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Data Translators

Creating the icon

Next, you create the icon for Poco tags.

To create the icon:

Create an image file that is 18 x 18 pixels for the Poco tags icon.

Save the file as poco.gif in the Configuration/ThirdPartyTags folder.

Creating the attribute translator

You create an HTML file that contains the functions necessary for the attribute translator.

To create the HTML file:

Create a new blank file.

Enter the following:

<html>
<head>
<title>Conditional Translator</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=">
<script language="JavaScript">

/*************************************************************
* This translator handles the following statement syntaxes: *
* <# if (condition) then foo else bar #>    *
* <# if (condition) then att="foo" else att="bar" #>    *
* <# if (condition) then att1="foo" att2="jinkies"    *
* att3="jeepers" else att1="bar" att2="zoinks" #>     *
*           *
* It does not handle statements with no else clause.    *
*************************************************************/

var count = 1;

function translateMarkup(docNameStr, siteRootStr, inStr){
var count = 1;
// Counter to ensure unique mmTranslatedValues
var outStr = inStr;
// String that will be manipulated
var spacer = "";
// String to manage space between encoded attributes
var start = inStr.indexOf('<# if'); // 1st instance of Pound Conditional

code

// Declared but not initalized. //
var attAndValue;
// Boolean indicating whether the attribute is part of