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Alessandro Cipriani	Friday 04 June 2004 6:18:52 am hi all i've created my own datatype (the previous post is fixed) now i've got this question: is there the possibility for my_datatype.tpl to know the class of the referer? i need to have something like this: if the datatype is called from a class1 object should do something if the datatype is called from a class2 object should do something else in this way i could avoid to have various datatypes that do similar work best regards alessandro
Silke Fox	Monday 07 June 2004 6:36:22 am Hi Alessandro, not sure what you're trying to do... do you want to use different templates for your datatype, depending on the content class in which the datatype is used? You could use the template override stuff then, see http://ez.no/ez_publish/documentation/customization/custom_design/override_templates Silke

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Alessandro Cipriani

Friday 04 June 2004 6:18:52 am

hi all
i've created my own datatype (the previous post is fixed)
now i've got this question:
is there the possibility for my_datatype.tpl to know the class of the referer?
i need to have something like this:

if the datatype is called from a class1 object should do something
if the datatype is called from a class2 object should do something else

in this way i could avoid to have various datatypes that do similar work

best regards
alessandro

Silke Fox

Monday 07 June 2004 6:36:22 am

Hi Alessandro,

not sure what you're trying to do...
do you want to use different templates for your datatype, depending on the content class
in which the datatype is used?
You could use the template override stuff then, see
http://ez.no/ez_publish/documentation/customization/custom_design/override_templates

Silke