SID-00891: Expand INCLUDE content when creating page from template

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I want to expand an INCLUDE when I create a page from a Topic Template.

That is, if the template contains

%INCLUDE{"FooPage" section="export"}%

I want the resulting page to contain the content of section export from FooPage, not the %INCLUDE% command.

I had hoped that type=expandvariables would do the trick but it's copying the INCLUDE line instead of expanding it and copying the content.

Am I doing something wrong?

Or do I need to file a bug report/feature request?

The ability to expand (i.e. copy rather than just "show") INCLUDEd text would be very useful.

-- VickiBrown - 2010-07-08

Discussion and Answer

Did you try to enclose the %INCLUDE{}% in %STARTSECTION{ type="expandvariables" }% ... %ENDSECTION{ type="expandvariables" }% ? See TWikiTemplates - if that does not work it is time to debug.

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