[TYPO3] gpvar into constants or setup?

[Tyler Kraft]

Read TSref - you need to have something where you can access a getText 
data type in order to get the gpvar like that.



Andrew Davis wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I am trying to pass a variable from url into extension tmailform.
> 
> I see that in setup ts it can be passed to tmailform like this
> 
> plugin.tx_pilmailform_pi1.defaultValues (
>   FIELD_VAL; plain; text:This is what autofills
> )
> 
> 
> I want to do something like this, that will put the passed variable 
> &value=whatever into the setup:
> 
> plugin.tx_pilmailform_pi1.defaultValues (
>   FIELD_VAL; plain; text:{GPvar:value}
> )
> 
> but it just fill in "{GPvar:value}" in the field (doesn't substitute the 
> value from the url)
> 
> I can set that to {$a_constant} so it looks like
> 
> plugin.tx_pilmailform_pi1.defaultValues (
>   FIELD_VAL; plain; text:{$a_constant}
> )
> 
> 
> and it will correctly fill in my constant there....
> 
> but then how can I set a constant to be the url variable?
> 
> in constants i have tried
> 
> a_constant = {GPvar:value}
> 
> but it just sets it as the text "{GPvar:value}"... same problem as before.
> 
> 
> is there any solution here?
> 
> thanks in advance for any help,
> Andrew
> 
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