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How do I set user fields from a macro?
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Created On: 12 Mar 1998 8:32 pm
Last Edited: 22 Oct 1999 12:28 pm |
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How can I write a macro that will let me set a user variable when I only know the username? The problem is that I want to set a user variable for a user that isn't the current user. |
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You can't change the current user (e.g. the client requesting the page),
but you can set the current "author" to achieve the same result:
%% set UserID userLookup(form.username) %%
%% setAuthor( UserID ) %%
%% set author.myVar 0 %%
%% setPath %%
Because setAuthor sets the current location to "none", the final setPath
restores the original location/author. |
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