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Example

Thefollowingscriptaddsanimagecalled'dog.jpg'tothecontentofthetemplateiftheimagecanbe

foundinthetemplate'sresources:

const image = merge.template.images.find(image => image.name == 'dog.jpg');

if (image) {

results.after(`<img src=${image.path}>`);

}

masterpage

ThemasterpageobjectisusedtosetaMasterPage'sheaderandfooterortoreplaceitsentireHTML

body.ItcanonlybeaccessedinControlScripts(see"ControlScripts"onpage838and"ControlScript

API"onpage1271).Tryingtoaccessitinanothertypeofscriptwillresultinanerror.

NotethatMasterPagesareonlyusedinaPrintcontext(see"MasterPages"onpage462).

Inscript,MasterPagesareretrievedviathemasterpagesArraywhichcontainsallMasterPagesinthe

currenttemplate(see"template"onpage1292).

Forexample:

var myMasterpage = merge.template.masterpages["Master page 1"];.

Functions and fields

Field Type Description

"html()"on

page1291

 GetsorsetstheHTMLofthebodyelement.

"margins"on

page1311

Margins AllowstosettheheaderandfooterofaMasterPage,usingaMeasurementstring,forexample:"2in"

(thissetsamargintotwoinches).

html()

InaControlScript,thehtml()functionofasectionorMasterPagecanbeusedtogettheinitialcon-

tentsofits<body>,andmodifythem.Thismakesitpossible,forexample,topopulateasectionor

MasterPagewithelementsretrievedfromaContentManagementsystem,beforeStandardScripts

run.

html()

Getstheinitialcontentsofthe<body>ofasectionorMasterPage.

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