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Specific Features

  • Bracers

    A Bracer is a combination of braces ("{}") and text. They are usually Post fixed with Node labels. You can use Bracers to force the generated text to be concatenated in the related nodes. During code generation, CodeStencil will ignore the text (within ...

  • Code Block Node Property

    When the Code Block property of a node is enabled, CodeStencil will expand the string or execute the Code Nanite as a block of code. For example, assume: (a) You have an expander MENU_ITEMS with this string: "index|about|Services|portfolio|Blog|Contact ...

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