SID-01673: general method to include vars

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	5.0.2	Perl version:	??
Category:	CategoryMissingFunctionality	Server OS:	redhat ?.?	Last update:	13 years ago

I'm looking for a way to manage wiki variables for large collections of pages. for example: At the top of a page a user would add: %<nop>INCLUDE("VariableSetOne")% and this would define many page specifi variables (for example WSVN settings for a particular project)

Many pages would include that line, and all would get the same variables (much like webpreferences)

I'm trying to unify many different engineering webs at our site into one web to get better group interaction. But each group has its own unique variable settings (currently set in webPreferences)

I have tried the approach in Support.SID-00188 but it is not practical to have the 30+ lines in each page defeining the variables. (I tried using %<nop>EXTRACT% to build a list on the fly, but it didn't define the vars in BASETOPIC even though it printed them)

The approach in Codev.MakingVarVARTopicCapable also requires one line per variable if I understand it correctly.

My ideal solution would keep all the group specific variables in one place, and modifying that place would propagate to each page that referenced it.

(please change the question category as appropriate)

-- Randy Melton - 2013-04-01

Discussion and Answer

At this time it is not possible to INCLUDE preferences settings. You can however INCLUDE a topic that defines SpreadSheetPlugin variables or hashes. Those can be used after an INCLUDE. The same is the case with SET and GET variables of the SetGetPlugin.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2013-05-01

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