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Output Modifier works only with TVs set

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    gallenkamp Reply #1, 13 years, 10 months ago
    Dear MODX people,

    with my new 2.2.6 installation, I encounter a strange behavoir. I have some sidebar content which depends on TVs:
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<table class="autoren">
[[*AutorText:isnot=``:then=`<tr><td>Text</td><td>[[*AutorText]]</td></tr>`]]
[[*AutorGrafik:isnot=``:then=`<tr><td>Grafik</td><td>[[*AutorGrafik]]</td></tr>`]]
[[*AutorVideo:isnot=``:then=`<tr><td>Video</td><td>[[*AutorVideo]]</td></tr>`]]
[[*AutorAudio:isnot=``:then=`<tr><td>Audio</td><td>[[*AutorAudio]]</td></tr>`]]
</table>


    The only output is like this:
    Audio]]


    If I fill out all TV's, it's working. What am I missing?

    Cheers,

    Guido
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      Everett Reply #2, 13 years, 10 months ago
      Usually if you see something like that, it's because there are problems with your MODX Syntax. I wrote a plugin to help check that: https://github.com/fireproofsocks/SyntaxChecker

      But I confess, it needs improvement for many cases, specifically where there are complex output modifiers.

      Was this same template working in a previous version of MODX?
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        gallenkamp Reply #3, 13 years, 10 months ago
        It's a new site. I am adaptnig the flexibility package of Menno Pietersen. It works for many of my sites.
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          bertoost Reply #4, 13 years, 10 months ago
          What I should do is 

          [[*AutorText:notempty=`<tr><td>Text</td><td>[[*AutorText]]</td></tr>`]]


          etc.

          But your syntax isn't wrong as far I can see.
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            exside Reply #5, 13 years, 10 months ago
            I also have such problems from time to time, and just no clue why =)...because as Bert says...the syntax looks correct (in my cases I went over it and again and again...), so I think somewhere there is a bug within the modifiers, but I cannot find it...how I usually solve it is more or less by what Bert suggested, just try another modifier =)... :notempty / :isnotempty

            aaaah, and what just comes into my mind! I had big problems when using the :then=``modifier WITHOUT the :else=``modifier, so try to add that at the end and see if it starts working!!

            eg:

            [[*AutorText:isnot=``:then=`<tr><td>Text</td><td>[[*AutorText]]</td></tr>`:else=``]]


            to make it a little bit more readable you could also do:

            [[*AutorText:is=``:then=``:else=`<tr><td>Text</td><td>[[*AutorText]]</td></tr>`]]
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              gallenkamp Reply #6, 13 years, 10 months ago
              Thank you guys - I did it the bert way smiley
              For the record: both ways work. "notempty" and "then... else"
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                bertoost Reply #7, 13 years, 10 months ago
                Quote from: gallenkamp at Dec 14, 2012, 11:38 AM
                Thank you guys - I did it the bert way smiley
                For the record: both ways work. "notempty" and "then... else"

                I feel honored ;-)
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