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I like to check some variables on a masterpage each time a page that uses this masterpage is opened.

Which trigger is fired in this case on the masterpage? I tried it with Pre-show, but this does not work.

Thanks in advance for your help.

T.

Tara

Have you tried just making a simple text box and used the insert variable function?
I know very little about masterpages but the above might be an idea. Might not either!
Hope this helps?
Cheers
Graham

The main restriction I find with Master Pages is that you cannot modify the MP contennts or actions when you associate a MP with a "normal" page.

MPs are really great for adding consistent elements such as navigation buttons, backgrounds, running page titles etc. They are not so great when variable (not variables) elements are involved.

Bear in mind that you can use several MPs in a pub, and you can "nest" MPs. This can sometimes help in complex pages.

OK, now back to your specific problem, which I hope I understand correctly. I would not use a MP to do what you want to do. I would add a frame to the page (not to the MP) and use the On Show trigger to activate the actions associated with the frame.

If your checking of the variables is complex, add a series of IF statements (or an appropriate script) to identify the specific prerequisites.

If you have a number of different prerequisites that need to be checked, design a separate frame for each check. Copy these frames to a gallery. You can then paste these back to pages as you need them.

HTH

Thanks for your replies.

I think I have to explain my problem a little bit better (sorry for my bad english):

What I want to do is this:

I have some navigation buttons on the MP. When entering a page two variables are modified: v_nextpage and v_previouspage.

I use these variables to to tell the next button and the back button on the MP to which page they should go.

Now I have two special cases:

1. The user has entered the last page of the publication. In this case I set the variable v_nextpage to "NONE".

2. The user has entered the first page of the publication. In this case I set the variable v_previouspage to "NONE".

What I want to do is to hide the next button or the back button on the MP when one of these cases appears.

So I put actions on the MP that check if one of the above variables has the value "NONE" and hide one of the buttons if this is the case.

This should happen automatically when the user enters the first or the last page of my publication.

My question was how I can trigger such an action on a MP?


T.

Please see the attached example

Duncan, thank you very much. This is what I was looking for.

T.