved …I hate being forced to use tables for this type of thing …and I had thought that I must use tables or separate lines. So many thanks for an elegent solution!

By: Martin Vereecken

Martin Vereecken — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:34:25 +0000

Even if only one soul is saved by this tip, this makes me happy

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:31:08 +0000

I didn’t know this, so: thanks!

By: Martin Vereecken

Martin Vereecken — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:35:45 +0000

Thanks Jake! I know, it seems rather trivial as a subject, but I’m sure there are people out there that never really thought about it.

By: Jake Howlett

Jake Howlett — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:21:44 +0000

Hi Martin,

I use this approach all the time too. I’ve thought about writing about it in the past but have never known whether to.

Knowing how to best use Passthru is a skill best picked up over time.

Well done for covering the topic!

Jake