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+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2009 Plain Black Corporation.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
+# (docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
+# this software.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# http://www.plainblack.com                     info@plainblack.com
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+use FindBin;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/lib"; ##t/lib
+
+use WebGUI::Test;
+use WebGUI::Session;
+use Data::Dumper;
+use WebGUI::Asset::Template;
+
+#The goal of this test is to locate poorly used macros in the default
+#templates;
+
+use Test::More; # increment this value for each test you create
+my $numTests = 0;
+
+my $session = WebGUI::Test->session;
+my $lib = WebGUI::Test->lib;
+
+# put your tests here
+
+$numTests = $session->db->quickScalar('select count(distinct(assetId)) from template');
+
+plan tests => $numTests;
+
+my $getATemplate = WebGUI::Asset::Template->getIsa($session);
+
+while (my $templateAsset = $getATemplate->()) {
+    my $output = $templateAsset->process({});
+    unlike(
+        $output,
+        qr/\AError processing template:/,
+        sprintf "%s: %s (%s) has no syntax errors",
+            $templateAsset->getTitle, $templateAsset->getId, $templateAsset->getUrl
+    );
+}
+
+