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Templates can have default values. The syntax is {<control name>=<default>} For example, this form also contains a controls labeled "Total Items in Cart" which is named "T". A template {T=0} would resolved to the value "0" when the field named T is empty otherwise it would resolve to the entered value.
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The Shopping Cart section control contains templates its Label, Hint and Help.
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The Help property contains this text:
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Before the user starts entering values into this form they will see:
[[Image:template_HelpHint1.png]]
As a user begins entering values into the form fields, the templates will immediately begin appearing, and the user will see:
[[Image:template_HelpHint2.png]]
Repeat Controls
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The syntax also allows for a optional separator. If you would like to get the list of phone number items separated by ", " (comma and space), use the following template: {, |Phone}. Other examples are {|Phone}, {,|Phone}, { |Phone}. The 1st template lists all the entered phone numbers with no separator. The 2nd uses a comma and the 3rd a space. If you used these three in a form's Doc Action Display Message and two phone numbers were entered 203.208.3117 and 203.208.3118 you would see this output for those three templates:
| Code Block | |
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| language | java | title | Phone Control Formats
203.208.3117203.208.3118 203.208.3117,203.208.3118 203.208.3117 203.208.3118 |
Another example is {<br/> |Names} for a control named Names inside a repeat you would see the output:
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Joe Nancy James |
Repeat Item Labels
It is very useful to use templates with repeat controls. Imagine a long list of medications that appear on the form in a collapsed state. It is helpful if the section labels are not simply a static text such as "Medication" but rather dynamic and indicative of the values entered into the form.
[[image:Template_LabelHintHelp_Repeat1.png]]