ION_SCRIPT

The ION_SCRIPT tag pair is the container that holds all other ION Script tags, similar to the way the <HTML> tag contains all HTML tags. All content, whether it is ION Script or HTML, must reside inside the ION_SCRIPT tag pair.

Syntax

<ION_SCRIPT
[SYNTAX = {"OFF" | "COMMENT" | "PRE" }]
[<HTML> tag attributes] >
ION Script tags
[HTML tags]
</ION_SCRIPT>

Attributes

SYNTAX

This attribute defines how expression parser error messages are reported for a given ION Script page. Valid values include:

OFF — Error messages are not reported.

COMMENT — Error messages are included in the returned HTML page as part of an HTML comment. This makes the error messages accessible but invisible to the client. To view the error messages, you must view the source of the HTML page sent to the browser by selecting View

Page Source (Netscape) or View

Source (Internet Explorer).

PRE — Error messages are included in the returned HTML page as <PRE> text, and will appear at the bottom of the returned HTML page. This is useful during development of your ION Script applications.

The default method for reporting error messages is specified in the "Syntax Logging" section on the "Debug" tab of the ION Script Configuration utility (Windows), or in the "Debug" section of the .ionsrc file (UNIX). See Syntax Logging for details. The SYNTAX attribute can be used to override the default for an individual ION Script page.

HTML Mapping

The ION_SCRIPT tag is converted to the <HTML> tag. All attributes of the <HTML> tag can be used in the <ION_SCRIPT> tag.