Velocimacro – Generate a HTML Select box and its Options
A quick and simple Velocimacro to generate HTML Select boxes and its Options; automatically selects the correct option based on the value given.
You can place this #macro anywhere in your Velocity templates but I used my global VM_global_library.vm file.
Code
CODE:
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#macro( generateSelectBox $name $options $value )
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<select name='$name' value='$value'>
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#foreach ( $option in $options )
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#set( $selected = "" )
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#if ( $option == $value )
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#set( $selected = "selected='true'" )
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#end
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<option value='$option' $selected>$option</option>
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#end
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</select>
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#end
Example Usage
CODE:
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#generateSelectBox( "enabled" ["Y","N"] $form.enabled )
The resulting HTML:
CODE:
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<select name='enabled' value='N'>
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<option value='Y'>Y</option>
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<option value='N' selected='true'>N</option>
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</select>
Addendum
11th November 2005 : Thanks to MATT for pointing out the FreeMarker template engine as a promising replacement for Velocity. 
