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Example

The following script replaces all of the placeholders on a postcard. It takes advantage of the

JavaScript replace() command. Assuming that the ID of the block that requires personalization

is promoblock, the script has to have its selector set to #promoblock.

var block = results.html();

var data = record.fields;

block = block.replace('@name@',data.first + ' ' + data.last);

block = block.replace('@address@',data.address);

block = block.replace('@zip@',data.zip);

block = block.replace('@city@',data.city);

block = block.replace('@country@',data.country);

block = block.replace('@saldo@',data.saldo);

block = block.replace('@promo@',data.promo);

block = block.replace('@customercode@', data.customercode);

…

results.html(block);

The first line retrieves the HTML of the promo block and stores it in a variable called block. To

make the code more readible, the fields from the record are stored in a variable named data.

After replacing the placeholders by values, the script replaces the HTML of the promoblock with

the personalized string.

Loading a snippet via a script

Instead of dragging it into the content directly, it is possible, and often very useful, to load a

snippet dynamically. Create a script (see "Writing your own scripts" on page552) and in the

code, use the following function:

results.loadhtml(‘snippets/nameofthesnippet.html’)

Remote snippets are retrieved in the same way, except that the file extension should be .rhtml

instead of .html.

Note that the name of the snippet must be exactly the same as in the Snippets folder.

This function will insert the snippet in the content at any position where the script's selector is

encountered.

For more examples, see "loadhtml()" on page799.

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