META -- displays meta-data

Provided mainly for use in templates, this macro generates the parts of the topic view that relate to meta-data (attachments, forms etc.).

Parameters

The unnamed parameter controls what meta-data is displayed, other parameters control how it is displayed.

"form"

Generates the table showing the form fields.

"attachments"

Generates a table of attachments

Parameter	Description	Default
all	to show hidden attachments	off
title	to show a title - only if attachments are displayed
template	to use a custom template for the rendering of attachments	attachtables

"moved"

If a topic was moved or renamed, generates a message with details and a revert link

Parameter	Description	Default
prefix	Prefix that goes before the moved message, but only if the message is generated
suffix	Prefix that goes after the moved message, but only if the message is generated

"parent"

Display details of ancestor topics

Parameter	Description	Default
dontrecurse	Recursing up the tree incurs some cost. Equivalent to depth=1	off
depth	Return only the specified ancestor
nowebhome	Suppress WebHome
format	Format string used to display each parent topic where $web expands to the web name, and $topic expands to the topic name	[[$web.$topic][$topic]]
separator	Separator between parents	>
prefix	Prefix that goes before parents, but only if there are parents
suffix	Suffix, only appears if there are parents

"formfield"

Display the value of a single form field

Parameter	Description	Default
topic	Select which topic to get the meta-data from
name	name of the field
display	If on retrieves the displayed value of a *+values formfield type, as against the default, stored, value	off
bar	How to represent vertical bars in the data. Vertical bars are rewritten to an HTML entity by default so as to not be mistaken for a table separator. This option allows you to change what is produced.	&vbar;
newline	how to represent newlines in the value	$n

Related

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