Idoc Script strEqualsIgnoreCase make a wrong evaluation of logic values.

Question

Hi again, this question starts like the last one i put in forum
Re: Cannot find metadata values in workflow queue
but it´s absolutely different.
I need some help customizing workflow action menues.
I´ve created a custom component with an html resource overwriting setup_workflow_action_popups.
Basically is the same code that original. There´s only a little change: in the Approve Link creation section I have put this code (is stupid i know)
<$exec rsAppendNewRow("PopupProps")$>
<$exec setValue("PopupProps", "label", lc("wwApprove"))$>
*<$if strEqualsIgnoreCase(dWfName,"Workflow1")$>*
*<$if strEqualsIgnoreCase(dWfStepName, "Step1")$>*
*<$exec setValue("PopupProps", "function", "javascript:alert('dWfStepName seems to be Step1 and is <$dWfStepName$>');document.Approve_<$dID$>.submit();")$>*
*<$else$>*
*<$exec setValue("PopupProps", "function", "javascript:alert('dWfStepName seems NOT to be Step1 and is <$dWfStepName$>');document.Approve_<$dID$>.submit();")$>*
*<$endif$>*
*<$else$>*
*<$exec setValue("PopupProps", "function", "javascript:alert('<$dWfStepName$>');document.Approve_<$dID$>.submit();")$>*
*<$endif$>*
<$exec setValue("PopupProps", "ifClause", "AllowReview")$>
<$exec setValue("PopupProps", "class", "workflow")$>
<$exec setValue("PopupProps", "id", "workflowApprove")$>
(I have built the component though i think is not necessary since i´m only changing HTML,I restarted Content Server even i think it is not necessary)
I´m watching results in My Workflow Assignments and in Active Workflows.
I have a big trouble. It seems "if" clause doesnt work in Idoc.
I´m getting an alert with this message
dWfStepName seems NOT to be Step1 and is Step1
This means that Step1 is not the same that Step1
So, <$if strEqualsIgnoreCase(dWfStepName, "Step1")$> is not working properly
I tried next other forms with the same result
<$if strEqualsIgnoreCase(dWfStepName, "Step1")==true$>
<$if strEqualsIgnoreCase(dWfStepName, "Step1")==TRUE$>
<$if strEqualsIgnoreCase(dWfStepName, "Step1")==0$>
<$if isTrue(strEqualsIgnoreCase(dWfStepName, "Step1"))$>
I´m really taken aback. i don´t know where is the problem.
Any clue?
Thank you
Thank you very much

Answer 1

In reality of course this should work. Try a simple hcsp page and you will see that this works fine. There must be an issue that you are not comparing what you think. Could be scope or whitespace. to eliminate whitespace change code to...
<$if strEqualsIgnoreCase(strTrimWs(dWfStepName), "Step1")$>
If this doesnt work can you use
<$trace("#all", "#console")$>
to dump everything to the server output. You can manage the server output from Administration > System Audit Information >
then load the page again and patse the trace output here.