trouble using XML template

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im having trouble creating a template. Hoping soemone can help

i have changed latest xml export plugin to call a template file as per http://www.videodb.info/forum_en/index.php?topic=1017.0
if i call the param option, pvd crashes.

XML.ptm contains:

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HEAD%
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
%HEAD%
<movie>
{%value=52 template="tpl\actors.tpl param="full"}
<title>{%value=title}</title>
<snip>
in tpl\actors.tpl contains:

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%HEAD%<actor>%HEAD%
<name>{%param=name}</name>
<role>{%param=role}</role>
%FOOT%</actor>%FOOT%

if i remove param="full" setting then xml output looks like:
<movie>
<actor>
<name>{%param=name}</name>
<role>{%param=role}</role>
</actor>

any ideas anyone


 

[nostra]

try
{%value=actors template="tpl\actors.tpl param="full"} instead of {%value=52 ...

[CAD]

sorry

try
{%value=actors template="tplactors.tpl param="full"}

didn't work.

In my .ptm file I have

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<movie>
{%value=actors template="tplactors.tpl" maxvalues="3" param="full"}
maxvalues works (limits no of entries to 3) IF param="full" is not included, but i don't get any data.
output file looks like:

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<movie>
<actor>
<name>{%param=name}</name>
<role>{%param=role}</role>

<name>{%param=name}</name>
<role>{%param=role}</role>
actors.tpl contains:

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%HEAD%<actor>%HEAD%
<name>{%param=name}</name>
<role>{%param=role}</role>
%FOOT%</actor>%FOOT%
what am i doing wrong

[nostra]

Ups, sorry. It should be params:

{%value=actors template="tplactors.tpl" maxvalues="3" params="full"}

[CAD]

Yay - this works.

Note. For others who have struggled (like me) the options in tpl does not require the "s"

so my .ptm file contains:

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<movie>
{%value=actors template="actors.tpl" maxvalues="3" params="full"}
....
....and the actors.tpl file contains:

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%HEAD%<actor>%HEAD%
<name>{%param=name}</name>
<role>{%param=role}</role>
%FOOT%</actor>%FOOT%NB: the NO "S" in %param

[CAD]

sorry to be a nuff nuff 
i'm trying to limit the no of tags being returned.
this value doesn't have multiple params. I can't find how to pass this to tpl file.

in ptm file i have
<movie>
{%value=tags template="tags.tpl" maxvalues="3"}
...
...
in tags.tpl file i have

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<tag>{%value=tags}</tag>nb. i have tried %params=tags, %value=tag, %value=tag, tag, tags, %tags etc.

output from this is

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<tag>{%value=tag}</tag><tag>{%value=tag}</tag><tag>{%value=tag}</tag>pls pls hlp.

Also would it be possible to have "maxvalues=<value>" understandable under main .ptm file without calling template. Then we can limit no of entries directly from there without having to create a template for every section where we only want to limit the no of entries.
like:

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<movie>
<director>{%value=directors maxvalues=2}</director> or
<tags>{%value=tags maxvalues=5}</tags>
....
....


[nostra]

Unfortunately it is not possible with the current version of the plugin to limit number of such values, but I will improve the plugin in this regard in the next version.

[nostra]

Wait, my answer was regarding your suggestion: <tags>{%value=tags maxvalues=5}</tags>

The other way using aditional template files should work:
in the main template:

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{%value=tags template="pages\tags.tpl" maxvalues="3"}in pages\tags.tpl:

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<tag>{%value}</tag>

[CAD]

Thanks Nostra - You're awesome 

This works a treat when you know what variables go where 
for benefit of others I have:

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<movie>
{%value=tags template="tags.tpl" maxvalues="3"}
...
...In main export plugin.
and

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%HEAD%<tag>%HEAD%{%value},%FOOT%</tag>%FOOT%in the called .tpl file.

output looks like:

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<movie>
<tag>Rancher,Marshal,New Mexico,</tag>