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Documentation doesn't explain from where name tag field values come

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Documentation doesn't explain from where name tag field values come

8 years 2 months ago
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Looking to update my club's name tag template for the new year, I found some issues. First, I wasn't sure what some of the field names truly meant, and next, I was unsure from where the program was grabbing values to put in some of the fields. I'm submitting this under doc feedback because I believe the name tags part of the manual should be more comprehensive about the available fields.

It appears that the award-related fields and the namesuffix field get values from what's typed after a person's name in the membership table, but I would have thought namesuffix to be a place to handle "Jr." or "M.D." If I change my name entry to "Arthur Farnsworth, Jr., ACS, ALS, lastname = "Farnsworth Jr." and namesuffix = "ACS, ALS" Omitting the comma between my surname and "Jr." doesn't change anything.

Here's my code followed by the output for "Arthur L. Farnsworth Jr., ACS, ALS" as the membership table entry.

<!--
File: Name Badge Test.html
Author: Arthur L. Farnsworth
Purpose: File to test all of the field values in the name tag tool
Created: 10 Jul 2017
Revisions:
-->
<STYLE type="text/css">div.ntThisStyleBlockIsIgnoredDuringPrinting{} table.ntHeading { table-layout: fixed; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; color: white; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 90%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 100% auto;}div.ntOutline { border: 1px solid LightGray; border-collapse:collapse; }
</STYLE>
<!--
Print all field names and values
-->
name: {{name}}<BR>
firstname: {{firstname}}<BR>
lastname: {{lastname}}<BR>
FN caps: {{firstnamecaps}}<BR>
LN caps: {{lastnamecaps}}<BR>
namesuffix: {{namesuffix}}<BR>
datejoined: {{datejoined}}<BR>
membersince: {{membersince}}<BR>
officerrole: {{officerrole}}<BR>
emeritus: {{emeritus}}<BR>
clubname: {{clubname}}<BR>
clubnumber: {{clubnumber}}<BR>
caward: {{caward}}<BR>
laward: {{laward}}<BR>
awards: {{awards}}<BR>

name: Arthur L. Farnsworth Jr., ACS, ALS
firstname: Arthur
lastname: Farnsworth Jr.
FN caps: ARTHUR
LN caps: FARNSWORTH JR.
namesuffix: ACS, ALS
datejoined: 2003-07-01
membersince: Member Since 2003-07-01
officerrole:
emeritus: Officer Emeritus
clubname: We The Speakers
clubnumber: 9376
caward: ACS
laward: ALS
awards: ACS, ALS
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Re: Documentation doesn't explain from where name tag field values come

8 years 2 months ago - 8 years 2 months ago
#63890
Added Jr as a recognized namesuffix (somehow I missed that)

The award stuff is derived from namesuffix (a subset of it).
Last edit: 8 years 2 months ago by SteveTheTechie.
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