Item9991: ActionSearch does not correctly resolve variables

Performing an ActionSearch (ActionSearchPlugin) with a parameter incuding a variable which again is dependant from the current values of the Seach, the variable is not computed correctly:

Example1:

%ACTIONSEARCH{.... format=%FORMFIELD{"Client" topic="$actionsearchvar"}%}%

Nothing is returned. If i hard-code the topic everything works fine of course.

Example2:

%ACTIONSEARCH{.... format=%IF{" '$actionsearchvar' = 'VALUE'" then"THEN" else="ELSE"}%}%

"ELSE" is always returned, independent of the actual value of actionsearchvar.

Is this a know issue? Is the a solution? I think the Item8232 is basicly the same question but old and never answered.

-- EnrikGuenter - 10 Nov 2010

Tested: disable all plugins. No change.

-- EnrikGuenter - 24 Nov 2010

A few issues here. Parameters have to be quoted, and if you want to delay expansion you have to use $percnt and $quot (or \") in the parameter value. For example

%ACTIONSEARCH{.... format="$percntIF{\" '$actionsearchvar' = 'VALUE'\" then=\"THEN\" else=\"ELSE\"}$percnt"}%

Also, I would recommend using the (new) nohtml parameter to stop HTML from being auto-generated for field values.

No action.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 28 Jan 2011

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