How to get the result string of last executed step?

[BlackSun]

I know that we can grab the result string of any executed step using this macro: {-FieldData.FieldData-|-stepID-|-branchID-}

To make it easier to write more portable code, it would very useful if there was a way to grab the result string from the last executed step, without having to name the step explicitly.

How to get the result string of last executed step?

Thanks!

 

[step85]

Taking the result of the branch in the usual way does not fit?

 

[BlackSun]

Taking the result of the branch in the usual way does not fit?

For many situations the usual way works very well.

But lets say you have a complex macro or javascript that you'd like to use in many places in the template. Is there a way to retrieve the result of the last executed step so that its not necessary to repeat the same complex macro many times?

For example several branches might lead to a common step, but the processing is dependent on the output of the preceding step, the incoming link.

 

[step85]

Use the global repository. And after each of the 3 branches assign a global variable to the previous step. Then it suffices to take a macro value to this global variable.

 

[BlackSun]

Thanks step85, that is a solution I have considered but there is always the risk of one thread overwriting the value set by a different thread.

If new macro were available that could access the result of the last execution step, that would be very useful.

Thanks.

 

[playmefast]

I think that worth adding, nice suggestion. Maybe not as a macro, but as an option in branch.