Conditionally Displaying Text in XML Gauges

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I thought this might be of interest to some people out there:

You can use the %{if}, %{else}, and %{end} constructs to choose which text to display.  Note that if, else, and end are case-sensitive and must be typed in lowercase.  The syntax for usage is:

%(CONDITIONAL)%{if}TEXT TO DISPLAY IF TRUE%{else}TEXT TO DISPLAY IF FALSE%{end}

For example:

%( 1 )%{if}ON%{else}OFF%{end}

would give the following output:

ON

Whereas the following:

%( 0 )%{if}The value is true%{else}The value is false%{end}

Would yield the following output:

The value is false

NOTE: There must not be a space between the ‘%’ and the ‘{‘.

 

The if maybe be used without a corresponding else.  In this case, if the conditional evaluates to false, no text will be displayed.