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thl@dk.columbusit.com wrote:

How do I render template tags in the Header section of the loop?

 

In the following example I would like to render the product id into the image id in the header

 

 <!--@LoopStart(Pricelist)-->

<!--@HeaderStart--> <img id="Img_<!--@Ecom:Product.ID-->" src="discount.gif"/> <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="170px;">

 

<!--@HeaderEnd-->

 

<tr><td align="left"><!--@Pricelist:Quantity--></td><td align="right"><!--@Pricelist:Price--></td></tr>

 

<!--@FooterStart-->

 

</table>

 

<!--@FooterEnd-->

 

<!--@LoopEnd(Pricelist)-->

 

 

 

 

 

 

A loop has its own context and does not share any template tags with the rest of the template. Therfore you can not use the templatetags from the rest of the template inside the loop - and headers as well.
 

So you will have to be "creative" to solve this issue...

np wrote:

thl@dk.columbusit.com wrote:

How do I render template tags in the Header section of the loop?

 

In the following example I would like to render the product id into the image id in the header

 

 <!--@LoopStart(Pricelist)-->

<!--@HeaderStart--> <img id="Img_<!--@Ecom:Product.ID-->" src="discount.gif"/> <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="170px;"> <!--@HeaderEnd-->

 

<tr><td align="left"><!--@Pricelist:Quantity--></td><td align="right"><!--@Pricelist:Price--></td></tr>

 

<!--@FooterStart-->

 

</table>

 

<!--@FooterEnd-->

 

<!--@LoopEnd(Pricelist)-->

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A loop has its own context and does not share any template tags with the rest of the template. Therfore you can not use the templatetags from the rest of the template inside the loop - and headers as well.
 

 

So you will have to be "creative" to solve this issue...

The Ecom:Product.ID tag in the Header section was a bad exampel. I should have been a "custom" tag like the Pricelist:Quantity tag.

In ny code i render the Pricelist:Quantity and Pricelist:Price tags for each element in the loop.  Se the following exampel.
 

Dynamicweb.Templatev2.

Template objPricelistLoopTemplate = new Dynamicweb.Templatev2.Template();"Pricelist");

How do I in this code render a templatetag in the Header section of the loop?

objPricelistLoopTemplate = parmTemplate.GetLoop(

Because of the way loop header works its just not possible...

When GetLoop is called, the template file is split up in 2 (or more) and separated in different objects. The header and footer are stored out of these objects until the output is called. Tags can not be set...

But you can do something like this - ugly but works...:

 Dim t As New Templatev2.Template("some/template.html")
   Dim t2 As Templatev2.Template = t.GetLoop("myLoop")
   For i As Integer = 0 To 5
    t2.SetTag("aNumber", i)
    t2.CommitLoop()
   Next
   Dim t3 As New Templatev2.Template
   t3.Html = t.Output
   t3.SetTag("SomeSemiGlobalTag", "Hello...")
   Return t3.Output

np wrote:

Because of the way loop header works its just not possible...

 

When GetLoop is called, the template file is split up in 2 (or more) and separated in different objects. The header and footer are stored out of these objects until the output is called. Tags can not be set...

 

But you can do something like this - ugly but works...:

 

 Dim t As New Templatev2.Template("some/template.html")
   Dim t2 As Templatev2.Template = t.GetLoop("myLoop")
   For i As Integer = 0 To 5
    t2.SetTag("aNumber", i)
    t2.CommitLoop()
   Next
   Dim t3 As New Templatev2.Template
   t3.Html = t.Output
   t3.SetTag("SomeSemiGlobalTag", "Hello...")
   Return t3.Output

 

In a future release a GetLoopHeader and GetLoopFooter methods would be nice features