Script tags in form HTML fields

Question

I am trying to generate HTML dynamically in a form's field that is of type HTML, using code in the form's onLoad event.

I am not having any success. Does anyone here know how to do this successfully?&nbsp; The code generates buttons with onclick attributes that call a function.

example:

fileid is a variable

tagText is variable

var Html = '&lt;body&gt;&lt;fieldset style="width:175px;background-color:#00000"&gt;&lt;legend&gt;&lt;b&gt;Help&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/legend&gt;&lt;br&gt;';

Html += '&lt;button class="help_me" onclick="downloadFile(' + fileid + ')" &gt;' + tagText + '&lt;br&gt;';

Html += '&lt;/fieldset&gt;&lt;/body&gt;';

Html += '&lt;script&gt;';
Html += 'function downloadFile(fileId) {var inn = parent.thisItem.getInnovator(); var thisFile = inn.getItemById("File",fileId); top.aras.downloadFile(thisFile.node); return false; }';
Html += '&lt;/script&gt;';

getFieldByName("htmInstructions").innerHTML = Html;

&nbsp;

eli_donahue · Answer

Try something like this. Instead of adding your function to the html string, you can define the function right in your onLoad event method and still reference it in your button's onclick attribute.

// define html contents
var Html = '&lt;fieldset style="width:175px;background-color:#00000"&gt;&lt;legend&gt;&lt;b&gt;Help&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/legend&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
Html += '&lt;button class="help_me" onclick="downloadFile(&amp;quot;' + fileid + '&amp;quot;)" &gt;' + tagText + '&lt;br&gt;';
Html += '&lt;/fieldset&gt;';

// get field and set contents
getFieldByName("htmInstructions").innerHTML = Html;

// define function used by button onclick
downloadFile = function (fileId) {
var inn = parent.thisItem.getInnovator();
var thisFile = inn.getItemById("File", fileId);
top.aras.downloadFile(thisFile.node);
return false;
};

Eli Donahue

Aras Labs Software Engineer

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