Flate is a template library used to deal with html code in CGI applications. The library includes C and Perl support. All html code is put in an external file (the template) and printed using the library functions: variables, zones (parts to be displayed or not) and tables (parts to be displayed 0 to n times). Using this method you don't need to modify/recompile your application when modifying html code, printing order doesn't matter in your CGI code, and your CGI code is much cleaner.
Version 1.4.1 now includes a tool to check the template.
Version 1.4.2 got a new fonction templateSetFileURL() to retrieve the template via http protocol (if you have libfetch installed). Also included is a beta of version 1.5 allowing you to have more than one object at the same time in memory.
Version 1.4.3 can now include external files with #INCLUDEFILE /path/to/file.html
Version 1.4.4 fixes some bugs over 1.4.3 (when including zones in tables some variables were not reset)
Version 1.4.5 does a better job at handling buggy template files
Read explanations here
Download library version 1.4.5 here
Download older version 1.4.4 here
Comments and feedback: Fabien Menemenlis