Alternating rows

I am rusty with template\ing so bear with me. Took the classes 3 months ago and just now using the knowledge.

I have a page that will contain a list of events. Each event will be in it's own row in a table. The rows alternate in colors ie. gray, white, gray, white etc. There is a need for an unlimited number of events and rows.

I am needing to template this page with replicants. I can template it is using replicants with each inserted into an already created table with an x number of rows with each already colored.

How can I create a replicant that contains a white row with a text field and a gray row with a text field. These replicants will be placed inside the <table> tag within the tpl. This would create the table I am looking for.

Please help.

Thank you.

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Denise Bowker

Chris_24,

Try this. I don't actually use this, I just modified a piece of code we use that's close.
There may be an issue with typecasting of variables, I'm no where near an expert in this.

I would be interested to know if it works.

Dan Bowker

<iw_iterate var="whatever" list="dcr.Field name" iteration="counter">
<iw_if expr="({iw_value name='$counter'/} % 2) eq '0'">
<iw_then>
<![CDATA[
<td bgcolor="#cccccc">what ever you want on a gray background</td>
]]>
</iw_then>
<iw_else>
<![CDATA[
<td bgcolor="#ffffff">what ever you want on a white background</td>
]]>
</iw_else>
</iw_if>
</iterate>

Migrateduser

You are my hero...

With just a couple minor tweaks, it worked wonderfully. Here is the exact code I ended up with:

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8">
]]>
<iw_iterate var="classifieds" list="dcr.Classifieds" iteration="counter">
<iw_if expr="({iw_value name='$counter'/} % 2) eq '0'">
<iw_then>
<![CDATA[
<tr bgcolor="#dcdcdc">
<td class="prodguide">
]]>
<iw_value name="classifieds.Ad" />
<![CDATA[
</td>
</tr>
]]>
</iw_then>
<iw_else>
<![CDATA[
<tr bgcolor="white">
<td class="prodguide">
]]>
<iw_value name="classifieds.Ad" />
<![CDATA[
</td>
</tr>
]]>
</iw_else>
</iw_if>
</iw_iterate>
<![CDATA[
</table>

Thank you very much...

Chris Simpson ~ csimpson@gfs.com
Web/Multimedia Developer
Gordon Food Service ~ www.gfs.com