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html()

In a Control Script, the html() function of a section or Master Page can be used to get the initial

contents of its <body>, and modify them. This makes it possible, for example, to populate a

section or Master Page with elements retrieved from a Content Management system, before

Standard Scripts run.

html()

Gets the initial contents of the <body> of a section or Master Page.

html(value)

Replaces the contents of the <body> of a section or Master Page with the supplied value. This

function is only available in Control Scripts. See also: "section" on page1515 and

"masterpage" on page1470.

value

A String that may contain HTML tags.

Examples

The following script uses html() to retrieve the contents of a section and add a paragraph to it.

var foo = merge.context.sections["Section 1"].html();

foo += "<p>hello world</p>";

merge.context.sections["Section 1"].html( foo );

The following script loads a snippet based on the value of a field, and then replaces the content

of a Print section with the snippet using html().

var mySection = merge.context.sections["Section 1"];

var promoTxt = loadhtml('snippets/promo-' + record.fields['City'] +

'.html');

mySection.html(promoTxt);

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