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WML <setvar> tag

The <setvar> tag sets a variable to a specified value in a <go>, <prev>, or <refresh> task.

Syntax

<setvar name="somename" value="somevalue"/>

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
name	cdata	REQUIRED. Sets the name of the variable
value	cdata	REQUIRED. Sets the value of the variable
class	class_name	Sets a class name for the element. The class name is case sensitive. An element can be connected to multiple classes. Multiple class names within the class attribute are separated by white space
id	id_name	Sets a unique name for the element

Examples

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">

<wml> 
<card> 
<p>
 <anchor>
  Go To Card 2
  <go href="#card2"> 
   <setvar name="x" value="30"/> 
  </go>
 </anchor>
</p> 
</card>
</wml>

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