Hello Peter,
On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 at 20:00:42 GMT +0100 (which was 11:00 AM
where I live) witnesses say Peter Hampf typed:
> Hello,
JA>> %TO=""%TO='"%ABofromNAME" <%ABofromEMAIL>'
> /.../
JA>> Hi %ABofromNAMEPREFIX%ABofromLASTNAME
> afaics the %AB macros are returning empty strings, if there is no
> addressbook entry defined. Right?
That's correct. I think this is good behaviour in most cases.
However, you point out:
> It would be useful to have a defined default for this case, for example:
> Hi %ABofromFIRSTNAME[%OFROMFNAME]%ABofromLASTNAME[%OFROMLNAME]
> The part in the brackets would only be expanded, if the part left of the
> brackets returns an empty string... .
That would be nice. The way you've suggested implies that the part in
brackets should be user definable, right? If so, I agree. There are
times when a null string makes more sense than anything else (eg. Name
Prefix or Memos, etc). But the option would be very useful.
As it is right now, the %AB macros are only really useful in Address
Book templates, with any generality. Your suggestion would make these
macros much more general, and useful in all the multitude of other
templates.
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Thanks for writing,
Januk Aggarwal
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