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[greenstone-devel] testing metadata values in a format string

From Gregory S. Williamson
DateSun, 17 Aug 2003 14:11:28 -0700
Subject [greenstone-devel] testing metadata values in a format string
I am tinkering with some ways of showing a banner based on a metadata tag ("Subject") ... if it is "Labor" I want to show one image, if it is "Haight Ashbury" another image, and so on.

I have been able to test for the presence of a metadata element, but not for its content:

format DocumentText "{If [Subject] } { <p><img src = "/gsdl/collect/gamssf/images/labor_top2.jpg" border = 0></a>,<p><p> } <p> [Text]"

This seems to work for testing for the presence of the metadata tag (as advertised) -- other than a trailing "}" after the image and before the text, which puzzles me.

Is there a way to test for the value of a metadata tag in such a format statement ?

Thanks!

Greg Williamson