Setting Number Variables
Example
- Setting an interest rate in a variable.
MGI Tags
Steps
- Create a variable page in a text editor.
- Insert the mgiSet tag.
- Save the variable page.
- FTP the variable page to a web server running MGI.
- Access the variable page.
Step 1: Create a variable page in a text editor.
- Create a new page in a text editing program to set the content of the
variable.
Step 2: Insert the mgiSet tag.
- Only a site variable can be set as a number type. The number variable
type can contain integers or decimal numbers.
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- Insert the beginning mgiSet tag, name parameter, type parameter and
scope parameter and the ending mgiSet tag. In the name parameter, enter
the variable name. Use a unique name for each variable. In the type parameter,
enter "Number". In the scope parameter, enter "Site".
A site variable is stored in a database and is available at all levels
of a site. Any information between the beginning mgiSet tag and the ending
mgiSet tag is the value of the variable. Enter a verification sentence
that will display when the variable is set, for example "The variable
is set.".
<mgiSet name="Interest" type="Number" scope="Site">
8.5
</mgiSet>
<H3>The interest variable is set.</H3>
Step 3: Save the variable page.
- Save the changes you have made to the variable page.
Step 4: FTP the variable page to a web server running MGI.
- Upload the variable page from your local computer to the web server
using an FTP program.
Step 5: Access the variable page.
- Every time the software is updated, access the variable page in a web
browser from a server running MGI. When you access the page, the interest
rate is set in the variable database. The page that is served will display
the header "The interest variable is set."
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