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Jo_Pitts1
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Jo_Pitts1Community Advisor
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February 19, 2020
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Velocity directly in template modules

  • February 19, 2020
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Good afternoon all.

is it possible to write velocity code directly against a module in an email template, or do I need to abstract it by referencing a script token in the template?  

I'd like to build out a module that has the ability to comment itself out (often referenced here) without needing to add tokens in the email itself, and am curious as to best practice.

Cheers

Jo

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SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
February 19, 2020

It is possible to write a limited amount of VTL directly in a template (this is the reason that there are reserved words in templates). However, this is in no way supported, and I advise as strongly as possible that you not rely on it.

 

If you want to conditionally comment out a section, you should wrap it in Velocity {{my.token}}s.

Jo_Pitts1
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Jo_Pitts1Community AdvisorAuthor
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February 19, 2020

Makes sense (and yes, I was already predicting problems with reserved characters).

 

Next silly question - can module variables be referenced in Velocity.  E.g., I set the a variable called 'colour' to 'BLUE' on the module, and then depending on whether a lead has a checkbox 'loves_blue' checked leave the module on display, otherwise comment it out?

SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
February 19, 2020
Unfortunately not, those vars can't be used in VTL.
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