The .EXIT Command

This command stops the DI from parsing any further commands or outputting any remaining HTML within a given .shtml file. It is most useful when you are handling an error condition which should prevent the rest of your code from being executed.

When using this command, you have to be careful to clean up after any unclosed tags. In the example below, the </FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE> tags are included, to close the tags which produce the green color and indentation of the example's output. If these are not included, the browser displays the output incorrectly.

<!--.cgivars-->          <!--read form variables-->
<!--.ifndef somevar-->
  <!--.echo "You did not supply a value for somevar"-->
  <!--.echo "</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>"-->
  <!--.exit-->
<!--.endif-->

<!--.echo "You supplied $somevar for somevar"-->

You did not supply a value for somevar