I should have added that I can easily manage without this feature.
Overall the template facility is excellent.
However I raise this issue so it can be fixed in a future release.
I have set up a template configuration to generate an email around two fields I enter at message submit time.
It is a very impressive feature.
I wanted to add in a variable both to the email keyword header line and to the title (text prompt in the template editor) on the enter variables screen.
Initially I defined the variable and then entered a second line using SET to create a value for it, at the beginning of my template script.
This worked for the keyword header but NOT for the title line on the enter variable values screen, which displayed a null value.
I did find a very good workaround; set the default value for the variable at create time. It now displays correctly in both places.
However I wonder if there's a bug here...
I'm sure I'm misunderstanding your use of the word "title" because I understand a line of code in the template script that begins with "Title" simply names the template. It's not a field to which you can assign a value through a variable. Perhaps an example of your template code would clear the fog. Here's one I use for reporting work hours for temporary labor.
Title Temp Labor Hour Reporting
string wedate "" "Week ending date:" 8
string ponum "" "Purchase order number:" 6
string temp1 "" "Employee name:" 25
string hours1 "" "Hours:" 5
string temp2 "" "Employee name:" 25
string hours2 "" "Hours:" 5
string temp3 "" "Employee name:" 25
string hours3 "" "Hours:" 5
set Subject = "Hours for week ending ~vwedate~"
set To = "agency@domain.com"
set reply-to = "me@domain.com"
Body
Good Morning,
Please see below for hours for your temps for week ending: ~vwedate~
Please reference purchase order no. ~vponum~ on your invoice.
~vtemp1~ ~vhours1~
~vtemp2~ ~vhours2~
~vtemp3~ ~vhours3~
Thank you.
The confusion is my fault for using the word "Title".
I am referring to the "Add text to the prompt dialog" as a title for my data entry box.
I realise that the Title field is set up by Pegasus.
Your script does not set any user-defined varaiables except by user entry.
Mine had:
string Version "" "" 0
set variable Version = "V1.0"
at the beginning.
This set the value for Version for the Keyword header in the email,
but I also used it in the "Add text to the prompt dialog"; it was the null value there.
Replacing the two lines to define the variable and set a default value (and no other changes):
string Version "v1.0" "" 0
displays the correct value in both the Keyword field and the "Add text to the prompt dialog"
This is a simple workaround and a better script than the original one;
I am curious about why the first setup did not work.
Perhaps "set" is executed after user-defined data entry is completed.
Though I have used Pegasus for a long time, I had not used the templates.
Its a very strong feature.
Rather more serious...
The script line (generated by Pegasus, not manually):
string Standard "0" "Standard reading (lower): " 5
prompts for the variable Standard at run-time, default 0, max length 5.
However the max length 5 has NO effect at all. Any length is accepted.
Is this a bug?
