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scmcgurr
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September 24, 2009
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RoboHelp 8 HTML - Toolbar Button: Email with Link to Topic

  • September 24, 2009
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Realized this would be better on this forum than the WebHelp forum:

Within a skin, I'd like to create a custom email button on my toolbar that would allow a user to email a direct link to a specific file in my RoboHelp project (a Share this Topic feature).

I thought it might be something like this:

window.location=('mailto:ENTERNAME@DOMAIN.COM?Subject=Useful Step-by-Step&body=This Step-by-Step may be helpful for you: ' + window.location)

but that just calls the toolbar, not the topic; the focus isn't on the correct window.

I have the following code that I could imbed on each topic page, but for consistency, I'd like to have this functionality on the toolbar instead. Has anyone done this or come across this before?

<p><script type="text/javascript">

var mailSubject = 'Useful Information';

var mailBody = 'This page might help: ' + location.href;

var mailDisplay = 'Click here for a demo.';

document.write(

'<a href="mailto:yourname@yourSite.com'

+ '?subject=' + escape(mailSubject)

+ '&body=' + escape(mailBody)

+ '">' + mailDisplay + '</a>'

);</script></p>

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Willam van Weelden
Willam van Weelden
Inspiring
September 24, 2009

Hi,

You indeed need to focus on the correct window using window.parent.frames[1].frames[1].document.title (thanks to Philip Tory for this).

First, create a JavaScript file with the following function:

function email()
{
    var sEmail = prompt("Who do you want to e-mail?","Your e-mail adress");
    var sTitle = window.parent.frames[1].frames[1].document.title ;
    var sSubject = 'Useful Step-by-Step on the page '+sTitle+'.';
    var sHREF = window.parent.frames[1].frames[1].document.location;
    return('mailto:'+sEmail+'?Subject='+sSubject+'&body=This Step-by-Step on the page '+sTitle+' may be helpful for you: '+ escape(sHREF)+'.' );
}

Save the file as a baggage file in the root of the project.

Second, create a new button and in the action tab, add window.location=email() to the field onClick.

Third, choose External JavaScript file and select the baggage JavaScript file.

Output and you're all done.

Greet,

Willam

PS.: I added a prompt for the e-mail adress since I find that more user friendly. If you don't want it, replace the prompt with a 'hard coded'  address.

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scmcgurrAuthor
Known Participant
September 24, 2009

Willam,

Thanks for your help. I'm not able to get that to work. I've got the .js file set up and saved as a baggage file and put the code in the OnClick and point to the .js file, but the button isn't functioning in the published version.

However, if I use the following code as inline JavaScript OnClick, I'm able to generate the email and the title of the Help file:

window.location=('mailto:ENTERNAME@aep.com?Subject=Useful Step-by-Step&body=This Asset Suite Step-by-Step may be helpful for you: ' + escape(window.parent.frames[1].frames[1].document.title))

It isn't providing an actual link to the topic, but it does provide the title of the topic, which is more than I was getting yesterday.

Thanks,

Sean

Message was edited by: Captiv8r - Corrected Willam's name.

Peter Grainge
Community Expert
Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 24, 2010

I did manage to get this working but I get javascript errors when I try to edit the new button in the skin editor.

I also notice prompts to allow the javascript in the browser which I don’t want.

There is no immediate response to the first click on the mail button. On the second click the email is launched but I am prompted to allow the action in the web browser.


Sounds like your browser is set to prompt if a script is run. Check the Security settings.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

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