How to escape template result

[Philippe Malera]

Create a template "test.tpl" with this content :

test := '&<name="Object">';

Execute this template in an SQL window and, in the "Object", enter the text : "Hello[X]"

This will consider [X] as a new input control and remove it.
How to tell the system, to consider result as is, without asking for new input ? (escape ?)

Thanks for your help

 

[Marco Kalter]

You can specify && to escape substitution variables in your template. The && expression will be inserted as &.

 

[Philippe Malera]

I've tried to modify my template as you said :

test := '&&<name="Object">';

But now it doesn't substitute anything.
Could you give me a syntax example ? I didn't found anything in the doc.

 

[Marco Kalter]

Sorry, I misread your question. The only option here is to escape the brackets by supplying double brackets:

Hello[[X]]

We'll look into this though. I don't think the variable values that you enter should be reinterpreted as variables.

 

[Philippe Malera]

Thanks, but in fact it is very difficult to explain to all developers to do such operation (duplicate brackets in the response).
As we are using suffix "[O]" for many of our applicative objects which have to be input in these template.
Hope we will get a fix.