So far all of the examples generate the same page for any object. The real point of templates becomes clear when they refer to the properties of the object whose page is being generated.

Suppose we have an object that has a property called name (as built-in section and item objects do). To refer to a property within a template, we use @ followed by the property's name. So in this template,

My-Name ()
TITLE "My Name Is"
BODY
   TEXT "Hello, my name is "
   LINEBREAK
   IMAGE source RENDER text @name
      text-color red
   font-size 20

the image generated by the RENDER expression will contain whatever has been entered in the name field of the current object.

See Also:

• Using the RTML template editor
• RTML - Operator Reference
• RTML - Basic concepts
• RTML - Sample template
• RTML - Multiple expressions
• RTML - Optional arguments
• RTML - Nested expressions
• RTML - Colors
• RTML - Images
• RTML - Global variables
• RTML - Local variables
• RTML - Conditionals
• RTML - Iteration