Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

1685.0. "TDE document as template" by KERNEL::OTHENJ () Thu Oct 29 1992 15:07

Hi,

	Can someone help me with the following problem?

	The customer created a TDE document consisting of 8 boxes, and a 
few lines and text. This document could be read/edited correctly, and if 
the document was GOLD GET into a new document it also displayed correctly. 
If the customer however used that document as a template document (hit next 
screen on the create form), some of the lines were missing, and it appears 
as though there is a wrapping problem, as some of the lines are shifted 
right. 

	The customer had this problem with ALL-IN-1 v2.3, but I can create 
the problem on 2.4 and 3.0. I have turned tracing on, and it seems to use

MERGE #template , #doc

where #template is the TDE document. Has anyone else come across this 
problem? I can recreate the problem, and the file is on 
wayout::testagain.wpl if anyone would like to look at the output.

		Thanks,
			Julie
    

The MERGE function looks for Template Directives in the Template
file/document.  MERGE template directives are enclosed in <angle brackets>. 

The lines of the document which have missing text are those which contain a
left angle bracket '<' in the template.  The text after a '<' is missing
because it has been processed as a template directive. 

If you want to use angle brackets in the template you need to put two 
brackets for each single bracket, e.g. << gives <.


Richard

    Hi,
    
    	Thanks for the quick reply, unfortunately two << seems to mis-align
    the diagram, but I will play around to see if I can sort this out.
    
    	             
    		Julie

The << will misalign the diagram, but it will be correct when it is
processed through MERGE.  I was able to create a document which worked
correctly when MERGED, but this document will not be correct if it is
included using GOLD-GET. 


Richard