Thanks for the info, we'll make a note of it for future reference.

btw.  Is there something weird going on with this new community?  I can repl
y to existing posts, but cannot create new ones...?

"Stefan [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi JR,
>
> custom properties for connected templates are a little bit different than
> placeholders.
> Yes: custom properties are stored in the shared page object.
> But in the posting object is a list of "visible" custom placeholder
> controls.
> This means only the custom properties defined on the template itself are
> visible to this template.
> Due to the fact that the custom properties are stored in the page object
> will cause content of custom properties with the same name in to different
> templates to be shared.
> So in order to make the custom property visible on all connected templates
> you have to add it to all connected templates with the same name.
>
> Cheers,
> Stefan.
>
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> "JR" <JR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:96A54350-0820-417A-A535-2E7BF7A2FAD8@microsoft.com... 
> template but did not give it a unique name. 
> were on the main template, when the connected template was created; should
> it not have inherited them as well? 
> again..   
>
>
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