onload statement on <body>

Pamb10 · Post by **Pamb10** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:47 am

is it possible to add an onload statement to the <body> tag? I tried this, but it seemed to be removed when the project was built.

Post by **LTinker68** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:04 am

That's because the body tag is replaced with the body tag from the masterpage file. If you want the onload statement on all topics, then apply it to the body tag on the masterpage you use for your topics. If you want that onload statement to be used with just one file (or a few), then the easiest thing to do is create a second masterpage, put the onload statement in the body tag on that masterpage, then associate that masterpage with the appropriate topic(s). (See this KB article for info on using multiple masterpages in projects --> http://kb.madcapsoftware.com/default_CSH.htm#FMP1001F.)

Pamb10 · Post by **Pamb10** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:21 am

Thanks Lisa. Good idea. However the body tag got overwritten anyway as just <body>

Post by **LTinker68** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:11 pm

What's the structure of the onload statement you're trying to add to the body tag?

Pamb10 · Post by **Pamb10** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:15 pm

<body onload="resizeFrame(document.getElementById('childframe'))">

I have javascript code for the resizeFrame function

I also have an iframe that uses an id="childframe"

Post by **LTinker68** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:48 pm

Hmmm. I tried it with a simple event to raise an alert message box, but that didn't work either. I could have sworn that used to work, but maybe not. Anyone else know how to get an onLoad event to work in WebHelp output?

i-tietz · Post by **i-tietz** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:46 am

I have sth like this in my masterpage and it works just fine:

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<head>
...
<script type="text/javascript">
            <!--
window.onload = ;
-->
</script>
...
</head>

You might have to rearrange the contents of the body tag, means: Call a function in the window.onload statement and add the function in that script section.

Pamb10 · Post by **Pamb10** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:33 am

Thank you for the suggestion. I will give it a try.

i-tietz · Post by **i-tietz** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:40 am

This should look like this:

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<head>
...
<script type="text/javascript">
            <!--
window.onload = resizeFrame();

function resizeFrame()
{
     obj = document.getElementById("childframe");

     ... your code here ... 

}
-->
</script>
...
</head>

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