--- a/MPIWGRoot.py	Sun May 05 12:36:28 2013 +0200
+++ b/MPIWGRoot.py	Sun May 05 13:56:07 2013 +0200
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@
         self.title=title
 
 
+    # TODO: remove
+    def replaceNotEmpty(self,format,field):
+        """replace not empty"""
+        if field and (not field.lstrip()==''):
+            return format%field
+            #return self.decode(format%field)
+        else:
+            return ""
+        
+    
     def getLang(self):
         """returns the default language"""
         return self.lang