RE: Getting error when editing Advanced PDF/HTML Templates
I’m receiving the following error when previewing the NOAM – Charges Invoice PDF/HTML Template.
Failed to "?eval" string with this error:
---begin-message---
Syntax error in ?eval-ed string in line 1, column 8:
Encountered "ipsum", but was expecting one of these patterns:
"."
".."
<DOT_DOT_LESS>
"..*"
"?"
"??"
"!"
"["
"("
")"
<TERMINATING_EXCLAM>
---end-message---
The failing expression:
==> data?eval [in template "template" at line 290, column 110]
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FTL stack trace ("~" means nesting-related):
- Failed at: #if (data?eval)?? [in template "template" at line 290, column 104]
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It seems like you have JSON stored in a custom field that you want to parse and then use in the template.
Interestingly, Freemarker recommends against the use of eval, instead preferring eval_json.
https://freemarker.apache.org/docs/ref_builtins_expert.html#ref_builtin_eval
Does your field definitely contain properly formatted JSON?
Are you able to share that data too?
