Want to Create a Skin Button that runs JavaScript

[EmmaHWriter]

Hi Everyone,

I'm using RoboHelp 9.

I found a script (see below) that creates an email and automatically inserts the URL from where the user is sending the email.

I pasted the script directly into the HTML of a page to test it worked – and it does.

However, I now want to add a button to a skin that runs this javascript for each page, and have no idea where to begin to get the button to run correctly. I have been able to create a button on a skin, and can see that there are javascript options but that’s as far as it goes…

<script type="text/javascript">/*<![CDATA[*/document.write("<a href=\"mailto:youremail@company.org?subject=ACME%20Application%20("+document.title+")&body="+location.href+"%0A%0A"+"\">Send Feedback</a>")/*]]>*/</script>

Thanks everyone in advance.

Emma

[Peter Grainge]

See Snippet 38 on my site. The link in that provides full instructions.

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@petergrainge

[EmmaHWriter]

Hi Peter,

Thanks so much for your information - it has worked perfectly!

The only thing that wasn't obvious in the snippet information was where to actually put the script text on the Action tab. At first I pasted the script into the Inline Javascript option in the bottom section. This did nothing so I pasted the script into the OnClick action option. This worked perfectly.

Is it okay to leave the script text in the OnClick option?

Thanks again.

Emma

[Peter Grainge]

Yes that is the correct place for the code, I will amend the instructions.

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@petergrainge

[EmmaHWriter]

Great - Thanks again Peter.