cTemplate Global Variables

When cTemplates are processed, a number of global variables are set to provide convenient access to system and publication information.

System Variables

The following global variables are always available when processing cTemplate.

$SystemDate - Date from the server's system clock at the time cTemplate processing started.
$SystemYear - The Year part of the $SystemDate
$SystemMonth - The Month part of the $SystemDate, without a leading zero.
$SystemDay - The Day part of the $SystemDate, without a leading zero.
$SystemTime - Time from the server's system clock at the time publication began
$SystemTimestamp - Timestamp from the server's system clock at the time publication began.
$SystemTitle - Title of the system. This is typically "webCOMAND", but may be customized.
$SystemVersion - COMAND software version (useful for version-specific #IF() conditions)

Publication Variables

When a cTemplate is processed in the context of a publication, such as during a publish or preview, publication-specific variables are available.

$Publication - The Publication object, with the additional field:
- FullPublishPath - Corresponds to the Publication Publish Path, but it is fully qualified (full path from the root folder/URL).
$PublicationProcedure - The Publication Procedure Object, with the additional field:
- ProcessedFilename - Corresponds to the resolved Filename, after cTemplate has been processed.
$PublicationObject - If the Publication Procedure has a List, this variable will be set to the object within the list. Otherwise it will be NULL.

webCOMAND 2 Backward-Compatibility

The following predefined variables are also available for backward compatibility with webCOMAND 2.

$DistributionName - Corresponds to the Publication Content Type Title or Identifier if no Title is specified. Should now use ${Publication.Type.Title}.
$VersionName - Corresponds to the Publication Title. Should now use ${Publication.Title}.
$VersionFileURL - Corresponds to the Publication URL. Should now use ${Publication.URL}.
$VersionFilePath - Corresponds to the Publication Publish Path, but it is fully qualified (full path from the root folder/URL). Should now use ${Publication.FullPublishPath}.
$PageFilePath - Filesystem folder path relative to the Publication Destination. Should now use ${PublicationProcedure.ProcessedFilename}.
$PageFileName - Filesystem file name, which comes after the PageFilePath.

Publication Field Variables

In addition to the predefined variables, a global variable that corresponds to each Publication field Identifier and value will be defined. For this reason, it is a common practice to create a custom Content Type that extends Publication to define and populate new global variables for specific Publications.