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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi,<br>
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When using Fox forms I would like to replace a null/empty text from an
input field with a character, for example "-", so that the target page
is more readable.<br>
I think that I should create a Fox filter to take the empty variable
and replace it with a "-" but this is far beyond my knowledge. So I
tried a different route.<br>
I tried to use conditional markup in the Fox template, i.e. if input
text = "" then replace with "-" else display input text. <br>
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In the Fox template I am using this syntax:<br>
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(:if equal {$$Input_Text}
"":)(:{$$Input_Text}:"-":)(:else:){$$Input_Text}(:ifend:)<br>
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However this doesn't work as I intended, the page shows (::"-":)
instead of just the - character I was hoping for. <br>
I can't figure out how to replace {$$Input_Text} with a preset
character when the input is empty.<br>
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Any suggestions on this would be most appreciated.<br>
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Thanks<br>
<br>
Graham</font><br>
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