Applying a Class inside Javascript

[hjohnson]

Hello -

I have been trying to encorporate the script example in the KB document GEN1013-F Adding an Email Link to Every Page in your Output into my new Flare HTML Help template, and discovered this issue with the last line of the script:

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document.write ("<a href="+ docfdbk_a + docfdbk_b + docfdbk_c + docfdbk_d + docfdbk_e + docfdbk_f + docfdbk_g + document.title +">Send us feedback!</a>");

This script is included in a paragraph with the font size 8pt. However, the <a> tag in the script wants to use the settings I have for <a> in my style sheet - which is 10pt. So in the finished product, the link that opens the feedback email is 10pt and stands out from surrounding text.

I made a class of <a> called a.script with 8pt font. Then, adding [class="Script"], I changed the script to

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document.write ("<a href="+ docfdbk_a + docfdbk_b + docfdbk_c + docfdbk_d + docfdbk_e + docfdbk_f + docfdbk_g + document.title +" class="Script">Send us feedback!</a>");

, and got the attached error when I previewed the topic:

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I'm stuck. Suggestions???

Thanks - Helen@Block

[Dave Lee]

Yep, it's your quotes in the section +" class="Script">Send us feedback!</a>"

In the javascript, you're using quotes within quotes, so you need to tell it that the quotes around "Script" are part of the text.
To do this use a \ character before the quote, e.g.

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document.write ("<a href="+ docfdbk_a + docfdbk_b + docfdbk_c + docfdbk_d + docfdbk_e + docfdbk_f + docfdbk_g + document.title +" class=\"Script\">Send us feedback!</a>");

[hjohnson]

It worked! Thanks a bunch, David!

Helen@Block