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    Multiple Variable - Same Choices?

    Does anyone know if it is possible to have more then one User defined variable using the same list of choices as another UDF.

    I have a number of variables set in different places (some product, some section) that really need a master lookup list of choices.
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    #2
    Hi Andy,

    You can only do this by entering the list of possible values for each variable in the design library. There is no way to share a single list between variables.

    Regards,
    Jan Strassen, Mole End

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      #3
      I suspected as much.

      Thanks for saving me from several hours of time wasting Jan
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        #4
        Can't you just define one list and place it at product and section level, no limits on you doing that.

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          #5
          Much like your avatar Lee I seem to have my head stuck up my bottom on this one.

          I am designing a new site and I am using hard coded links to the search script to do some filtering.

          Basically I have the section Bracelets which contains ALL the bracelets.
          I want to be able to let customers choose to see just Gold bracelets or Silver Bracelets.
          I also want them to able to choose just to see Gold Bracelets with Diamonds or Silver Bracelets with Topaz.

          I have the links set up as follows where (in the above example) F1Name is Diamond and MetalName1 is Gold, both UDV set at section level - just noticed that I need to add Bracelet to it as well.

          I have a BlockIf around the code so it only shows if something has been set in F1Name.

          Code:
          <a href="<actinic:variable name="SearchCGIURL" />?RANDOM=NETQUOTEVAR%3ARANDOM&PAGE=SEARCH&SS=&TB=A&PR=-1&S_SilverStyle0_0=<actinic:variable name="F1Name" />&S_Metal0_1=<actinic:variable name="MetalName1" />&GB=A&SX=0&ACTION=Search"><actinic:variable name="F1Name" /></a>
          The more I think about it the less I know what I am trying to do.
          It all seemed to make sense last night when I posted the question.
          Please ignore this post till I can work out exactly what it is I am trying to ask!
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            #6
            I'm going to leave the tricky stuff to Lee but I just wanted to say that if you tick the searchable option in the variable dialog then the customer can search on the options in the advanced search dialog. I don't think it's exactly what you are looking for but useful info hopefully.

            Regards,
            Jan Strassen, Mole End

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              #7
              That is how I find out what to put into the hard coded links.

              I have done this before at www.seriouslysilver.co.uk but if a new product is added that doesn't fit into one of the existing filters then I have to add a new one and I was hoping to devise a more automatic way of doing things this time around.

              Thinking aloud - maybe I'll look if it is possible to fill a list box with the contents of a UDV

              Thanks Jan.
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