Velocimacro – Generate a HTML Select box and its Options

A quick and simple Velocimacro to generate HTML Select boxes and its Options; automatically selects the correct option based on the value given.
You can place this #macro anywhere in your Velocity templates but I used my global VM_global_library.vm file.
Code
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#macro( generateSelectBox $name $options $value )

#foreach ( $option in $options )
#set( $selected = “” )
#if ( $option == $value )
#set( $selected = “selected=’true’” )
#end$option#end

#end
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Example Usage
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#generateSelectBox( “enabled” [“Y”,”N”] $form.enabled )
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The resulting HTML:
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YN
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Addendum
11th November 2005 : Thanks to MATT for pointing out the FreeMarker template engine as a promising replacement for Velocity. 😉